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SoundHound AI Reports Record First Quarter, Up 151% With $29.1 Million in Revenue The company ended the quarter with a strong cash position of $246 million and no debt SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SoundHound AI, Inc. (Nasdaq: SOUN), a global leader in voice artificial intelligence, today reported its financial results for the first quarter 2025. “SoundHound continues to extend its reach and create new possibilities for real world AI applications. The release of our complete AI agent platform delivers full, voice-enabled Agentic AI for customers across all industries,” said Keyvan Mohajer,CEO and Co-Founder of SoundHound AI. “At the same time, our bold growth initiatives are paying dividends, and we’re realizing significant cross-sell and upsell opportunities following our acquisitions.” First Quarter Financial Highlights • Reported revenue was $29.1 million, an increase of 151% year-over-year; no customer accounted for more than 10% of our revenue in the quarter, showing continued diversification of customers. • GAAP gross margin was 36.5%; non-GAAP gross margin was 50.8% • GAAP diluted earnings per share was $0.31; non-GAAP diluted earnings per share was a loss of $(0.06) • GAAP net income was $129.9 million; non-GAAP net loss was $(22.3) million • Adjusted EBITDA was $(22.2) million • GAAP results include a gain from the calculated fair value of contingent acquisition liabilities where future earnout shares are marked-to-market on a quarterly basis based on the company’s stock price. Non-GAAP measures exclude this non- operating/non-cash impact. “Our distinctive value proposition in conversational voice AI across an increasingly diverse industry base is manifesting real returns and outcome-based results for our end customers ," said Nitesh Sharan, CFO of SoundHound AI. "Our addressable and serviceable market continues to expand meaningfully, and we are capturing more of it with accelerating momentum.” Business Highlights • Agentic AI: Unveiled Amelia 7.0, allowing businesses to harness the power of full Agentic AI with category-leadingvoice technology. The platform marks a leap forward, with smart AI agents that reason and perform complex tasks with humanlike interactions.• Voice Commerce: Voice commerce solution has now integrated dozens of restaurant brands and is running pilots and POCs with multiple automakers, including the innovation team at one of the world’s largest automotive brands.• Restaurants: Expanded partnership with one of the largest pizza chains in the US, providing our phone answering and AIsolutions to thousands of locations. • Added locations with existing brands, such as Habit Burger, Casey’s, Firehouse Subs, Five Guys, White Castle andMcAlister’s, among others. Continued expansion across Burger King UK locations together with strategic partner,Acrelec. • Automotive: Joined forces with Tencent Intelligent Mobility to bring world class conversational AI to the IntelligentCockpits of global auto brands. Participated in NVIDIA GTC 2025, expanding its joint offering of SoundHound’s voice assistant leveraging generative AI on the edge running on NVIDIA Drive AGX™.• Healthcare: Renewed or expanded with three customers this quarter, including a prominent medical billing company, ahealthcare provider that brings test results to the patient at home, and a healthcare provider in the midwest that owns and operates a dozen hospitals. Three of the new healthcare deals won in Q4 2024 are now live.• Retail: Signed strategic pilots with multiple top U.S. fitness chains and leading home services franchises, unlocking potential for thousands of locations and positioning Soundhound Smart Answering as a leading solution for multi-unitoperations.• Energy: Launched a new AI Agent to transform the customer experience of a large utilities company we signed in Q4 2024. Joined forces with PowerConnect.AI to bring voice AI agents to the more utilities businesses.• Information Technology: Renewed contracts with a Tokyo-based multinational company that offers services across various industries, and another large Tokyo-based company that delivers IT services, system integration, cloudcomputing, and information security.• Telecom: Renewed contracts with a large British multinational telecommunications company, helping to power its employee IT support desk with our best-in-class AI agents.• Travel and Hospitality: Signed a deal with the leading luxury resort developer in Latin America, offering an AI agent concierge for inbound and outreach services. The company also expanded with one the largest hotel chains in the worldoffering full-service hotels and resorts.• Financial Services: Continued traction with some of the largest financial institutions in the world, including significant renewals across four financial institutions. Also signed one of the one of world's largest insurance companies in Europe.
