SoundHound AI Delivers Faster, Smarter Voice Assistants At Scale with NVIDIA AI Enterprise
SoundHound AI (Nasdaq: SOUN) has expanded its collaboration with NVIDIA, integrating NVIDIA AI Enterprise to enhance its voice AI capabilities. The integration focuses on three key innovations:
- Optimized AI Inference using NVIDIA NIM Microservices for reduced latency
- Smarter Retrieval with NVIDIA NeMo Retriever Microservices for improved context-aware RAG
- Scalable Model Fine-Tuning with NVIDIA NeMo for multi-GPU environments
Lucid Motors is the first customer to benefit from this collaboration, with select modules of Lucid Assistant already utilizing SoundHound and NVIDIA AI for improved response times and user interactions. The partnership builds on previous collaborations, including on-chip voice AI running on NVIDIA DRIVE AGX for in-vehicle generative AI responses without cloud connectivity.
SoundHound AI (Nasdaq: SOUN) ha ampliato la sua collaborazione con NVIDIA, integrando NVIDIA AI Enterprise per migliorare le sue capacità di intelligenza artificiale vocale. L'integrazione si concentra su tre innovazioni chiave:
- Ottimizzazione dell'inferenza AI utilizzando i microservizi NVIDIA NIM per ridurre la latenza
- Recupero più intelligente con i microservizi NVIDIA NeMo Retriever per un RAG consapevole del contesto
- Affinamento scalabile dei modelli con NVIDIA NeMo per ambienti multi-GPU
Lucid Motors è il primo cliente a beneficiare di questa collaborazione, con moduli selezionati di Lucid Assistant che già utilizzano SoundHound e NVIDIA AI per migliorare i tempi di risposta e le interazioni con gli utenti. La partnership si basa su precedenti collaborazioni, inclusa l'intelligenza artificiale vocale on-chip che funziona su NVIDIA DRIVE AGX per risposte generative in veicolo senza connettività cloud.
SoundHound AI (Nasdaq: SOUN) ha ampliado su colaboración con NVIDIA, integrando NVIDIA AI Enterprise para mejorar sus capacidades de inteligencia artificial de voz. La integración se centra en tres innovaciones clave:
- Inferencia de IA optimizada utilizando microservicios NVIDIA NIM para reducir la latencia
- Recuperación más inteligente con microservicios NVIDIA NeMo Retriever para un RAG consciente del contexto
- Ajuste fino escalable de modelos con NVIDIA NeMo para entornos multi-GPU
Lucid Motors es el primer cliente en beneficiarse de esta colaboración, con módulos selectos de Lucid Assistant que ya utilizan SoundHound y NVIDIA AI para mejorar los tiempos de respuesta y las interacciones con los usuarios. La asociación se basa en colaboraciones previas, incluida la IA de voz en chip que funciona en NVIDIA DRIVE AGX para respuestas generativas en el vehículo sin conectividad a la nube.
사운드하운드 AI (Nasdaq: SOUN)는 NVIDIA와의 협력을 확대하여 NVIDIA AI Enterprise를 통합하여 음성 AI 기능을 향상시켰습니다. 이 통합은 세 가지 주요 혁신에 중점을 둡니다:
- 지연 시간을 줄이기 위한 NVIDIA NIM 마이크로서비스를 사용한 최적화된 AI 추론
- 맥락 인식 RAG 향상을 위한 NVIDIA NeMo Retriever 마이크로서비스를 통한 더 스마트한 검색
- 다중 GPU 환경을 위한 NVIDIA NeMo를 통한 확장 가능한 모델 미세 조정
루시드 모터스는 이 협력의 첫 번째 고객으로, 루시드 어시스턴트의 선택된 모듈이 이미 사운드하운드와 NVIDIA AI를 활용하여 응답 시간과 사용자 상호작용을 개선하고 있습니다. 이 파트너십은 NVIDIA DRIVE AGX에서 클라우드 연결 없이 차량 내 생성 AI 응답을 실행하는 칩 내 음성 AI에 대한 이전 협력을 바탕으로 합니다.
SoundHound AI (Nasdaq: SOUN) a élargi sa collaboration avec NVIDIA, intégrant NVIDIA AI Enterprise pour améliorer ses capacités d'IA vocale. L'intégration se concentre sur trois innovations clés :
- Optimisation de l'inférence IA grâce aux microservices NVIDIA NIM pour réduire la latence
- Recherche plus intelligente avec les microservices NVIDIA NeMo Retriever pour un RAG conscient du contexte
- Ajustement de modèle évolutif avec NVIDIA NeMo pour des environnements multi-GPU
Lucid Motors est le premier client à bénéficier de cette collaboration, avec certains modules de Lucid Assistant utilisant déjà SoundHound et NVIDIA AI pour améliorer les temps de réponse et les interactions avec les utilisateurs. Le partenariat s'appuie sur des collaborations précédentes, y compris l'IA vocale sur puce fonctionnant sur NVIDIA DRIVE AGX pour des réponses génératives en véhicule sans connectivité cloud.
