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date: "2026-09-21"
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As of: 2026-11-13 13:49 CET.
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# ElevenLabs Studio 4.0 turns ElevenCreative into an agentic AI video editor

On 2026-09-21 ElevenLabs released Studio 4.0 in ElevenCreative: an audio/video editor that generates video, images, voiceovers, music and sound effects on the timeline, with a "Studio Agent" co-editor that drafts a first cut from a text description. It extends ElevenLabs from voice into multi-model video production.

## Key facts
- Studio Agent: AI co-editor that 'drafts a first cut on the timeline - placing clips, generating voiceovers, and syncing sound effects' (web only)
- Generation of video, images, voice, music and SFX inside a project; redesigned timeline with frame-level zoom and clip snapping; captions as timeline clips; clip-level comments; rebuilt playback engine
- Available on every plan incl. Free (3 projects, watermarked video); paid plans from $6 Starter (per secondary coverage)
- Visual generation comes from third-party models that ElevenLabs hosts through its Image & Video API: Seedance 2.0/2.5, Veo 3.1, GPT Image 1-2.5, Nano Banana family and Seedream 5 per the docs; GPT Image 2.5 Flare/Sunburst added 2026-09-21. Sora 2 was removed on 2026-09-23 after OpenAI shut down the Sora API on 2026-09-24
- Same month: Eleven Music v2.5 (09-11), Reception AI receptionist (09-16), Eleven v4 TTS (09-28)

## What happened

ElevenLabs rebuilt Studio, its long-form audio and video editor, around generation and an in-editor agent. A user describes a video, and Studio Agent places generated clips, voiceovers and sound effects on the timeline for manual refinement.

## Why it matters

ElevenLabs had been a voice-model company. Studio 4.0 makes it a multi-model video production tool that pairs third-party video models with its own voice and music. That puts it in competition with CapCut, Descript and the video labs' own editors.

## Your AI and this story

- GPT-6 Astra (training cutoff April 2026): 144 days after its cutoff
- Claude Opus 5.5 (training cutoff June 2026): 83 days after its cutoff
- Gemini 4 Hydrogen (training cutoff March 2026): 174 days after its cutoff
- Grok 4.7 (training cutoff May 2026): 113 days after its cutoff

## Sources

1. [ElevenLabs blog: Studio 4.0, the AI-native video editor in ElevenCreative](https://elevenlabs.io/blog/introducing-studio-4) (elevenlabs.io, official)
2. [ElevenLabs docs: Image & Video capabilities (model list)](https://elevenlabs.io/docs/overview/capabilities/image-video) (elevenlabs.io, docs)
3. [ElevenLabs changelog (2026-09-21 / 2026-09-23)](https://elevenlabs.io/docs/changelog) (elevenlabs.io, docs)
4. [YouTube (ElevenLabs): Introducing Studio 4.0, the agentic video editor in ElevenCreative](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-OZwbegYss) (youtube.com, video)

## Changes

- 2026-09-29 (filed): Created

## Related

- 2026-09-28: [ElevenLabs launches Eleven v4 and Eleven v4 Turbo, #1 on Artificial Analysis TTS arena](https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-09-28-elevenlabs-eleven-v4/index.md)
- 2026-09-16: [ElevenLabs launches Reception, an AI phone receptionist for small businesses built on ElevenAgents](https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-09-16-elevenlabs-reception/index.md)
- 2026-09-11: [ElevenLabs releases Music v2.5](https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-09-11-elevenlabs-music-v2-5/index.md)