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The complete voice AI toolkit for fast-moving teams. Clone voices, generate speech, design sound, and deploy agents. All through Elevenlabs.
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We believe voice is the most natural way to communicate, and the future of human-AI interaction depends on making those conversations feel real. The ElevenLabs Grants Program exists to give early-stage startups the tools they need to build the future of voice with the best tools available, without cost being a blocker.
Our platform supports full Conversational AI, Text to Speech, Speech to Text, and more. Whether you're building an AI sales agent, launching an AI banking assistant, or shipping a voice journaling app, this grant gives you 12 months of free access to the full ElevenLabs platform
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What are the eligibility requirements?
Monetized product use case: The goal of the ElevenLabs Grants is to help new and nascent products and business models powered by AI voices take off without too much start up cost. As such, only applications with a business or monetization strategy should apply. Only applications with valid business emails will be considered. No short-term or one-off projects: Grants will only be awarded to companies seeking to build products they intend to take to market for the long term. One-off projects and campaigns will not be considered. No projects for minors: We are unable to award grants to companies that are building projects for children aged 18 or under. Startups and small companies only: The ElevenLabs Grants program is open to all startups or companies with less than 25 employees at the time of receiving the application. No agencies or consulting firms: Agencies and consulting firms are not eligible for an ElevenLabs Grant. One application per company: Each company can only submit one application. If you have multiple companies (rock on!) you can submit one application for each company. Existing enterprise customers are not eligible for grants. Terms of receipt: If awarded a Grant, the company must agree to display "ElevenLabs Grants" logo at the bottom of their website, and include a link to the ElevenLabs website for at least twelve (12) months from the date of grant approval.
Is there any specific deadline to apply?
No, applications are considered on a rolling basis.
What happens after the 12 months duration of my grant?
After your grant period is over or once you have 10,000 credits left, your plan will automatically convert to a Free plan, unless you have selected otherwise. If your project goes to the moon, you can also reach out to a team member at sales@elevenlabs.io anytime to help figure out a long term plan for your successful new product. However, not all projects go as planned so if after twelve months, your product doesn't take off, you'll have full flexibility to continue on a Free plan or upgrade to one of our Paid plans.
What happens if I need more text characters?
If you use all your 33M text characters prior to the conclusion of the 12month grant term, your plan will automatically convert to a Free plan, unless you have selected otherwise. You will receive an automatic email notifying you when you are close to hitting the 33M cap. At any time you can also reach out to a team member at sales@elevenlabs.io to help figure out a long term plan for your successful new product.
Can I resell or exchange my grants for cash?
You cannot exchange or resell your text characters. Reselling your text characters would be a violation of the ElevenLabs Grant program conditions and your grant plan will be terminated immediately.
Do you sign NDAs before an application is submitted?
Sorry, we are not able to sign NDAs for Grant applications.
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