SoundHound AI (Nasdaq: SOUN) hat seine Zusammenarbeit mit NVIDIA erweitert und NVIDIA AI Enterprise integriert, um die Sprach-AI-Fähigkeiten zu verbessern. Die Integration konzentriert sich auf drei Schlüsselinnovationen:
- Optimierte KI-Inferenz mittels NVIDIA NIM-Microservices zur Reduzierung der Latenz
- Intelligentere Abrufung mit NVIDIA NeMo Retriever-Microservices für kontextbewusste RAG
- Skalierbares Modell-Fine-Tuning mit NVIDIA NeMo für Multi-GPU-Umgebungen
Lucid Motors ist der erste Kunde, der von dieser Zusammenarbeit profitiert, wobei ausgewählte Module des Lucid Assistant bereits SoundHound und NVIDIA AI nutzen, um die Reaktionszeiten und die Benutzerinteraktionen zu verbessern. Die Partnerschaft baut auf früheren Kooperationen auf, einschließlich der On-Chip-Sprach-AI, die auf NVIDIA DRIVE AGX für generative KI-Antworten im Fahrzeug ohne Cloud-Konnektivität läuft.
- Partnership with major tech player NVIDIA enhances product capabilities
- First customer implementation with Lucid Motors demonstrates market traction
- Technology enables offline voice AI functionality, reducing cloud dependency
- Improved efficiency and cost optimization in AI deployments
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SoundHound's expanded NVIDIA collaboration represents a significant strategic advancement for the voice AI company. By integrating NVIDIA AI Enterprise software, SoundHound directly addresses the critical industry challenge of efficiently deploying large language models at scale—a far more difficult problem than simply developing AI models.
The technical enhancements are substantial: NVIDIA's NIM microservices will reduce inference latency (translation: faster response times); NeMo Retriever improves context-aware responses; and multi-GPU model fine-tuning enables more efficient AI deployment across both cloud and edge environments. These improvements directly enhance SoundHound's competitive differentiation in a crowded voice AI market.
Securing Lucid Motors as the first implementation customer provides important market validation, particularly in the high-value automotive sector. While currently to "select modules" within Lucid's voice system, SoundHound indicates plans to expand these integrations—suggesting potential for deeper customer relationships and expanded revenue opportunities.
This builds on their existing NVIDIA relationship, which previously delivered on-chip voice AI running on NVIDIA DRIVE AGX hardware. The expanding partnership strengthens SoundHound's position in delivering efficient, accurate voice AI solutions across automotive, restaurant, and customer service verticals.
For investors, this collaboration enhances SoundHound's technological moat while potentially improving unit economics through more efficient AI deployment—addressing both the performance and cost-efficiency aspects critical for wider enterprise adoption.
Lucid Motors is the First Customer to Benefit from the Combination of SoundHound’s Advanced Voice AI and NVIDIA AI Enterprise, Providing Enhanced Performance, Accuracy, and Efficiency
By integrating SoundHound’s world-class voice AI technology with NVIDIA NIM and NeMo microservices— part of the NVIDIA AI Enterprise software platform—SoundHound is driving low-latency AI processing, real-time retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and scalable model optimization—helping businesses deploy more responsive and cost-efficient AI solutions.
This expanded collaboration reinforces SoundHound’s commitment to delivering industry-leading voice AI solutions by enhancing the company’s AI-powered offerings across industries, including automotive, restaurant, and customer service. The integration reduces inference latency, improves response accuracy, and optimizes AI deployments for both cloud and edge environments. Key NVIDIA AI Enterprise innovations coming to SoundHound’s advanced voice platform include:
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Optimized AI Inference using NVIDIA NIM Microservices
- NIM microservices enable containerized and high-speed inference for LLMs, significantly reducing response latency.
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Smarter Retrieval with NVIDIA NeMo Retriever Microservices for RAG
- NeMo Retriever microservices enhance context-aware RAG by quickly surfacing highly relevant responses, improving AI-driven interactions.
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Scalable Model Fine-Tuning with NVIDIA NeMo
- With NeMo, SoundHound can fine-tune and optimize LLMs across multi-GPU environments, ensuring efficient, high-performance AI at scale.
SoundHound’s integration of NVIDIA AI Enterprise software is already playing a role in automotive AI, including in Lucid’s voice AI system. Currently, select modules within the Lucid Assistant leverage SoundHound and NVIDIA AI to enhance specific functionalities such as faster response times and improved user interactions. SoundHound is working to expand NVIDIA AI software integrations across additional modules, bringing even greater efficiency and intelligence to automotive voice experiences.
“The AI industry has made massive strides in model training over the last two years, but the real challenge now is deploying these models at scale efficiently,” said Keyvan Mohajer, CEO and Co-Founder of SoundHound AI. “Our collaboration with NVIDIA on NIM and NeMo microservices is solving this problem, helping us optimize inference so businesses and consumers can benefit from faster, more accurate, and highly scalable voice AI.”
“The AI industry is at an exciting turning point, where the focus is shifting from breakthrough model training to deploying these advancements efficiently at scale,” said Rishi Dhall, Vice President of Automotive at NVIDIA. “With NVIDIA AI Enterprise, SoundHound is unlocking new possibilities for voice AI, delivering faster, more accurate, and highly scalable interactions that provide more accurate and engaging user in-vehicle experiences.”
This collaboration builds on SoundHound’s prior work with NVIDIA. Last year, the company announced on-chip voice AI, running on NVIDIA DRIVE AGX to deliver in-vehicle generative AI responses with no cloud connectivity required. The companies also shared a joint demonstration at CES 2025.
SoundHound is participating in the 2025 NVIDIA GPU Technology Conference (GTC), from March 17-21 in
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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.
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