SoundHound AI Wins “Overall Connected Solution of the Year” in 2024 AutoTech Breakthrough Awards Program

SANTA CLARA, CA.,, October 9, 2024 – SoundHound AI, Inc. (Nasdaq: SOUN), a global leader in voice artificial intelligence, today announced it has been selected as winner of the “Overall Connected Solution of the Year” award in the fifth annual AutoTech Breakthrough Awards program conducted by AutoTech Breakthrough, a leading market intelligence organization that recognizes the top companies, technologies and products in the global automotive and transportation technology markets today.

SoundHound Chat AI is the first-of-its-kind in-vehicle voice assistant with integrated Generative AI, designed to deliver natural, conversational, in-vehicle experiences. It combines Generative AI, like ChatGPT, with established best-in-class voice capabilities to deliver a hands-free solution that gives drivers and their passengers seamless access to a vast array of information domains and car controls. 

SoundHound’s assistant is able to intelligently select the correct response from the most appropriate information domain whether that’s a Generative AI-powered answer, or real-time questions about navigation, weather, car controls, sports, stocks, and flight status. Additionally, SoundHound Chat AI’s Vehicle Intelligence feature combines Generative AI and real-time vehicle information to allow drivers to access their car’s manual using speech, for fast and accurate answers about car functionality, maintenance, safety, or repair.

SoundHound Chat AI can integrate with any third-party Generative AI model to create a seamless conversational experience. The platform is able to keep conversations going, providing fast, accurate responses to queries. SoundHound’s customer engagement data reveals a 5x reduction in “I didn’t get that” responses after integrating LLMs. Recently, SoundHound has introduced a custom Brand ID tool for automotive partners to shape their brand’s interaction with customers. OEMs can now set predefined answers to common and brand-relevant questions. 

SoundHound Chat AI is built on the foundation of SoundHound’s existing proprietary voice AI platform. 

SoundHound’s CaiNET software uses machine learning to enhance how domains work together to better handle complex queries including NLP, predictive analytics, and building language models, or translation of speech. SoundHound works with over 20 automotive brands and has a recent partnership with Perplexity to integrate real-time web-based queries as well as a collaboration with NVIDIA to offer on-chip voice AI.

“As we enter a new era for the smart vehicle cockpit, at SoundHound AI, we’re constantly pushing to deliver innoviteelite products that automakers trust and drivers love,” said Michael Zagorsek, COO at SoundHound AI. “This recognition from AutoTech Breakthrough marks another milestone along our journey to revolutionize in-vehicle voice assistants. We look forward to continued enhancements to our Chat AI solution while strengthening our valuable partnerships.”

The mission of the annual AutoTech Breakthrough Awards program is to conduct the industry’s most comprehensive analysis and evaluation of automotive and transportation technology categories, including Autonomous Driving, Artificial Intelligence, Electric Vehicles, Engine Tech, Automotive Cybersecurity, Telematics, Sensor Technology, Fleet Management, Traffic Tech and many more. This year’s program attracted thousands of nominations from over 15 different countries throughout the world.

“SoundHound stands at the cutting edge of innovation in the automotive sector, bringing the driver experience into a new and exciting era. Automakers understand Generative AI represents a massive opportunity to modernize and evolve the increasingly important driver experience which also results in increased safety on the roads,” said Bryan Vaughn, Managing Director, AutoTech Breakthrough. “SoundHound empowers drivers and passengers to enjoy hands-free voice control for a wide range of functions – whether managing navigation, making calls, or accessing real-time information such as sports scores. SoundHound’s voice assistant enhances the convenience and enjoyment of driving.” 

SoundHound has processed four billion voice queries, allowing them to build robust foundational voice technology that can function in 25 languages and across a range of accents.

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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. 

About AutoTech Breakthrough

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