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ElevenLabs and DXC begin joint voice AI projects as enterprise buyers demand proof of return
ElevenLabs passed $500m in annualised revenue in May, and its valuation has risen from $100m to $11bn in under three years. DXC, now an investor, customer and partner, is using 90-day planning cycles to take its voice agents into banks, insurers and public sector clients.
The AI Spend Simply Doesn't Add Up: How Uber, Klarna, and Duolingo Became the Face of a $700 Billion Accountability Crisis
Klarna fired 700 agents for a chatbot, then rehired humans. Duolingo mandated AI in performance reviews, then pulled it. Uber blew its annual AI budget before April. These are not edge cases. They are the clearest signal yet that the industry's growth-at-all-costs AI thesis is meeting its moment of measurement.