The funding will be used to scale infrastructure (especially GPUs), license more voices, invest in safety features, and push harder into enterprise customers. This comes as competition in AI voice intensifies, with Big Tech bundling speech tools into larger AI platforms.

Demand is growing fast from media, gaming, and customer support teams that want high-quality, low-cost voice localization. At the same time, rising concern over deepfakes is pushing the industry toward watermarking and consent controls.

The takeaway: voice AI is moving from experimentation to scale. Expect consolidation ahead — either ElevenLabs proves strong economics and goes public, or the space shrinks through acquisitions.

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Uber is buying Getir’s food-delivery business for $335 million and investing another $100 million for a small stake in Getir’s remaining grocery and retail operations. This follows Uber’s purchase of Trendyol Go last year, which now generates over $1 billion in annual bookings.

The deal gives Getir cash and a chance to focus after a rough year, lets its main investor reduce risk without selling at a loss, and creates a stronger delivery player in Turkey with less aggressive discounting. The big idea: the delivery market is consolidating to become more sustainable, not just bigger.