<s>
SoundHound	B-Application
AI	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
is	O
an	O
audio	B-Application
and	O
speech	B-Application
recognition	I-Application
company	O
founded	O
in	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
develops	O
speech	B-Application
recognition	I-Application
,	O
natural	B-General_Concept
language	I-General_Concept
understanding	I-General_Concept
,	O
sound	O
recognition	O
and	O
search	O
technologies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
featured	O
products	O
include	O
Houndify	O
,	O
a	O
Voice	O
AI	O
developer	O
platform	O
,	O
Hound	O
,	O
a	O
voice-enabled	O
digital	O
assistant	O
,	O
and	O
music	B-Application
recognition	I-Application
mobile	O
app	O
SoundHound	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
was	O
founded	O
in	O
2005	O
by	O
Keyvan	O
Mohajer	O
,	O
an	O
Iranian-Canadian	O
computer	O
scientist	O
who	O
had	O
founded	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
dot	O
com	O
ventures	O
before	O
starting	O
SoundHound	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2009	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
Midomi	B-Application
app	O
was	O
rebranded	O
as	O
SoundHound	B-Application
but	O
is	O
still	O
available	O
as	O
a	O
web	O
version	O
on	O
midomi.com	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
,	O
SoundHound	B-Application
announced	O
it	O
had	O
over	O
100	O
million	O
users	O
globally	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2014	O
,	O
SoundHound	B-Application
became	O
the	O
first	O
music-search	O
product	O
available	O
as	O
a	O
wearable	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
,	O
SoundHound	B-Application
became	O
the	O
first	O
music	B-Application
recognition	I-Application
service	O
shipping	O
in	O
autos	O
,	O
in	O
a	O
partnership	O
with	O
Hyundai	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
new	O
Genesis	O
model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
May	O
2016	O
,	O
SoundHound	B-Application
had	O
over	O
300	O
million	O
users	O
globally	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2018	O
,	O
SoundHound	B-Application
Inc	I-Application
.	I-Application
announced	O
partnerships	O
with	O
Hyundai	O
,	O
Mercedes-Benz	O
,	O
and	O
Honda	O
to	O
provide	O
voice	O
interaction	O
for	O
their	O
products	O
using	O
its	O
Houndify	O
voice	O
AI	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SoundHound	B-Application
won	O
the	O
2020	O
Webby	O
Award	O
for	O
Productivity	O
(	O
Voice	O
)	O
in	O
the	O
category	O
Apps	O
,	O
Mobile	O
&	O
Voice	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
16	O
2021	O
,	O
SoundHound	B-Application
announced	O
plans	O
to	O
become	O
a	O
public	O
company	O
via	O
a	O
SPAC	O
merger	O
with	O
Archimedes	O
Tech	O
SPAC	O
Partners	O
Co	O
.	O
On	O
April	O
28	O
,	O
2022	O
,	O
the	O
combined	O
company	O
SoundHound	B-Application
AI	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
went	O
public	O
,	O
listed	O
under	O
the	O
symbol	O
SOUN	O
on	O
the	O
Nasdaq	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2022	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
laid	O
off	O
10%	O
of	O
its	O
staff	O
and	O
enforced	O
salary	O
cuts	O
and	O
it	O
was	O
reported	O
that	O
SoundHound	B-Application
raised	O
less	O
than	O
half	O
of	O
what	O
it	O
originally	O
projected	O
in	O
its	O
SPAC	O
merger	O
deal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
an	O
article	O
of	O
June	O
2015	O
SoundHound	B-Application
Inc	I-Application
.	I-Application
had	O
raised	O
a	O
total	O
of	O
$40	O
million	O
in	O
funding	O
from	O
Global	O
Catalyst	O
Partners	O
,	O
Translink	O
Capital	O
,	O
Walden	O
Venture	O
Capital	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
investors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2009	O
it	O
attracted	O
additional	O
funding	O
from	O
Larry	O
Marcus	O
at	O
Walden	O
Venture	O
Capital	O
,	O
who	O
had	O
previously	O
invested	O
in	O
music	O
startups	O
Pandora	B-Application
and	O
Snocap	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2017	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
raised	O
another	O
$75	O
million	O
in	O
an	O
investment	O
round	O
that	O
included	O
Nvidia	O
,	O
Samsung	B-Application
,	O
Kleiner	O
Perkins	O
Caulfield	O
&	O
Byers	O
,	O
and	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Announced	O
in	O
May	O
2018	O
,	O
SoundHound	B-Application
raised	O
$100	O
million	O
from	O
a	O
funding	O
round	O
led	O
by	O
Tencent	O
and	O
joined	O
by	O
Daimler	O
AG	O
,	O
Hyundai	O
Motors	O
,	O
Midea	O
Group	O
,	O
and	O
Orange	O
S.A.	O
With	O
this	O
funding	O
,	O
the	O
valuation	O
of	O
the	O
company	O
reached	O
$1	O
billion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2021	O
,	O
Soundhound	B-Application
first	O
announced	O
the	O
merger	O
Archimedes	O
Tech	O
SPAC	O
Partners	O
Co	O
to	O
go	O
public	O
with	O
$2.1	O
B	O
valuation	O
,	O
then	O
undisclosed	O
investment	O
from	O
Qatar	O
First	O
Bank	O
.	O
</s>
