SOUNDHOUND AI, INC.

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SoundHound AI teaches machines to understand and answer spoken language.

Key figures

Data as of Jun 2026 · Pills compare vs Mar 2026

ARR Multiple

10.3x

-1.1x

ARR

$248M

+40.1%

YoY Growth

45.0%

-6.7pp

Market Cap

$2.5B

-9.7%

Revenue (Q)

$62M

+40.1%

Gross Margin

45.1%

+14.0pp

Op. Margin

-70.0%

-12.5pp

Rule of 40

-24.9

-19.3

Magic Number

3.69

+6.19

Revenue, margins & ratios from SEC filings; market cap & ARR multiple from market data. Market cap & ARR multiple use the close of 2 Oct 2026; their pills compare vs the Jun 2026 quarter-end (11.4x).

Valuation by quarter

Current ARR Multiple: 11.4x

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AI Replacement RiskLOW

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Structural moats (regulation, integration depth, or proprietary data) make AI-only replacement unlikely in the near term.

What's driving the score

Communication & collaborationCategory baseline

low base

Workflow complexity5/5

-12 risk

Data moat4/5

-7.5 risk

Integration depthHigh

-10 risk

SegmentEnterprise

-8 risk

IndustryOther

neutral

Own AI integration4/5

-4.8 risk

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Company overview

SoundHound AI teaches machines to understand and answer spoken language. The company started in 2005 in Santa Clara, California. Many people first met it through an app that could name a song you hummed.

That music trick was just a demo of the real skill. SoundHound builds voice AI that companies embed into their own products. Its platform, Houndify, lets a device listen, understand, and respond in natural speech, without shipping every request off to Google or Amazon.

The company chases three big markets. Restaurants come first. Picture a busy drive-thru at dinner rush. SoundHound voice AI can take the order, handle changes, and never get flustered, freeing staff to cook and serve. Cars come second, where its assistant answers questions and controls features hands free. Customer service comes third, with voice agents that field phone calls around the clock.

SoundHound leans hard into the idea that voice will become a normal way to talk to machines. It has bought companies to add restaurant ordering and phone based agents to its lineup.

Revenue runs near $85 million a year and is growing quickly off a small base. The company is not yet profitable and spends heavily to expand. It is an early stage bet on a voice first future, with real technology and real customers already in hand.