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10. SoundHound AI (NASDAQ:SOUN)

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 11

SoundHound AI (NASDAQ:SOUN) is a voice artificial intelligence company offering voice AI solutions to businesses. On January 7, the company unveiled its first-ever in-vehicle voice commerce platform with a demo at CES 2025. The in-vehicle voice commerce platform will allow users to order simply by speaking into their vehicle, allowing them to order takeout for pickup directly from the car’s infotainment system.

Customers can use their vehicle’s infotainment system to order food from the most convenient locations on their route, make seamless payments, and then navigate to the pickup point, all while completely hands-free. This will also allow them to eliminate the time taken at drive-thru lanes and collect food timed with the vehicle’s GPS navigation, such that they can enjoy hot and fresh food which is ready by the time they arrive. CES attendees were able to try out the innovative AI software and experimented with ordering from a range of restaurants integrated into SoundHound’s platform.

“This incredible moment has been decades in the making. With a technology that can exceed expectations, an ecosystem of millions of cars connecting to national restaurant brands with thousands of locations, we can finally launch the vision we have talked about for years. What we’re introducing here at CES is a seamless way to order your favorite takeout on-the-go using natural speech, completely hands-free from the vehicle. And what begins here with food and restaurants will ultimately open up a whole new commercial ecosystem for vehicle and device manufacturers everywhere”.

-Keyvan Mohajer, CEO and Co-Founder of SoundHound AI.