ElevenLabs Startup Grants 🎁 Program

What you get

An ElevenLabs Startup Grant gives you 12 months of free access to the full ElevenLabs platform, including Conversational AI (Agents), Text to Speech and Speech to Text, with 33,000,000 characters. ElevenLabs says this is over 680 hours of Agents usage and "more than $5,500+ in value". You also get founder events and startup support, in person and online.

Who qualifies

• Startups or companies with fewer than 25 employees when you apply.
• You need a business or monetisation strategy and a valid business email.
• Long-term products only; one-off projects and campaigns are not considered.
• No projects for children aged 18 or under.
• Agencies, consulting firms and SMBs are not eligible.
• One application per company. Paying self-serve customers can apply; existing enterprise customers cannot.

Good to know

• The plan converts to the Free plan after 12 months, or once you have 10,000 characters left, whichever comes first, unless you choose otherwise.
• You cannot exchange or resell characters; doing so ends the grant.
• ElevenLabs does not sign NDAs for grant applications.
• Applications are rolling, with a decision within one week.

How to get the most from it

Apply when your product is close to launch, so the 12 months cover real users rather than early tests, and watch your character usage each month.

Verdict

A generous, simple offer if voice is part of your product. Plan your usage so you are not surprised when the grant converts to the Free plan.

1. Use your business email and the ElevenLabs account you want the grant on.
2. Complete the application at https://elevenlabs.io/grants-application describing your startup, team and expected growth.
3. Wait for a decision (ElevenLabs says within one week).
4. Once approved, the grant plan and characters are applied to the account you applied with.