VideoZero Joins the ElevenLabs Startup Grants Program

We are excited to share that VideoZero has been awarded a spot in the ElevenLabs Startup Grants Program. This grant gives us access to ElevenLabs’s industry-leading text-to-speech technology, and we are putting it to work right away.

What This Means for Your Videos

Until now, VideoZero generated animated educational videos from text prompts — visuals, motion, and structure, all automated. What was missing? A voice.

Thanks to ElevenLabs’s text-to-speech models, VideoZero can now automatically narrate your videos. When you generate a video, you can add a natural-sounding voiceover that explains what’s happening on screen — no recording equipment, no voice actors, no extra editing steps.

The result: a complete educational video with both animation and narration, ready to share within a minute.

Why Narration Matters

For educational content, narration is not just a nice-to-have. Research consistently shows that combining visual and auditory channels improves learning outcomes — this is the foundation of multimedia learning theory. A clear voiceover guiding the viewer through an animated explanation is significantly more effective than either one alone.

With automated narration, educators and trainers can now produce videos that are closer to what a professional production team would deliver, without any of the overhead.

Why ElevenLabs

We chose to apply to the ElevenLabs Startup Grants Program because their text-to-speech quality is best-in-class. The voices sound natural, support multiple languages, and handle technical terminology well — all critical for educational content. The integration fits naturally into VideoZero’s existing workflow: you describe what you want, and we handle the rest.

What’s Next

Automated narration is rolling out to all VideoZero users. Head to the Playground to try it out — just create a video as you normally would, and you will now have the option to add AI-generated narration.

We are grateful to ElevenLabs for their support and excited about what this enables for educators and content creators everywhere.

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Learn more about the ElevenLabs Startup Grants Program and explore the VideoZero Gallery to see what’s possible. Read about our experience in the TIC Manchester Startup Lab or check out our open-source AI agent skills for Motion Canvas.