ElevenLabs Startup Grant: 33M Free Characters of Voice AI
Startups with fewer than 25 people can claim 33 million ElevenLabs characters, free for a full year across the whole platform.
33,000,000 ElevenLabs characters, free for 12 months
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ElevenLabs values the grant at over $4,000, and it runs for a full year. The characters cover text to speech, conversational voice agents & dubbing on one account, so a small team can put real audio in its product without a per-minute bill.
Deal at a glance
| Provider | ElevenLabs, AI voice: text to speech, voice agents & dubbing |
|---|---|
| Offer | 33,000,000 characters, free for 12 months from approval |
| Stated value | ElevenLabs puts it at $4,000+ and over 680 hours of usage |
| Access | InnMind Premium membership |
| Eligibility | Fewer than 25 employees, with a monetised product |
| Not for | Agencies, consulting firms & existing ElevenLabs enterprise customers |
| Approval | By ElevenLabs, usually within a week |
| Last verified | July 2026 |
What you get
The grant is the full ElevenLabs platform for a year, metered in characters rather than locked to one feature.
- 33,000,000 characters, free for 12 months. ElevenLabs puts that at over 680 hours of generated audio, worth more than $4,000 at its own pricing.
- Every product on one account. The characters work across text to speech, conversational voice agents, dubbing, voice cloning & sound effects, so you are not choosing which tool to spend them on.
- API and app, same balance. Use the characters by hand in the ElevenLabs app or through the API inside your own product. The credit is the same either way.
- A year to plan against. The grant runs 12 months from the day ElevenLabs approves you, then the account converts to the Free plan unless you pick a paid one.
What founders use it for
Voice is expensive to buy per minute and cheap to over-use while you are still finding what works. A year of characters covers the experimenting stage. These are the jobs it usually gets spent on.
Voice agents that answer in real time. Support, onboarding & sales bots that speak instead of type. The conversational agents run on the same character balance, so you can test a live voice flow before committing to a paid tier.
Turning written content into audio. Narration for docs, an audio version of your blog, or voiceover for product videos, generated in minutes rather than booked with a studio.
Reaching new markets with dubbing. Dub demos, ads & onboarding into other languages while keeping the original voice, which is far cheaper than re-recording per market.
Building voice into your own app. Wire the API into your product for read-aloud, accessibility or a spoken assistant, and let real usage tell you whether it is worth paying for later.
What the grant asks in return
Two conditions are easy to miss on the application, and both are worth knowing before you apply.
- A credit and link on your site for a year. Grantees display the “ElevenLabs Grants” logo at the bottom of their website, with a link to ElevenLabs, for at least 12 months from approval. That is the real price of the grant, and no aggregator writes it down.
- It converts to a Free plan when the year ends. After 12 months, or once only 10,000 credits remain, the account drops to the ElevenLabs Free plan unless you choose a paid one. Move anything you depend on in production before that date.
One application per company, so pick the entity that will actually use the characters.
Who is eligible
| Team size | Fewer than 25 employees. |
|---|---|
| Product | A monetised product with a real business model, built for the long term. |
| InnMind plan | Included with InnMind Premium. Free accounts can browse the catalogue; this deal unlocks on a paid plan. |
| Not eligible | Agencies, consulting firms & existing ElevenLabs enterprise customers. Projects aimed at people under 18 are also excluded. |
| Grant length | 12 months from the date ElevenLabs approves you. |
| Decision | ElevenLabs reviews each application, usually within a week. |
How to claim it
- Sign in to InnMind with an active Premium membership.
- Open this deal in the InnMind app and click Access Perk.
- You land on the ElevenLabs Startup Grants application. Apply with your startup details.
- ElevenLabs reviews the application and replies, usually within a week.
- Your 33,000,000 characters activate on your ElevenLabs account and run for 12 months.
Terms worth knowing
This is the ElevenLabs Startup Grants programme, run by ElevenLabs. Acceptance is at their discretion, and an InnMind membership does not guarantee it. The $4,000+ value and the 680 hour figure are ElevenLabs published estimates and depend on how you use the characters. The grant runs 12 months from approval, then converts to the Free plan. Grantees must display the ElevenLabs Grants credit and a link on their website for at least 12 months. Claiming requires an active InnMind Premium membership at the time you apply. Deal details verified July 2026.
Questions founders ask
How do I get the ElevenLabs startup grant?
Open this deal from your InnMind account and follow the link to the ElevenLabs Startup Grants application. You apply there with your startup details, ElevenLabs reviews the application, and the characters are activated on your account once you are accepted, usually within a week.
Is ElevenLabs free for startups?
ElevenLabs has a small free plan for everyone. The Startup Grant is a separate offer of 33 million characters free for 12 months, worth more than 4,000 dollars by the figures ElevenLabs publishes. When the grant ends the account converts back to the Free plan unless you pick a paid one.
How much is the ElevenLabs Startup Grant worth?
The grant is 33,000,000 characters, valid for 12 months from approval. ElevenLabs values that at more than 4,000 dollars and puts it at over 680 hours of usage, depending on which products you spend it on.
Who is eligible for the ElevenLabs Startup Grants programme?
Startups with fewer than 25 employees that have a monetised product and a real business model. Agencies, consulting firms and existing ElevenLabs enterprise customers are not eligible, and there is one application per company. ElevenLabs makes the final decision.
What do I have to give ElevenLabs in return?
Grantees display the ElevenLabs Grants logo at the bottom of their website, with a link to ElevenLabs, for at least 12 months from approval. It is a real condition of the grant, so factor it in if a visible backlink does not suit your site.
Do I need a paid InnMind plan to claim it?
Yes. ElevenLabs is one of the perks reserved for InnMind Premium members. A free InnMind account still lets you browse the full deals catalogue.