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• Channel Partners: Worked together with channel partners, winning a large global agriculture OEM, a global taxpreparation company, and a North American travel and hospitality company. Additionally, the company expanded with a large systems integrator and renewed with a large Japan-based multinational IT and services corporation with reselleragreements. Other Notable Highlights • Partnered with Pindrop to bring powerful security and authentication tools to voice-powered AI agents.• SoundHound AI was named an “exemplary” market leader for AIOps by ISG Research, outperforming industry leaders in overall performance.• Participated in NVIDIA GTC 2025, featuring demos that spotlight voice innovation, including SoundHound’s new voice commerce technology.• Unveiled its next-generation AI platform for restaurants, enhancing Dynamic Drive-Thru with omnichannel ordering• SoundHound Chat AI Automotive introduced a new Brand Personalities feature • Unveiled the first ever in-vehicle voice commerce platform that enables seamless voice-controlled food ordering on thego at CES 2025. First Quarter 2025 Financial Measures Three Months Ended (thousands, unless otherwise noted) March 31, 2025March 31, 2024 Change Revenues $ 29,129$ 11,594 151 % GAAP gross profit $ 10,618$ 6,925 53 % GAAP gross margin 36.5% 59.7% (23.2) pp Non-GAAP gross profit $ 14,807$ 7,598 95 % Non-GAAP gross margin 50.8% 65.5% (14.7)pp GAAP operating income (loss) $ 128,097 $ (28,529) 549 % Non-GAAP adjusted EBITDA $ (22,172)$ (15,404) (44)% GAAP net income (loss) $ 129,932 $ (33,009) 494 % Non-GAAP net loss $ (22,331)$ (20,227) (10)% GAAP net income (loss) per share ²·³ $ 0.31 $ (0.12)$ 0.43 Non-GAAP net loss per share ³ $ (0.06)$ (0.07)$ 0.01 1) Please see tables below for a reconciliation from GAAP to non-GAAP.2) GAAP-only operating income includes a significant impact from the calculated fair value of contingent acquisition liabilities where future earn-out shares are marked-to-market on a quarterly basis, and withthe decrease in stock price at quarter-end the gain associated with this item was $176 million in the first quarter. Non-GAAP measures exclude this non-operating/non-cash impact.3) GAAP EPS above is reported on a diluted basis (Basic GAAP EPS is $0.33). Non-GAAP EPS above is reported on both a basic and diluted basis. Liquidity and Cash Flows The company’s total cash and cash equivalents was $246 million at March 31, 2025, with no debt. Condensed Cash Flow Statement Three Months Ended(thousands) March 31, 2025 March 31, 2024 Cash flows: Net cash used in operating activities $ (19,185) $ (21,948) Net cash used in investing activities (162) (3,788) Net cash provided by financing activities 67,010 142,698 Effects of exchange rate changes on cash (94) 103 Net change in cash and cash equivalents $ 47,569 $ 117,065 Business Outlook SoundHound reaffirms its full year 2025 revenue outlook to be in a range of $157 - $177 million. Additional Information For more information please see the company’s SEC filings which can be obtained on the company’s website at investors.soundhound.com. The financial statements will be posted on the website, and will be included when the company files its 8-K. The financial data presented in this press release should be considered preliminary until the company files its 10-Q. Conference Call and Webcast 1 2 2
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Keyvan Mohajer, Co-Founder and CEO, and Nitesh Sharan, CFO will host a live audio conference call and webcast today at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time/5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. A live webcast and replay will be accessible at investors.soundhound.com. About SoundHound AI SoundHound (Nasdaq: SOUN), a global leader in conversational intelligence, offers voice and conversational AI solutions that let businesses offer incredible experiences to their customers. Built on proprietary technology, SoundHound’s voice AI delivers best-in-class speed and accuracy in numerous languages to product creators and service providers across retail, financial services, healthcare, automotive, smart devices, and restaurants via groundbreaking AI-driven products like Smart Answering, Smart Ordering, Dynamic Drive Thru, and Amelia AI Agents. Along with SoundHound Chat AI, a powerful voice assistant with integrated Generative AI, SoundHound powers millions of products and services, and processes billions of interactions each year for world class businesses. www.soundhound.com Forward Looking Statements This press release contains forward-looking statements, which are not historical facts, within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by the use of words such as “may,” “could,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “seek,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential,” “continue,” “likely,” “will,” “would” and variations of these terms and similar expressions, or the negative of these terms or similar expressions. