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After we went public in 2022, SoundHound rapidly introduced innovation to the market with Smart Ordering, Dynamic Interaction TM , SoundHound Chat AI, and Smart Answering, among other products (see "Products and Technology" hereafter).
+Added: Following the integration of the Amelia platform into SoundHound's ecosystem in 2025, we enhanced our AI agent platform by enabling full-stack agentic AI for enterprises, moving beyond simple voice response to systems that can reason through IT support or customer service requests and execute backend actions autonomously.
+Added: With the launch of the Amelia 7 platform in 2025, SoundHound’s AI agent orchestration platform brings new capabilities into the vehicle, enabling multiple agents to carry out tasks and transactions on behalf of the driver – from the company’s own voice commerce agents that allow food ordering and reservations with top restaurant brands, to external agents that will allow users to check email or adjust their schedules.
SoundHound’s Vision
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“show me restaurants, excluding Chinese,” because they don’t expect that it will work.
−Removed: And in fact, most other voice assistants will offer Chinese restaurants when asked to show restaurants excluding Chinese.
+Added: And in fact, most
+Added: other voice assistants will offer Chinese restaurants when asked to show restaurants excluding Chinese.
With SoundHound’s technology, users can ask even more complicated questions, such as:
“show me Asian restaurants in San Francisco, excluding Chinese and Japanese, and only show the ones that have more than three stars and are open after 9:00 PM on Wednesdays.” In addition, users can follow up and ask it to refine the criteria such as “remove Korean and Vietnamese, sort by rating then by price, and only show the ones that are good for kids and have a patio.”
−Removed: Additionally, through SoundHound's AI-driven restaurant voice ordering solution, Smart Ordering, automated voice technology can be deployed by any restaurant to take food and drink orders over the phone, via menu kiosks or at the drive-
+Added: Additionally, through SoundHound's AI-driven restaurant voice ordering solution, Smart Ordering, automated voice technology can be deployed by any restaurant to take food and drink orders over the phone, via menu kiosks or at the drive-thru.
Its sophisticated technology learns the menu of each business and can answer questions, accept modifications and even upsell, helping the restaurant process more orders quickly and efficiently.
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Dynamic Interaction is a category-level breakthrough in conversational AI that we believe raises the bar for human-computer interaction by not only recognizing and understanding speech, but also responding and acting in real-time.
−Removed: Where existing voice technology requires wake words and relies on turn-taking with awkward pauses to process requests,
−Removed: Dynamic Interaction uses the twin technologies of fragment parsing – which breaks speech down to partial-utterances and processes them in real-time – and full-duplex audio-visual integration to create an instantaneous, next-generation experience in human-computer interaction.
+Added: Where existing voice technology requires wake words and relies on turn-taking with awkward pauses to process requests, Dynamic Interaction uses the twin technologies of fragment parsing – which breaks speech down to partial-utterances and processes them in real-time – and full-duplex audio-visual integration to create an instantaneous, next-generation experience in human-computer interaction.
SoundHound Chat AI
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Against this landscape, SoundHound has achieved its successes to date through technology innovation, business model innovation, and global alliances that we believe make us well-positioned to continue to grow and execute our business plan.
−Removed: With the recent popularization of Generative AI and Large Language Models in early 2023, we view this as an inflection point for Conversational AI, with a clear intersection between technology readiness and subsequent demand and adoption.
+Added: With the popularization of Generative AI and Large Language Models in early 2023, we view this as an inflection point for Conversational AI, with a clear intersection between technology readiness and subsequent demand and adoption.
Such intersections are rare, and SoundHound is in a unique position to create tremendous value.
+Added: With the launch of Amelia 7 platform in 2025, our AI agent orchestration platform brings new capabilities into the vehicle, enabling multiple agents to carry out tasks and transactions on behalf of the driver – from the company’s own voice commerce agents that allow food ordering and reservations with top restaurant brands, to external agents that will allow users to check email or adjust their schedules.
We believe the impact of Generative AI and Large Language Models to the field of Conversational AI is similar to the impact of Deep Neural Networks to Machine Learning:
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Our entry into the Voice AI space began with 10 years of constant innovation in “stealth” building disruptive technologies in Voice AI using innovative approaches.
−Removed: Our goal was to build a differentiated Voice AI technology that we
−Removed: fully own and which is significantly better than other solutions in the market.
+Added: Our goal was to build a differentiated Voice AI technology that we fully own and which is significantly better than other solutions in the market.
We achieved that goal and unveiled the result in 2015, launching it as the Houndify platform in 2016.
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In some industries you may have to choose between technology and brand control.
−Removed: In our case, we aim to offer our customers the best of both, enabling them to offer disruptive technologies to their users while maintaining control of their brand and user experience.
+Added: In our case, we aim to
+Added: offer our customers the best of both, enabling them to offer disruptive technologies to their users while maintaining control of their brand and user experience.
With our disruptive monetization strategy, we also provide a path to monetization.
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From time to time, we may become involved in actions, claims, suits and other legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of our business, including assertions by third parties relating to personal injuries sustained using our products and services, intellectual property infringement, breaches of contract or warranties or employment-related matters.
−Removed: We are not currently a party to any actions, claims, suits or other legal proceedings the outcome of which, if determined adversely to us, would individually or in the aggregate have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
+Added: As of the date hereof, we are party to certain material legal proceedings as described in Note 8 to our consolidated financial statements.
Available Information
Our website is located at www.soundhound.com , and our investor relations website is located at investors.soundhound.com .
−Removed: Access to copies of our Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K, and our Proxy Statements, and any amendments to these reports, is available via a link through our investor relations website, free of charge, after we file or furnish them with the SEC and they are available on the SEC's website.
+Added: Access to copies of our Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K, and our Proxy Statements, and any amendments to these reports, is available via a link through our investor relations website, free of charge, after we file or furnish them with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and they are available on the SEC's website.
We also utilize our investor relations website to webcast our earnings calls and provide notifications of news or announcements regarding our business updates, financial performance and other items that may be material or of interest to our investors, including SEC filings, investor events, press releases and earnings releases.
Further, corporate governance information, including our certificate of incorporation, bylaws, governance guidelines, board committee charters, and code of ethics, is also available on our investor relations website.
−Removed: The contents of our websites are not incorporated by reference into this Annual Report on Form 10-K or in any other report or document we file with the SEC, and any references to our websites are intended to be inactive textual references only.
+Added: The contents of our websites are not incorporated by reference into this Annual Report on Form 10-K or in any
+Added: other report or document we file with the SEC, and any references to our websites are intended to be inactive textual references only.
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