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▶ 23:41 · $EPIC-GAMES · $DIS · Disney licenses James Earl Jones' Darth Vader voice to ElevenLabs for interactive Fortnite experience
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All-In Podcast

The Trillion-Dollar Industries AI Is Disrupting: Voice, Law & the End of the Billable Hour

2026-07-14 · 10 company · 8 thematic
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mati staniszewski

Mati Staniszewski founded ElevenLabs in 2022. The company built the first human-sounding text-to-speech model, reached $600M ARR in 40 months with 600 employees, and powers voice AI for enterprises (Revolut, Klarna), creators (Matthew McConaughey, James Earl Jones estate), and platforms (Fortnite, Headspace).

max junestrand

Max Junestrand founded Legora, a legal AI platform growing 50% QoQ for 7 quarters — the fastest enterprise SaaS to $100M+ ARR. Legora deploys 'legal engineers' to transform law firms like Kirkland Ellis, builds global legal data moats, and uses narrow fine-tuned models for high-volume legal tasks.

jason calacanis

Angel investor, host of This Week in Startups and co-host of the All-In podcast. An early investor in Uber, Robinhood and Calm.

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“Fortnite so Epic Games game Fortnite launched um Darth Vader which people and players could interact with live in partnership with the state in partnership with Disney. So every player after reaching a certain stage could have a Darve inte…”
—mati staniszewski

episode shorts · 1

The Incredible Deal Behind Darth Vader’s AI Voice

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$ELEVENLABSbullish· high· posmati staniszewski
ElevenLabs hits $600M ARR in 40 months, building voice AI communication platform
ElevenLabs has achieved extraordinary revenue growth ($100M in 20 months, $200M in 10, $300M in 5, now $600M) by owning the voice interaction layer — text-to-speech, speech-to-tex…
$EPIC-GAMESbullish· lowmati staniszewski
Epic Games integrates ElevenLabs voice AI for interactive Darth Vader in Fortnite
Epic Games deployed ElevenLabs' voice technology to enable real-time interactive Darth Vader conversations in Fortnite, showcasing gaming as a major distribution channel for voice…
$DIS···bullish· lowmati staniszewski
Disney licenses James Earl Jones' Darth Vader voice to ElevenLabs for interactive Fortnite experience
Disney partnered with ElevenLabs and Epic Games to bring interactive Darth Vader voice to Fortnite, powered by ElevenLabs' voice AI. This validates ElevenLabs' enterprise-grade IP…
$HEADSPACEbullish· lowmati staniszewski
Headspace partners with ElevenLabs for personalized AI meditation voices
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$LEGORAbullish· high· posmax junestrand
Legora grows 50% QoQ for 7 quarters, fastest enterprise SaaS to $100M+ ARR
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$OPENAIbullish· mediumjason calacanis
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$PLTR···neutral· lowmax junestrand
Palantir's forward-deployed engineer model replicated for legal AI transformation
Legora explicitly copies Palantir's forward-deployed engineer model with 'legal engineers' — lawyers embedded at client firms (Kirkland Ellis) to transform workflows from pre-AI t…
$RELX···bearish· highmax junestrand
LexisNexis/Westlaw duopoly getting crushed as AI-native legal platforms bypass their data moat
Legacy legal research incumbents LexisNexis (RELX) and Westlaw (Thomson Reuters) face existential disruption: their data moat (physical case scanning, page citations) is being rep…
$TRI···bearish· mediumjason calacanis
Westlaw's government-granted monopoly on case reporting becomes liability in AI era
Westlaw's unique monopoly with the US government for official case reporting (requiring physical book scanning and page citations) creates structural inertia that prevents rapid A…
$ANTHROPICneutral· mediummax junestrand
Anthropic's Claude becomes pipeline generator for vertical AI legal apps
Anthropic's shallow legal offering (markdown skills + integrations) drives initial AI adoption in law firms, but users hit a ceiling and then graduate to specialized vertical plat…