Get ready for the online meeting you surely don’t want to miss!
ElevenLabs is a global leader in audio AI research, used by millions of people worldwide, and reached a unicorn valuation in a record time in 2024. It delivers lifelike, compelling, and nuanced speech, voices, and sound effects across 29 languages.
The company’s AI tools are used to voice audiobooks and news articles, animate video game characters, create dynamic audio content for social media and advertising, and train medical professionals. But more importantly, it has also given back voices to those who have lost them and helped individuals with accessibility needs in their daily lives.
Join our MeetUp and meet the company’s AI safety lead Aleksandra Pędraszewska — a technology entrepreneur, venture builder, and operator. Before joining ElevenLabs, she co-founded VividQ, a world-leading provider of holographic display technology, based in Cambridge (UK), where she led financial, legal, and people operations as a COO.
She helped take VividQ from a prototype to a 50-people-strong team, with customers across the US and APAC, $25m raised in equity capital, and the title of “Best British Technology Pioneer”. She gained professional experience at Rolls-Royce, HBO, and an investment fund IdeaLab Ventures. Graduate of the University of Cambridge (BA), and Cambridge Judge Business School (MPhil). She was also named as a Forbes ‘30 under 30’ in the Technology Europe category.
During the MeetUp, Aleksandra will share her experience and insights on growing global teams and operational capabilities in a remote-first company, as well as how audio AI is transforming the world and how it can be developed, deployed, and used safely.
After the main session, you`ll have more than 90 minutes to network with representatives of our corporate partners, such as Warner Bros. Discovery Poland, PZU, MASPEX, Polpharma, Rossmann, Smart Soft Solutions, and EFL (Credit Agricole Group), our guests, and the StartSmart CEE Team.
Date: July 3, 2024
Location: Online
Agenda Highlights:
- 16:00 – 16:20:How StartSmart CEE can help you scale up your business – Insights about StartSmart CEE Accelerator and exciting opportunities for startup development in Rethink, Pilot Ready and PilotReady Booster tracks – Magdalena Jabłońska, CEO StartSmart CEE
- 16:20 – 17:20: Navigating the future of AI and growing tech business from zero to one — session and Fireside chat with our special guest, Aleksandra Pędraszewska, Head of AI Safety at ElevenLabs.
- 17:20 – 19:00: Network during 1-on-1 meetings with corporate partners of the program.