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ElevenLabs’ value doubled since February, driven by AI agents that handle calls. What that means for phone, IVR and marketplace voice work.
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Spotify Brings Audiobooks to Mexico, Colombia and Spain. Its Plan for Smaller Languages Is AI Narration
Spotify switched on audiobooks in Mexico, Colombia, Spain and Italy on Wednesday and says more than 180 markets will have them by the end of the year. For narrators, the bigger news is in one sentence from the company's head of audiobook partnerships: AI narration is how it hopes to fill the shelves in languages that have never had many audiobooks.
Spotify made the announcement at the Frankfurt Book Fair on October 7. Audiobooks on the app go from 22 markets to more than 180 by the end of 2026, which Spotify says puts them in front of more than 750 million people. Colombia, Italy, Mexico and Spain went first. Argentina, Brazil, Norway and Poland follow on October 15, Portugal on November 12, and the rest come in batches through December, Publishers Weekly reported.
"For a lot of people, audiobooks are how they find their way back to reading, on the commute, on a walk, or at the end of a long day," said Owen Smith, Spotify's VP of Audiobooks, in the company's announcement.
