Cliff Weitzman calls passing on ElevenLabs his biggest strategic mistake at Speechify
Weitzman says he avoided the text-to-speech API business because he expected it to become commoditized. He says he overlooked how an AI lab’s first product could draw users to its later technology.
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In a quote shared by Harry Stebbings, Cliff Weitzman calls passing on ElevenLabs his biggest strategic mistake at Speechify: “It was 100% on me.” He says he met Piotrek and Mati in 2022 and was impressed, but expected text-to-speech APIs to become commoditized. His takeaway is that AI labs continuously innovate: the first product is a “wedge” that gets people to adopt their later technology.
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