ElevenLabs and IBM Form Strategic Partnership to Implement Emotionally Rich Multilingual Voices for Enterprise AI Agents, Creating 'Next-Generation Digital Employees'
ElevenLabs, a global leader in voice AI, announced a strategic partnership with IBM. This collaboration enables enterprises using IBM's watsonx Orchestrate to deploy emotionally rich, multilingual AI voice agents at scale, leveraging ElevenLabs' over 10,000 high-quality AI voices. The partnership aims to bring 'human-likeness' and 'reliability' to enterprise AI agents.
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ElevenLabs (Headquarters: New York, USA; CEO: Mati Staniszewski), a global leader in voice AI research and technology, is pleased to announce a partnership with IBM. Through this collaboration, enterprises utilizing IBM's "watsonx Orchestrate" will be able to deploy natural, emotionally rich, and multilingual AI voice agents at scale, leveraging over 10,000 types of high-quality AI voices provided by ElevenLabs.
## Background: The Demand for 'Human-likeness' and 'Reliability' in Enterprise AI Agents
Currently, many companies are implementing AI agents for customer support and business automation. However, the challenges in their widespread adoption have been 'decreased customer experience due to mechanical voices' and 'security standards' for handling highly confidential information.
To solve these challenges, ElevenLabs and IBM have integrated industry-leading AI voice synthesis technology with proven orchestration capabilities in the enterprise domain. This enables companies to rapidly build 'next-generation digital employees' that combine their unique brand personality with the highest standards of data protection.
## Key Values Provided by This Partnership
1. **Overwhelming Voice Library with 70+ Languages and 10,000+ Voices**
On watsonx Orchestrate, direct access to ElevenLabs' vast voice catalog will be available, allowing users to select the optimal voice for their specific needs. Advanced voice synthesis technology that understands context and emotion will enable natural customer experiences in over 70 languages, as if interacting with a human.
2. **Enterprise-Grade Strict Data Protection and Compliance**
This partnership meets the stringent security requirements of all industries, including finance, healthcare, and public sectors. This includes PCI SS compliance for secure payment information handling, HIPAA-compliant data handling through "Zero Retention Mode" (zero data retention mode) to support strict management of medical information, and data residency compliance.
3. **Seamless Integration into Workflows**
Through the intuitive interface of IBM watsonx Orchestrate, the entire process from building voice agents to assigning skills (business flows) can be managed consistently, supporting significant reductions in development effort and accelerating time-to-market.
## Bringing 'AI Agents' to the Business Front Line
This partnership evolves AI from a mere 'response tool' into a 'reliable force' that embodies a company's brand and completes practical tasks. The combination of ElevenLabs' expressive voices and IBM's robust AI foundation will infinitely expand the range of applications, including multilingual call centers, interactive training, and secure payment operations.
## Comment from Co-founder and CEO Mati Staniszewski
"Our partnership with IBM will enable companies worldwide to confidently use voice
## Background: The Demand for 'Human-likeness' and 'Reliability' in Enterprise AI Agents
Currently, many companies are implementing AI agents for customer support and business automation. However, the challenges in their widespread adoption have been 'decreased customer experience due to mechanical voices' and 'security standards' for handling highly confidential information.
To solve these challenges, ElevenLabs and IBM have integrated industry-leading AI voice synthesis technology with proven orchestration capabilities in the enterprise domain. This enables companies to rapidly build 'next-generation digital employees' that combine their unique brand personality with the highest standards of data protection.
## Key Values Provided by This Partnership
1. **Overwhelming Voice Library with 70+ Languages and 10,000+ Voices**
On watsonx Orchestrate, direct access to ElevenLabs' vast voice catalog will be available, allowing users to select the optimal voice for their specific needs. Advanced voice synthesis technology that understands context and emotion will enable natural customer experiences in over 70 languages, as if interacting with a human.
2. **Enterprise-Grade Strict Data Protection and Compliance**
This partnership meets the stringent security requirements of all industries, including finance, healthcare, and public sectors. This includes PCI SS compliance for secure payment information handling, HIPAA-compliant data handling through "Zero Retention Mode" (zero data retention mode) to support strict management of medical information, and data residency compliance.
3. **Seamless Integration into Workflows**
Through the intuitive interface of IBM watsonx Orchestrate, the entire process from building voice agents to assigning skills (business flows) can be managed consistently, supporting significant reductions in development effort and accelerating time-to-market.
## Bringing 'AI Agents' to the Business Front Line
This partnership evolves AI from a mere 'response tool' into a 'reliable force' that embodies a company's brand and completes practical tasks. The combination of ElevenLabs' expressive voices and IBM's robust AI foundation will infinitely expand the range of applications, including multilingual call centers, interactive training, and secure payment operations.
## Comment from Co-founder and CEO Mati Staniszewski
"Our partnership with IBM will enable companies worldwide to confidently use voice