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Re: ElevenLabs, TwelveLabs, ThirteenLabs

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Post by marssaxman » Sat, Aug 22, 2026, 4:47 PM UTC

I used to work for a startup called 1026 Labs!

Re: ElevenLabs, TwelveLabs, ThirteenLabs

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Post by pmg101 » Sat, Aug 22, 2026, 5:02 PM UTC

nostratas wrote: post #4

There's always some kind of popular dumb naming scheme. I remember when it was prefixing "Zen-" to your startup. Some things never change

Remembr when it was missng lettrs out of wrds

Re: ElevenLabs, TwelveLabs, ThirteenLabs

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Post by ninju » Sat, Aug 22, 2026, 5:06 PM UTC

HN Hug of death

Re: ElevenLabs, TwelveLabs, ThirteenLabs

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Post by DiscourseFan » Sat, Aug 22, 2026, 5:07 PM UTC

throwup238 wrote: post #8

aghilmort wrote: post #2

gotta wonder if any inspired by Ocean's Eleven, Ocean's 12, Ocean's 13

I think the inspiration was the Arabic numerals.

No it was the word eleven and the word labs.

Re: ElevenLabs, TwelveLabs, ThirteenLabs

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Post by egypturnash » Sat, Aug 22, 2026, 5:09 PM UTC

pmg101 wrote: post #22

nostratas wrote: post #4

There's always some kind of popular dumb naming scheme. I remember when it was prefixing "Zen-" to your startup. Some things never change

Remembr when it was missng lettrs out of wrds

miss.ng lett.rs

Re: ElevenLabs, TwelveLabs, ThirteenLabs

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Post by dylan604 » Sat, Aug 22, 2026, 5:13 PM UTC

dainiusse wrote: post #16

Three score and ten labs

Three score and seven labs /s

Re: ElevenLabs, TwelveLabs, ThirteenLabs

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Post by itsthecourier » Sat, Aug 22, 2026, 5:18 PM UTC

possibilistic wrote: post #20

WhatsName wrote: post #3

Tried to register sixsevenlabs, too late unfortunately...

All of them copied 15.ai ElevenLabs was a commercial version of 15.ai. It's crazy, because 15.ai could have had the venture-scale outcomes if he'd fundraised and turned it into a SaaS product. He was in the right place, right time, with tremendous attention, but missed the opportunity. The other "labs" followed the trend. The {number}labs / {number}.ai domains all quickly got squatted. I was in the same space and wat…

damn, what a rollercoaster you had there, man

Re: ElevenLabs, TwelveLabs, ThirteenLabs

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Post by idontneedcoffee » Sat, Aug 22, 2026, 5:18 PM UTC

possibilistic wrote: post #20

WhatsName wrote: post #3

Tried to register sixsevenlabs, too late unfortunately...

All of them copied 15.ai ElevenLabs was a commercial version of 15.ai. It's crazy, because 15.ai could have had the venture-scale outcomes if he'd fundraised and turned it into a SaaS product. He was in the right place, right time, with tremendous attention, but missed the opportunity. The other "labs" followed the trend. The {number}labs / {number}.ai domains all quickly got squatted. I was in the same space and wat…

This world of cheap (vc) money, huge private equity sells and high revenue early in the products development phase is so distant to me(geographically and even more so, mentally), I need some help deciding what to do with my project and I'd really appreciate if you could DM me

Re: ElevenLabs, TwelveLabs, ThirteenLabs

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Post by asveikau » Sat, Aug 22, 2026, 5:22 PM UTC

01284a7e wrote: post #7

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I was trying to remember the actor/comedian who delivered this pitch. It was Harland Williams. I most remember him as the Pennsylvania state trooper from Dumb & Dumber.

Re: ElevenLabs, TwelveLabs, ThirteenLabs

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Post by quantumwoke » Sat, Aug 22, 2026, 5:24 PM UTC

possibilistic wrote: post #20

WhatsName wrote: post #3

Tried to register sixsevenlabs, too late unfortunately...

All of them copied 15.ai ElevenLabs was a commercial version of 15.ai. It's crazy, because 15.ai could have had the venture-scale outcomes if he'd fundraised and turned it into a SaaS product. He was in the right place, right time, with tremendous attention, but missed the opportunity. The other "labs" followed the trend. The {number}labs / {number}.ai domains all quickly got squatted. I was in the same space and wat…

You were a year behind 15.ai with FakeYou. I know, because I was six months ahead of you and didn't execute in time. Momentum is everything.