ElevenLabs, which aims to build an all-in-one AI voice app, licensed 200K human-voiced audiobooks from major publishers, available in ElevenReader for $11/mo. (Ashley Carman/Bloomberg)
ElevenLabs launched ElevenReader, a $11/month audiobook subscription service with 200,000 licensed human-voiced titles from major publishers, positioning itself as an all-in-one AI voice platform competing directly with established audiobook services.
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<p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260521/p46#a260521p46" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Ashley Carman / <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/">Bloomberg</a>:<br />
<span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-05-21/elevenlabs-an-ai-voice-startup-is-angling-to-disrupt-the-audiobooks-industry">ElevenLabs, which aims to build an all-in-one AI voice app, licensed 200K human-voiced audiobooks from major publishers, available in ElevenReader for $11/mo.</a></b></span> — ElevenLabs is taking on Spotify and Audible in a looming battle over becoming the go-to platform for audiobooks — Welcome back to Soundbite.</p>
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