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements concerning our expected financial performance, our ability to implement our business strategy and anticipated business and operations, and guidance for financial results for 2025. Such forward-looking statements are necessarily based upon estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable by us and our management, are inherently uncertain. As a result, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Our actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements as a result of risks and uncertainties impacting SoundHound’s business including, our ability to successfully launch and commercialize new products and services and derive significant revenue, our market opportunity and our ability to acquire new customers and retain existing customers, unexpected costs, charges or expenses resulting from our 2024 acquisitions, the ability of our 2024 acquisitions to be accretive on the company's financial results, and those other factors described in our risk factors set forth in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K. We do not intend to update or alter our forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable law. Non-GAAP Measures of Financial Performance To supplement the company’s financial statements, which are presented on the basis of U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), the following non-GAAP measures of financial performance are included in this release: non-GAAP gross profit, non-GAAP gross margin, adjusted EBITDA, non-GAAP net loss and non-GAAP earnings per share. The company believes that providing this non-GAAP information in addition to the GAAP financial information allows investors to view the financial results in the way the company views its operating results. The company also believes that providing this information allows investors to not only better understand the company's financial performance, but also, better evaluate the information used by management to evaluate and measure such performance. As such, the company believes that disclosing non-GAAP financial measures to the readers of its financial statements provides the reader with useful supplemental information that allows for greater transparency in the review of the company’s financial and operational performance. The company defines its non-GAAP measures by excluding certain items: The company arrives at non-GAAP gross profit and non-GAAP gross margin by excluding (i) amortization of intangibles (including acquired intangible assets) and (ii) stock-based compensation. The company arrives at adjusted EBITDA by excluding (i) total interest and other income/(expense), net, (ii) income taxes (benefits), (iii) depreciation and amortization expense (including acquired intangible assets), (iv) stock-based compensation, (v) change in fair value of contingent consideration for business acquisition, and (vi) acquisition-related costs. The company arrives at non-GAAP net loss and non-GAAP net loss per share by excluding (i) depreciation and amortization expense (including acquired intangible assets), (ii) stock-based compensation, (iii) change in fair value of contingent consideration for business acquisition, (iv) change in fair value of derivative, and (v) acquisition-related costs. Reconciliations of GAAP to these adjusted non-GAAP financial measures are included in the tables below. When analyzing the company's operating results, investors should not consider non-GAAP measures as substitutes for the comparable financial measures prepared in accordance with GAAP. To the extent that the company presents any forward-looking non-GAAP financial measures, the company does not present a quantitative reconciliation of such measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure (or otherwise present such
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forward-looking GAAP measures) because it is impractical to do so. First Quarter Reconciliation of GAAP Gross Profit to Non-GAAP Gross Profit and GAAP Gross Margin to Non-GAAP Gross Margin Three Months Ended (thousands, unless otherwise noted) March 31, 2025 March 31, 2024 GAAP gross profit $ 10,618 $ 6,925 Adjustments: Amortization of Intangibles 4,046 521 Stock-based compensation 143 152 Non-GAAP gross profit $ 14,807 $ 7,598 GAAP gross margin 36.5% 59.7% Non-GAAP gross margin 50.8% 65.5% 1) GAAP gross profit is calculated by subtracting the cost of revenues from revenues. First Quarter Reconciliation of GAAP Net Loss to Non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA Three Months Ended (thousands) March 31, 2025 March 31, 2024 GAAP net income (loss) $ 129,932 $ (33,009) Adjustments: Total other income (expense), net (2,654) 4,185 Income taxes/(benefits) 819 295 Depreciation and amortization 7,755 1,471 Stock-based compensation 17,440 6,979 Change in fair value of contingent acquisition liabilities (176,100) 4,162 Acquisition-related expenses 636 513 Non-GAAP adjusted EBITDA $ (22,172) $ (15,404) 1) Includes other income, net of $2.9 and $1.