SOUNSoundHound AI, Inc.·2026Q2 10-QPaidFiling score 59 · Moderate

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SoundHound's operating loss narrowed $34.8m; one line moved $35.1m

Second-quarter 2026 10-Q: revenue rose 45.0% from $42.683m to $61.897m and the operating loss fell from $78.051m to $43.298m. Over the same year the contingent-acquisition-liability remeasurement line went from a $31.359m charge to a $3.697m credit

SoundHound's operating loss narrowed $34.8m; one line moved $35.1m
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SoundHound AI, Inc. (SOUN) reported an operating loss of $43.298m for the second quarter of 2026, $34.753m smaller than the $78.051m a year earlier. On the same income statement, the line for remeasuring contingent acquisition liabilities swung by $35.056m. That single line moved more than the whole improvement.

In plain terms

SoundHound builds voice artificial intelligence that understands and answers speech. Its loss was smaller than a year earlier, but most of that reduction did not come from selling more: it came from recalculating money the company agreed to pay later for businesses it had already bought. Strip that line out and the loss did not shrink at all.

What happened

SoundHound AI, Inc. (SOUN) builds voice artificial intelligence that understands and responds to speech. Two figures from the second-quarter 2026 income statement, side by side:

Item Q2 2025 Q2 2026 Change
Revenue $42.683m $61.897m +45.0%
Operating result −$78.051m −$43.298m +$34.753m

The loss narrowed by $34.753m. But one line in the same table moved by more than that.

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FAQ

A smaller loss is good news, isn't it?

What it means depends on which line produced the reduction. The subscriber section sets out the movement line by line.

What is that one line?

It restates, every quarter, amounts the company agreed to pay later on earlier acquisitions. The subscriber section gives both quarters' values and directions.

What happens if you exclude it?

The subscriber section recalculates both quarters on the same basis and puts them in a table.

How did revenue do?

The quarterly and half-year revenue, and the movement in cost of revenue and each expense line, are set out side by side in the subscriber section.

Where can I check this myself?

On SEC EDGAR, open SoundHound AI, Inc.'s second-quarter 2026 Form 10-Q (accession 0001840856-26-000022) and read the income statement and Note 14.

Revision history

  • — Corrected 2026-09-25 — the article stated second-quarter revenue of $11.2m; the income statement in the 10-Q reports $61.897m. The brief-building tool had placed a stale value from an XBRL tag the company stopped using in 2024 into the current-quarter column, and the article's original premise (stoc

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SoundHound AI, Inc. Form 10-Q (second quarter 2026, accession 0001840856-26-000022): condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income; condensed consolidated balance sheets; condensed consolidated statements of cash flows; Note 14 Contingent Acquisition Liabilities; the statements of stockholders' equity. Quarterly and half-year figures cross-checked against SEC XBRL Company Facts. · SEC EDGAR · This article is not investment advice. Disclaimer

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Amazon: 9 Meta AI: 5 ChatGPT: 3 Claude: 3 Perplexity: 2 Google · Gemini: 0 Others: 16
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Meta AI5
ChatGPT3
Claude3
Perplexity2
Google · Gemini0
Others16

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