Piotr Dąbkowski
Co-founder & CTO, ElevenLabs
Key facts
- Born and raised in Poland; attended XXXIII Mikołaj Kopernik High School in Warsaw.
- Co-founded ElevenLabs in 2022 alongside Mati Staniszewski, developing the AI voice technology powering a decacorn valued at $22 billion on September 30, 2026.
- Estimated net worth of $1.8B according to Forbes.
- Helped build ElevenLabs into a global leader with over 40 million users and $330M+ in ARR.
Biography
Piotr Dąbkowski is a Polish computer scientist and entrepreneur, best known as the co-founder and CTO of ElevenLabs. He grew up in Poland, where he met co-founder Mati Staniszewski while studying at Kopernik High School in Warsaw. In 2022, he co-founded ElevenLabs, spearheading the core AI voice technology that propelled the company to a $22 billion valuation on September 30, 2026. Today, he continues to lead its engineering and product innovation.