Skyrocket and ElevenLabs sign comprehensive agreement to integrate cutting-edge AI speech technology into revolutionary new PLAi toys

LOS ANGELES, July 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Aim higha leading toy company behind numerous award-winning and innovative tech toys, and ElevenLabsan industry leader in AI audio, today announced a multi-year agreement to use ElevenLabs’ text-to-speech and AI voice generation services in Skyrocket’s revolutionary new line of AI-powered toys, called PLA (pronounced “play”).

The first product launched by PLAi is Poe, the AI ​​story beara soft and cuddly plush bear that offers children a unique story-making and storytelling experience. Poe, the AI ​​Story Bear, uses the world’s leading AI model ChatGPT4o to create customized stories based on ideas that children can enter by choosing from colorful icons in the Poe AI Story Maker App. Once a story is created, Poe magically comes to life and reads the story aloud. ElevenLabs“The natural-sounding AI speech software gives Poe a lifelike voice that is context-sensitive, with vocal emotion and rich intonation. Each story sounds like it is being read by a charming, entertaining, and very human narrator, creating a captivating storytime.

“We are very excited to partner with ElevenLabs to bring Poe, the AI ​​story bear, to life and also to be our language partner for all of our PLAi brand products,” said Nelo LucichCo-founder and CEO of Skyrocket. “We are on the cusp of a disruptive and game-changing technology that enables amazing features and capabilities in products and services that were unimaginable a year ago. There are limitless possibilities for integrating these technologies into the world. We are excited that our PLAi products are powered by the world’s most advanced, realistic AI voice technology, making Poe the AI ​​story bear and other products under our PLAi brand extraordinary and lifelike.”

“We are excited about this new and innovative use of our AI language technology,” said Mati StaniszewskiCEO of ElevenLabs. “Our partnership with Skyrocket helps us advance our mission to make content accessible in every language and voice, now including bedtime stories around the world.”

Using ElevenLabs’ multilingual audio capabilities, Poe can tell stories in over 20 languages, appealing to children around the world. By choosing from ElevenLabs’ extensive library of voices, Skyrocket was able to find unique voices that would resonate with listeners in any language.

Skyrocket’s PLAi brand leverages AI’s vast knowledge base and processing capacity in a contained environment designed to be safe for children. Poe the AI ​​Story Bear will be available at major retailers this fall. 49,99 €.

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ABOUT SKYROCKET
Skyrocket is a leading toy and entertainment company defining the future of play. Our groundbreaking product portfolio leverages the latest industry innovations and transforms the way consumers interact across generations. Our team of entrepreneurs, product developers and designers pioneer new ideas in toys, retail and entertainment to enhance play and advance the industry. With offices in Los Angeles And Hong KongSkyrocket manufactures products sold under the brand names PLAi, Sky Viper, Faction, My Fuzzy Friends, Blume, Real Cooking Chocolate Pen and Pomsies. Skyrocket LLC Los Angeles, California 90292 USA / Skyrocket is a trademark of Skyrocket LLC

ABOUT ELEVENLABS
ElevenLabs is a research and delivery company that builds audio AI tools for developers and enterprises. Their models use proprietary context awareness and high compression methods to deliver clear, natural, and emotionally nuanced speech, voices, and sound effects in 29 languages. The company’s AI tools are used to voice audiobooks and news articles, animate video game characters, support film pre-production, localize media in entertainment, create audio for social media and advertising, and train healthcare professionals.

Source: Skyrocket; ElevenLabs