Subsets vs ElevenLabs
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Copenhagen YC S23 AI retention automation for subscription media serving NY Times Athletic and Børsen; $1.65M Upfin pre-seed Feb 2024 with explainable AI experiments competing with Chargebee for churn reduction in digital publishing and streaming.
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Subsets is a Copenhagen, Denmark-based AI retention automation company — backed by Y Combinator (S23) with $1.65 million in pre-seed funding in February 2024 led by Upfin with participation from YC, Cuesta Labs, Sandhill Markets, and Phillip Chambers — providing subscription media companies, digital publishers, and streaming platforms with an AI-driven churn reduction platform that automatically designs, deploys, and evaluates retention experiments to identify which personalized interventions reduce subscriber cancellations at scale. Founded in 2023 by Oliver Brandt, Martin Johnsen, and Nikolai Skelbo, Subsets operates with a 7-person team and serves notable subscription media customers including The Athletic (The New York Times subsidiary), and Børsen (Danish financial newspaper).
$500M Series D at $11B valuation (Feb 2026) — largest voice AI funding round ever. $330M ARR; 1M+ developers using the API. Enterprise customers: Deutsche Telekom, Revolut, Meta, Salesforce. Voices in 32 languages; real-time cloning from 1 second of audio.
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ElevenLabs was founded in 2022 by Piotr Dabkowski and Mati Staniszewski, two former Google and Palantir engineers who set out to break the language barrier using AI voice technology. The company specializes in AI-powered voice synthesis, cloning, and dubbing, enabling developers and enterprises to generate human-quality speech in over 30 languages. Its core technology combines deep learning models trained on massive speech datasets to produce natural-sounding voices indistinguishable from real humans.\n\nElevenLabs offers a suite of products including its flagship text-to-speech API, voice cloning tools, and an AI dubbing platform that localizes video content while preserving the speaker's original voice. Its products target a broad audience—from indie developers building audio apps to large enterprises deploying voice interfaces at scale. Key differentiators include ultra-low latency streaming synthesis, fine-grained voice customization, and a growing library of pre-built AI voices across accents and styles.\n\nElevenLabs has grown rapidly, surpassing $330M in annualized revenue and serving over 1 million developers. Enterprise clients include Deutsche Telekom, Spotify, and leading media companies. In February 2026, the company closed a $500M Series D at an $11B valuation, cementing its position as the market leader in AI voice. Its APIs power podcasts, audiobooks, video games, and customer service bots worldwide, making ElevenLabs the default infrastructure layer for AI-generated audio.
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