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. First Quarter Reconciliation of GAAP Net Loss to Non-GAAP Net Loss and Non-GAAP Net Loss Per Share Three Months Ended (thousands, unless otherwise noted) March 31, 2025 March 31, 2024 GAAP net income (loss) attributable to SoundHound commonshareholders $ 129,227 $ (33,352) Adjustments: Depreciation and amortization 7,755 1,471 Stock-based compensation 17,440 6,979 Change in fair value of contingent acquisition liabilities (176,100) 4,162 Change in fair value of derivative (1,289) — Acquisition-related expenses 636 513 Non-GAAP net loss $ (22,331) $ (20,227) Basic GAAP net income (loss) per share $ 0.33 $ (0.12) Adjustments $ (0.39) $ 0.05 Non-GAAP net loss per share $ (0.06) $ (0.07) Diluted GAAP net income (loss) per share $ 0.31 $ (0.12) Adjustments $ (0.37) $ 0.05 Non-GAAP net loss per share $ (0.06) $ (0.07) 1) Weighted average common shares outstanding (basic) for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, were 393,893,313 and 286,596,559, respectively. Weighted average common shares outstanding (diluted) for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, were 414,156,455 and 286,596,559, respectively. 2) Weighted average common shares outstanding (basic) for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, were 393,893,313 and 286,596,559, respectively. Weighted average common shares outstanding (diluted) for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, were 393,893,313 and 286,596,559, respectively. 1 1 1 2 1 2
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Investors: Scott Smith 408-724-1498 IR@SoundHound.com Media: Fiona McEvoy 415-610-6590 PR@SoundHound.com
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SOUNDHOUND AI, INC. CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (In thousands, except share and per share data) March 31, 2025 December 31, 2024 (Unaudited) ASSETS Current assets: Cash and cash equivalents $ 245,809 $ 198,240 Accounts receivable, net of allowances of $1,538 and $726 as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively 20,177 23,159 Contract assets and unbilled receivable, net 21,419 26,645 Other current assets 7,646 7,476 Total current assets 295,051 255,520 Restricted cash equivalents, non-current 676 676 Right-of-use assets 5,059 4,692 Property and equipment, net 1,053 1,239 Goodwill 101,210 101,704 Intangible assets, net 167,446 174,943 Deferred tax asset 5 4 Contract assets and unbilled receivable, non-current, net 12,270 12,879 Other non-current assets 4,766 2,296 Total assets $ 587,536 $ 553,953 LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY Current liabilities: Accounts payable $ 6,720 $ 5,559 Accrued liabilities 18,076 26,291 Operating lease liabilities 2,064 1,898 Finance lease liabilities 40 49 Income tax liability 2,264 2,750 Deferred revenue 26,888 23,876 Other current liabilities 3,978 7,319 Total current liabilities 60,030 67,742 Operating lease liabilities, net of current portion 2,526 2,403 Deferred revenue, net of current portion 7,517 6,862 Contingent acquisition liabilities 113,147 286,898 Income tax liability, net of current portion 3,115 3,075 Other non-current liabilities 4,208 4,320 Total liabilities 190,543 371,300 Commitments and contingencies Stockholders’ equity: Series A Preferred Stock, $0.0001 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized; 0 and 0 shares issued and outstanding, aggregate liquidation preference of $— and $— as of March 31, 2025and December 31, 2024, respectively — — Class A Common Stock, $0.0001 par value; 455,000,000 shares authorized; 368,869,290 and 361,096,457 shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024,respectively 36 35 Class B Common Stock, $0.0001 par value; 44,000,000 shares authorized; 32,535,408 and 32,535,408 shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024,respectively 3 3 Additional paid-in capital 1,209,871 1,125,470 Accumulated deficit (813,128) (943,060) Accumulated other comprehensive income 211 205 Total stockholders’ equity 396,993 182,653 Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity $ 587,536 $ 553,953 1
