SoundHound AI (Nasdaq: SOUN) Earnings: Full Coverage All Day Long

Revenue Growth and Market Expansion

• SoundHound AI reported Q1 revenue of $29.1 million, up over 100% year-over-year, reflecting rapid adoption of its voice AI technology across multiple sectors, including quick-service restaurants (QSR), healthcare, and automotive.

• The company highlighted over 10,000 restaurant locations now using its solutions, with notable clients such as Burger King UK, Duke Health, and a major U.S. utility.

  

Bookings and Backlog

• Cumulative bookings backlog reached $1.2 billion, a 75% increase year-over-year, providing strong multi-year revenue visibility and underlining the company’s expanding enterprise relationships.

• Management emphasized the potential of its Amelia 7.0 autonomous voice agent platform to drive future growth, especially in enterprise deployments.

Profitability and Margins

• Despite strong top-line growth, SoundHound continues to operate at a loss. Q1 GAAP net loss was $0.06 per share, which was $0.03 better than analyst estimates, but the company remains far from profitability.

• Gross margin pressures persist, attributed to the scaling of new products and slower conversion of backlog into recognized revenue.

Financial Position

• The company ended the quarter with $198 million in cash and no debt, providing a solid liquidity cushion to support ongoing investments and growth initiatives.

Guidance

• Full-year 2025 revenue guidance was set at $157 million to $177 million, bracketing analyst consensus of $166 million and suggesting continued strong growth ahead.

• Management reiterated confidence in long-term prospects, citing the size of the conversational AI market and SoundHound’s positioning to capture a significant share

SoundHound’s conference call kicks off at 5 p.m., you can listen in here if you like.

The company will likely talk up Amelia, its agentic AI platform that was announced today. The stock is currently down about 5% after recording a slight revenue miss, but there’s a chance discussions about Amelia and other projects on the conference call reverses the initial slide following the earnings announcement.

SoundHound AI reported earnings, and this is where it stands:

• Revenue: $29.13M vs $30.38M est.
• Adjusted EPS: $0.31 vs. -$.06 est.

“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.”

Shares are down 4.62% so far. Conference call kicks off shortly.

Six SoundHound insiders reported open market sales on Mar 20, all at the same price:

• Keyvan Mohajer (CEO):
  • Sold 118,605 shares
  • Value: $1.47M
  • % Ownership Change: –6.3%

• Other Execs:
  • All sold between 27K–52K shares
  • Ownership drops ranged from –3.2% to –4.3%

Key risks:

• Backlog conversion might not be happening fast enough

• Gross margins could stay weak as new products scale

• Customer concentration risk still lingers despite diversification efforts

• Current Price: $9.60 (+4.69%)

• Consensus Price Target: $13.93

• Implied Upside: 45%

SOUN trades at ~20x forward sales — aggressive, even for AI. Analysts are betting that Amelia 7.0, voice-first agent deployments, and backlog conversion will unlock true enterprise-scale ARR. With no debt and a large TAM, the story is strong — but it now must show traction.

Amelia 7.0 excitement and backlog conversion hopes are supporting shares going into a high-stakes report.

Keyvan Mohajer, SoundHound’s CEO, doesn’t just want to build AI — he wants to redefine how businesses operate: “We believe the world is transforming from an ecosystem of APIs to an ecosystem of agents.”

With the launch of Amelia 7.0, that vision is finally commercial. The platform now enables fully autonomous, voice-enabled AI agents that can manage complex, multi-intent queries. Management says the release will be crucial for scaling across restaurants, healthcare, and automotive, where use cases range from scheduling and billing to in-car voice assistants.

Nitesh Sharan, CFO, also noted in Q4 that SOUN signed its largest-ever energy deal, a sign that its Agentic AI is gaining cross-industry traction. “We have significantly reduced customer concentration,” he added — key for derisking revenue as the backlog nears $1.2B.

SoundHound doubled revenue in 2024 and aims to nearly repeat that in 2025. Its backlog is strong, but margin and cash flow execution remain under scrutiny as Amelia and Polaris scale.

Key financials:

• Q1 2025 (Est.): $34.3M revenue | $(0.08) EPS

• Q4 2024: $34.5M revenue | $(0.10) EPS

• Q3 2024: $26.7M revenue | $(0.06) EPS

• Q2 2024: $21.4M revenue | $(0.11) EPS

FY 2024 revenue: $84.7M
FY 2025 guidance: $157M–$177M
With zero debt and ~$198M cash, SOUN has room to invest — but investors want to see better operating leverage soon.

SoundHound has launched Amelia 7.0, a major upgrade to its enterprise AI platform, bringing voice-powered, autonomous AI agents into full commercial deployment. Powered by its Agentic+ framework, the system enables businesses to automate complex, multi-intent workflows across voice, text, and messaging — from healthcare and retail to hospitality.

This release reinforces SoundHound’s push to monetize its $1.2B backlog and scale enterprise ARR, a key theme ahead of today’s earnings. With FY25 revenue guidance nearly doubling year-over-year, Amelia 7.0 is a critical catalyst for backlog conversion, margin expansion, and long-term adoption across verticals.

With SoundHound aiming to double revenue in 2025, this first-quarter report is critical. Analysts are closely watching how much of the company’s $1.2 billion cumulative backlog begins converting into recognized revenue, and whether recently announced wins in automotive and QSR verticals are gaining operational traction.

There is also scrutiny on margins. After the Amelia acquisition added cost complexity, investors want to see whether Q1 shows signs of leverage. Non-GAAP gross margin recovery is seen as a key proof point.

Q1 revenue is expected around $34.3 million, with a GAAP EPS loss near $0.08. Upside depends on backlog execution and improved cost controls.