SoundHound AI Strengthens Its Leadership in Agentic AI with the Acquisition of Interactions

SoundHound AI, Inc., a global leader in voice and conversational AI, announced the acquisition of Interactions, a pioneer in AI for customer service and workflow orchestration. This strategic deal is expected to strengthen and extend SoundHound’s growing leadership in Agentic AI and accelerate its market penetration in customer service across enterprise businesses.

The combination also introduces major new powerhouse brands to the SoundHound customer portfolio, including global consumer icons, large technology device brands, insurers, automakers, and other preeminent Fortune 100 companies across industries.

One of the early pioneers in AI for customer service, Interactions provides businesses with AI-powered voice assistants to enhance customer engagement while improving productivity. The potential synergies with SoundHound’s existing solutions – including complementary capabilities – are expected to grow the company’s enterprise business. This includes generating significant new revenue through product, geographic, and channel expansion, as well as cross-sell and upsell opportunities.

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With two decades of innovation and IP, customer accumulation, enterprise integration, and large amounts of production data, Interactions will help SoundHound AI to reshape the future of customer service.

SoundHound will provide a full-suite of options for omnichannel Agentic AI and offer a path to full AI automation for customers that have historically relied exclusively on human-in-the-loop or agent-only solutions, significantly expanding SoundHound’s addressable market. The company’s customer experience platform is also designed to integrate seamlessly into any contact center, providing innovation and scale for any business.

Key Facts:

• Introduces a diverse new client base across a range of verticals, building out SoundHound’s existing customer portfolio across retail, insurance, and others.
• Brings multiple new global brands, including sports retailers, technology device manufacturers, insurers, automakers, and more.
• Strengthens SoundHound’s existing intellectual property, bringing the combined total to nearly 400 patents.
• Complementary technology enables the company to provide a full-suite of options for omnichannel Agentic AI and a path to automation for customers that have relied on human-in-the-loop or agent-only solutions.
• Creates opportunities for revenue generation, including cross-selling and up-selling.

Since going public in 2022, SoundHound has been able to augment its growth and portfolio diversity through targeted and strategic acquisitions. By successfully combining these various organizations, the company has extended and reinforced its leadership in Agentic AI, where they were one of the first to bring a fully agentic platform to market.

“We’re rapidly moving towards a future of AI agents, where voice and conversational AI are absolutely integral to high quality customer service. This has always been SoundHound’s vision, and we’re committed to working with the very best to get there,” said Keyvan Mohajer, CEO & Co-Founder of SoundHound AI. “Interactions is unquestionably a pioneer in the field, with a client roster with incredible breadth and depth. Bringing them on board makes SoundHound even stronger as we establish the company as a true leader for the new AI era.”

“SoundHound has consistently set itself apart from the pack, with exceptional technology, a history of unparalleled innovation, and a deep understanding of what businesses need to uplevel their customer experience,” said Mike Iacobucci, CEO of Interactions. “The union of our two companies will give the businesses we serve unrivalled choice, flexibility, and scale. And as the market shifts towards more agentic interactions, SoundHound can rise to meet that need.”

SOURCE: BusinessWire