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SOUNDHOUND AI, INC. CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) (In thousands, except share and per share data) (Unaudited) Three Months Ended March 31, 2025 2024 Revenues $ 29,129 $ 11,594 Operating expenses: Cost of revenues 18,511 4,669 Sales and marketing 12,007 5,542 Research and development 24,756 14,878 General and administrative 18,407 10,267 Change in fair value of contingent acquisition liabilities (176,100) 4,162 Amortization of intangible assets 3,451 605 Total operating expenses (98,968) 40,123 Income (loss) from operations 128,097 (28,529) Other expense, net: Interest expense (235) (5,664) Other income, net 2,889 1,479 Total other income (expense), net 2,654 (4,185) Income (loss) before provision for income taxes 130,751 (32,714) Provision for income taxes 819 295 Net income (loss) $ 129,932 $ (33,009) Earnings attributable to participating Class A Common Shares (705) — Cumulative dividends attributable to Series A Preferred Stock — (343) Net income (loss) attributable to SoundHound common shareholders $ 129,227 $ (33,352) Other comprehensive income: Unrealized gains on investments 6 36 Comprehensive income (loss) $ 129,938 $ (32,973) Net income (loss) per share: Basic $ 0.33 $ (0.12) Diluted $ 0.31 $ (0.12) Weighted-average common shares outstanding: Basic 393,893,313 286,596,559 Diluted 414,156,455 286,596,559 2
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SOUNDHOUND AI, INC. CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (In thousands) (Unaudited) Three Months Ended March 31, 2025 2024 Cash flows used in operating activities: Net income (loss) $ 129,932 $ (33,009) Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities: Depreciation and amortization 7,755 1,470 Stock-based compensation 17,440 6,979 Amortization of debt issuance cost — 1,231 Loss on disposal of property and equipment 31 — Non-cash lease amortization 664 743 Foreign currency gain/loss from remeasurement (160) (55) Change in fair value of contingent acquisition liabilities (176,100) 4,162 Change in fair value of derivative (1,289) — Deferred income taxes (1) (281) Other, net 903 45 Changes in operating assets and liabilities: Accounts receivable, net 2,347 (1,248) Other current assets (239) (533) Contract assets 5,816 939 Other non-current assets (1,181) 93 Accounts payable 1,151 905 Accrued liabilities (8,403) (673) Other current liabilities (581) — Operating lease liabilities (836) (888) Deferred revenue 3,667 (1,606) Other non-current liabilities (101) (222) Net cash used in operating activities (19,185) (21,948) Cash flows used in investing activities: Purchases of property and equipment (162) (99) Payment related to acquisition, net of cash acquired — (3,689) Net cash used in investing activities (162) (3,788) 3
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SOUNDHOUND AI, INC. CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS – Continued (In thousands) (Unaudited) Three Months Ended March 31, 2025 2024 Cash flows provided by financing activities: Proceeds from sales of Class A common stock under the Sales Agreement and Second EquityDistribution Agreement 67,707 137,274 Proceeds from exercise of stock options and employee stock purchase plan 666 8,887 Proceeds from warrants exercised 13 — Payment of financing costs associated with the Sales Agreement and Second Equity DistributionAgreement (1,355) (3,435) Payments on finance leases (21) (28) Net cash provided by financing activities 67,010 142,698 Effects of exchange rate changes on cash (94) 103 Net change in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash equivalents 47,569 117,065 Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash equivalents, beginning of period 198,916 109,035 Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash equivalents, end of period $ 246,485 $ 226,100 Reconciliation to amounts on the condensed consolidated balance sheets: Cash and cash equivalents $ 245,809 $ 211,744 Non-current portion of restricted cash equivalents 676 14,356 Total cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash equivalents shown in the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows $ 246,485 $ 226,100 Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information: Cash paid for interest $ 2 $ 3,539 Cash paid for income taxes $ 1,230 $ 727 Noncash investing and financing activities: Conversion of Series A Preferred Stock to Class A common stock $ — $ 12,090 Deferred offering costs reclassified to additional paid-in capital $ 69 $ — Property and equipment acquired under accrued liabilities $ — $ 83 Fair value of Class A common stock and deferred equity consideration issued to acquire SYNQ3 $ — $ 10,295 Fair value of contingent earnout consideration to acquire SYNQ3 $ — $ 1,676 Fair value of contingent holdback consideration to acquire SYNQ3 $ — $ 981 Fair value of deferred cash consideration under SYNQ3 acquisition $ — $ 143 Unpaid deferred offering cost $ — $ 200 4