Piotr Dabkowski is a Polish technology entrepreneur and the co-founder of ElevenLabs, the world's leading AI voice platform. Born in Poland, he was a high school classmate of fellow billionaire Mati Staniszewski.

Dabkowski established his technical credentials as a software engineer at Google, where he specialized in machine learning and natural language processing. In 2022, he and Staniszewski pooled their personal savings to launch their own venture, driven by a desire to create truly human-like synthetic speech.

• Core Company: ElevenLabs (AI Audio Research).
• Role: Co-founder and Head of Research.
• Origins: Polish researcher who built a global technology leader between Warsaw and London.

Piotr Dabkowski’s career is defined by his scientific breakthrough in generative audio. He was the lead researcher to 'cross the threshold' of creating AI-generated speech that is indistinguishable from human emotional expression.

Under his technical leadership, ElevenLabs scaled from a small startup to a global powerhouse. In October 2025, private investors valued the company at $6.6 billion, officially establishing Dabkowski as a billionaire with an estimated 15% stake. The platform now serves millions of users and high-profile partners like the Audi Revolut F1 Team.

• Scientific Milestone: Developed the model behind Eleven v3, the most expressive text-to-speech system to date.
• Partner Success: ElevenLabs agents have been shown to reduce customer support resolution times for global banks by up to 8x.