Artificial intelligence (AI) voice startup ElevenLabs said on the 8th that it appointed former OpenAI executive Ashley Kramer as its new chief revenue officer (CRO).
New CRO Kramer is a B2B (business-to-business) enterprise business expert with more than 20 years of experience in the tech industry. Just before joining ElevenLabs, Kramer led enterprise sales at OpenAI. Previously, Kramer led sales, marketing, and product businesses at GitLab, Alteryx, and Tableau.
CRO Ashley Kramer will oversee ElevenLabs' global revenue organization and steer its global partnerships ecosystem. ElevenLabs recorded annual recurring revenue (ARR) of $600 million (about 840 billion won) this year, double from a year earlier. Currently, about 55% of total revenue is driven by corporate customers (enterprise division). Leading global corporations such as Facebook parent Meta, Stripe, Klarna, Hasbro, and Deutsche Telekom have adopted ElevenLabs' solutions.
Mati Staniszewski, ElevenLabs chief executive officer (CEO), said, "We are pleased to have CRO Kramer with us at a pivotal moment as ElevenLabs advances into a full enterprise platform enabling companywide AI interaction."
CRO Kramer said, "Defining and solving how AI interacts with people is one of the most consequential challenges of this AI era," adding, "ElevenLabs is building the industry's leading human-AI interaction platform that spans every touchpoint—corporations and customers, governments and citizens, creators and the public—and it is meaningful to help lead the journey to place these innovative solutions in the hands of global enterprises worldwide."