LOS
ANGELES, July 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ --
Skyrocket, a leading toy company behind numerous
award-winning and innovative tech toys, and ElevenLabs, an
industry leader in AI Audio, announced today 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
PLAi (pronounced 'play').
The first item to launch from PLAi is Poe the AI Story
Bear, a soft and cuddly plush bear that offers kids a
one-of-a-kind story-creating and storytelling experience. Poe the
AI Story Bear uses the world-leading AI model ChatGPT4o to
create customized stories based on ideas that kids can input by
selecting from colorful icons into the Poe AI Story
Creator app. Once a story is created, Poe magically comes to
life to read their story aloud. ElevenLabs' natural
sounding AI speech software gives Poe a lifelike voice that is
contextually aware, with vocal emotion and rich intonation. Every
story sounds as if it were read by a charming, entertaining and
very human narrator, creating a captivating story time.
"We are thrilled to work with ElevenLabs to bring to life Poe
the AI Story Bear, and to also be our voice partner for all the
products in our PLAi brand," said Nelo
Lucich, Co-Founder and CEO, of Skyrocket. "We are on the
brink of a disruptive and ground-breaking technology that enables
amazing features and capabilities in products and services that
were not conceivable even a year ago. There are limitless
opportunities to integrate these technologies into the world. We
are excited to have the most cutting edge, realistic AI voice
technology in the world powering our PLAi products and making Poe
the AI Story Bear and other products in our PLAi brand
extraordinary and lifelike."
"We are excited to see this new and innovative use of our AI
voice technology," said Mati
Staniszewski, CEO, ElevenLabs. "Our partnership with
Skyrocket is helping further our mission of making content
accessible in any language and voice, now for bedtime stories
around the world."
Using ElevenLabs' multilingual audio capabilities, Poe can tell
stories in over 20 languages and engage with kids around the world.
Selecting from ElevenLabs' broad library of voices, Skyrocket was
able to find unique voices that resonate with listeners in each
language.
Skyrocket's PLAi brand harnesses the vast knowledge base and
processing capabilities of AI in a closed environment designed to
be safe for kids. Poe the AI Story Bear will launch at major
retailers this fall for $49.99.
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ABOUT SKYROCKET
Skyrocket is a leading toy and
entertainment company defining the future of play. Leveraging the
latest innovations in the industry, our groundbreaking product
portfolio is changing the way consumers engage and interact across
generations. Our team of entrepreneurs, product developers and
design engineers pioneer new ideas in toys, retail and
entertainment to elevate play and advance the industry. With
offices in Los Angeles and
Hong Kong, Skyrocket creates
products sold under the proprietary brands including PLAi, Sky
Viper, Faction, My Fuzzy Friends, Blume, Real Cooking Chocolate Pen
and Pomsies. Skyrocket LLC Los
Angeles, CA 90292 USA / Skyrocket is a trademark of
Skyrocket LLC
ABOUT ELEVENLABS
ElevenLabs is a research and
deployment company building audio AI tools for creators and
businesses. Their models use in-house-developed methods for context
awareness and high compression to deliver crisp, natural, and
emotionally nuanced speech, voices, and sound effects across 29
languages. The company's AI tools are used to voice audiobooks and
news articles, animate video game characters, assist in film
pre-production, localize media in entertainment, create audio for
social media and advertising, as well as train medical
professionals.
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