ElevenLabs opened early access to ElevenAI on November 11, 2026, at its New York Summit. The workplace app combines dictation and meeting notes, with built-in notice and consent mechanisms, according to the company’s summit announcement.
What ElevenAI early access covers
ElevenLabs describes an app powered by Scribe v3 that captures spoken conversations, including in-person meetings. It says the app takes notes with everyone’s consent, produces summaries and action items for each attendee after a call, and offers assistance during calls.
The application is a separate development from the Scribe v3 transcription-model release. ElevenLabs’ November 10 model announcement introduced Scribe v3 for recorded audio and Scribe v3 Live for real-time transcription, including API availability. ElevenAI packages transcription into a meeting workflow; the November 11 announcement describes early access, rather than a general release.
Memory and Routines were described as forthcoming ElevenAgents updates; company-specific model fine-tuning was announced for the coming months. These announcements should be distinguished from ElevenAI’s early-access opening.
Why the application and API distinction matters
ElevenLabs’ Zero Retention Mode documentation says that the option applies to eligible API requests and excludes web-interface traffic. It is available to select enterprise customers. An underlying model’s eligibility therefore should not be treated as a retention commitment for every application using that model.
For a university considering the new app, CASRAI’s assessment is that meeting participation, distribution of notes and data retention need separate consideration. Built-in notice and consent address a different question from who may subsequently receive, store or reuse the resulting material. This is an institutional evaluation issue, alongside the broader distinctions in zero data retention for research AI tools.
What the launch means for research offices
The immediate development is a new application to evaluate for meeting work. For researchers and research administrators, the practical implications are these editorial considerations:
- Research teams: review summaries and assigned actions before treating them as an agreed record of a project meeting.
- Research offices: distinguish meeting-recording permission from informed consent for research participation when considering use involving participants.
- Institutional evaluators: examine the app’s contractual storage, access and sharing arrangements, and document relevant decisions in the project’s data management plan.
Sources
- ElevenLabs, Building the interaction layer for AI: Everything announced at ElevenLabs Summit NYC, November 11, 2026. Checked 2026-11-14.
- ElevenLabs, Summit New York event page, event dated November 11, 2026. Checked 2026-11-14.
- ElevenLabs, Introducing Scribe v3 and v3 Live, November 10, 2026. Checked 2026-11-14.
- ElevenLabs, Zero Retention Mode (Enterprise). Checked 2026-11-14.
