# Why ElevenLabs' Avatar Tech Could Redefine Enterprise Video Content Creation

> ElevenLabs started as a voice generator, and this piece traces how far it has traveled from there. Its avatar technology was used by Netflix to recreate Gene Wilder, a marquee example of synthetic performance moving beyond chatbots into real production work like dubbing, localization, and multiplying a single talent across languages and takes. The business momentum is real. The article notes ElevenLabs is in talks for a secondary share sale that would roughly double its valuation to $22 billion, reflecting how much investors believe an AI-native audio and video stack is worth. The company has stacked capabilities from text-to-speech and voice cloning to dubbing, music, and real-time agents. The provocation is what this does to enterprise content teams. If localization and on-camera performance become software features, the economics of producing video at scale change sharply, and so do the questions about consent, likeness rights, and what it means to license a performer's face and voice. It is a preview of AI-native media as an operational default rather than an experiment.

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## Wortins' read

ElevenLabs started as a voice generator, and this piece traces how far it has traveled from there. Its avatar technology was used by Netflix to recreate Gene Wilder, a marquee example of synthetic performance moving beyond chatbots into real production work like dubbing, localization, and multiplying a single talent across languages and takes. The business momentum is real. The article notes ElevenLabs is in talks for a secondary share sale that would roughly double its valuation to $22 billion, reflecting how much investors believe an AI-native audio and video stack is worth. The company has stacked capabilities from text-to-speech and voice cloning to dubbing, music, and real-time agents. The provocation is what this does to enterprise content teams. If localization and on-camera performance become software features, the economics of producing video at scale change sharply, and so do the questions about consent, likeness rights, and what it means to license a performer's face and voice. It is a preview of AI-native media as an operational default rather than an experiment.

## Source

[Read the full story at Futurum Group](https://futurumgroup.com/insights/will-elevenlabs-avatars-redefine-video-creation-for-enterprise-content-teams/)

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