Bargain prices by 95% while pricing up by double
In the same week, Voice AI reached two extremes
Alibaba Qwen voice API cut prices by up to 95%
ElevenLabs employees’ shares deal mentioned a $22B valuation
Up by a factor of two from February
In plain terms:
Those selling interfaces are racing to drive prices down
Those selling products and customer relationships are driving up valuations
Models will keep getting cheaper
The valuable ones are the ones who can lock in users first
Watch whether ElevenLabs’s round of old-share sales can close at this price
In the same week, Voice AI reached two extremes
Alibaba Qwen voice API cut prices by up to 95%
ElevenLabs employees’ shares deal mentioned a $22B valuation
Up by a factor of two from February
In plain terms:
Those selling interfaces are racing to drive prices down
Those selling products and customer relationships are driving up valuations
Models will keep getting cheaper
The valuable ones are the ones who can lock in users first
Watch whether ElevenLabs’s round of old-share sales can close at this price