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SoundHound AI, Inc. develops voice, conversational and agentic AI platforms for businesses that need automated customer interactions, ordering, support and enterprise workflows. Its news commonly covers platform launches such as OASYS, AI agents for voice and digital channels, and products including Smart Answering, Smart Ordering, Dynamic Drive-Thru, the Amelia Platform, Agentic AI for Automotive and Autonomics.
Company updates also address customer deployments and partnerships across restaurants, convenience retail, telecommunications, insurance, automotive, financial services, healthcare and smart devices, along with operating results, material agreements and capital-structure developments.
SoundHound AI has acquired key assets from Allset, an online ordering platform. This acquisition aims to enhance SoundHound's vision of a voice commerce ecosystem, allowing consumers to order food via voice AI from various devices like cars, phones, and smart devices.
Allset’s team will join SoundHound, contributing their expertise and expanding SoundHound's restaurant partnerships and technological capabilities. Allset's existing restaurant partners and new signups will gain access to SoundHound's voice AI products, aiming to improve operational efficiency and increase sales.
The acquisition includes plans to integrate voice-enabled food and drink ordering across millions of devices. SoundHound already collaborates with over 10,000 restaurant locations and works with major clients in sectors like smart devices, TVs, and automotive. The Allset leadership team, including Co-Founders Stas Matviyenko and Anna Polishchuk, will play a pivotal role in advancing SoundHound's voice monetization platform.
SoundHound AI announced a significant financial milestone by agreeing to prepay its $100 million debt in full, saving over $55 million in interest and fees. This move also releases approximately $14 million of restricted cash. Post-payment, the company retains a cash balance of $180 million and has no outstanding debt, bolstering its liquidity and financial flexibility. CFO Nitesh Sharan highlighted that this debt-free status will enable SoundHound to capitalize on growing customer demand for its voice AI solutions.
SoundHound AI reported a 73% revenue growth to $11.6 million in Q1 2024, closing the quarter with $226 million in cash. The company raised its full-year revenue outlook, emphasizing the demand for subscriptions in voice AI technology across automotive and customer service sectors. The financial highlights include GAAP gross margin of 60%, non-GAAP gross margin of 66%, GAAP EPS loss of ($0.12), non-GAAP EPS loss of ($0.07), GAAP net loss of ($33.0) million, non-GAAP net loss of ($19.9) million, and Adjusted EBITDA of ($15.4) million. Business highlights comprise the acquisition of SYNQ3, partnerships in the automotive industry, and collaborations with large brands in the customer service sector.
SoundHound AI, Inc. (Nasdaq: SOUN) has partnered with Perplexity to enhance the SoundHound Chat AI assistant with online LLM capabilities, allowing for more complex and real-time responses to web-based queries. This collaboration aims to improve the voice assistant's functionality across various devices, including cars and IoT devices, making it the most advanced voice assistant on the market. The integration of Perplexity's search capabilities will provide users with accurate and up-to-date information, expanding the assistant's capabilities to handle a wider range of questions effortlessly.
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