ElevenLabs has launched in Belgium and opened an office in Brussels, the voice AI company said on Wednesday.
The office is in the European District, close to the main EU buildings. ElevenLabs has named Falke Van Onacker to lead its Belgian business and plans to triple its local team this year. Most new staff will work in Brussels.
The company said Belgium is a good fit because the country has three official languages and that more than 100 languages are spoken in Brussels every day. Its models can speak, listen, and translate in over 90 languages.
“Belgium, and in particular Brussels, is one of the most interesting places in the world for voice and language,” said Mati Staniszewski, ElevenLabs’ cofounder and chief executive.
Several Belgian firms already use its tools. Staffing group Glowi uses ElevenLabs voice agents to screen job seekers and book calls in Dutch, French and English.
Meanwhile, Corilus, which develops software for doctors, uses the ElevenScribe tool to transcribe Flemish patient calls. The data stays in the EU and is not kept. Cavell, an AI helper for doctors, uses ElevenLabs to turn speech into medical notes and is rolling out to 8,000 doctors.
In media, Mediafin, which owns De Tijd and L’Echo, turns up to 10 million characters of text a month into Dutch and French audio. The EU has also used ElevenLabs to dub press conferences into several languages.
In addition, about 20 Belgian groups get ElevenLabs grants for work in schools, the arts and access for disabled people.
“Demand for care, assistance, and human expertise continues to rise. We’re building localized voice agents to extend expertise in every language and at every hour here,” said Van Onacker.
The Belgian launch follows a $500 million Series D in February that valued ElevenLabs at $11 billion. Earlier this month, the company also signed a licensing deal with Universal Music, its first with a major label.
ElevenLabs is now hiring in Belgium for sales, tech, and marketing jobs, according to its careers page. Most of the jobs ask for English, French, and Dutch.
