3 quotes from 2 episodes on Founders Podcast and Cheeky Pint, each with a timestamped link to the source.
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The short version
Mati Staniszewski commits fully to building at the frontier of AI as the technology changes the world. Mati Staniszewski and the co-founder manage over 15 direct reports each to run operations directly.
Most interesting insights
Embedding technical resources inside individual ministries allows a central digital transformation team to assemble agentic citizen support.
“Every ministry had technical resources working on creating that agentic version of their work. Then it was a central digital transformation team that would assemble this all together to deliver that through the central citizen support, which I thought was brilliant.”
ElevenLabs co-founders Mati Staniszewski and Piotr Dąbkowski rejected multiple buyout offers early, choosing long-term independence over immediate financial security.
Staniszewski argues that selling a startup just to "make life easy" is the wrong proposition when you have the timing and the market right in front of you.
ElevenLabs reached a valuation of $11 billion and crossed $450 million in annual recurring revenue with a team of 470 people.
Co-founders Mati Staniszewski and Piotr Dabkowski maintain over 15 direct reports each to eliminate middle-management layers and keep project groups under 10 people.
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