SoundHound AI Acquires Enterprise Conversational AI Provider Amelia For $80M, Expands Into New Verticals
SoundHound AI Acquires Enterprise Conversational AI Provider Amelia For $80M, Expands Into New Verticals
Following the acquisition of food-ordering platform SoundHound AI (NASDAQ:SOUN), a leading voice artificial intelligence (AI) company, has announced the acquisition of Amelia, an enterprise AI software company. This move unlocks new verticals, partnerships, and cross-selling opportunities across the quickly growing voice AI space.
領先的語音人工智能公司SoundHound AI（納斯達克代碼：SOUN）宣佈收購企業人工智能軟件公司Amelia。此舉將在快速增長的語音人工智能領域開啓新的垂直領域、夥伴關係和交叉銷售機會。
"Amelia is an innovative company that shares our passion for AI-fueled conversations. We are looking forward to leveraging our shared capabilities to offer the best AI customer support solutions available anywhere," said Keyvan Mohajer, SoundHound AI's CEO and co-founder.
SoundHound AI的CEO兼聯合創始人Keyvan Mohajer表示：「Amelia是一家創新公司，與我們共享對由人工智能驅動的對話的熱愛。我們期待利用我們共同的能力，提供最好的人工智能客戶支持解決方案。」
"This acquisition positions SoundHound as a strong force with range, scale, and world-class technology," he added.
他補充說：「此次收購將爲SoundHound帶來區間、規模和世界一流的技術。」
Following the acquisition of food-ordering platform Allset, this acquisition targets new market segments, bringing SoundHound's proprietary voice AI technology across industries like healthcare, financial services, and retail.
在收購訂餐平台Allset之後，此次收購旨在針對新的市場細分，將SoundHound的專有語音人工智能技術引入像醫療保健、金融服務和零售等行業。
Now read: Humane's AI Pin Reportedly Faces Major Setback As Returns Outnumber Sales: Marques Brownlee Says 'Shoutout To Everyone That Watched The Review And Still...'
現在閱讀：Humane的AI Pin據稱面臨重大挫折，退款超過銷售額：Marques Brownlee說：「向所有看完評論仍然支持的人大聲喊話……」
After this transaction, Amelia, one of the world's largest privately held AI software companies, will enter the publicly accessible market. Amelia was founded in 1998 under the name IPsoft. Its main products are Amelia, a Conversational AI platform, and AIOps, an IT operations management platform.
此次交易後，作爲全球最大的私人人工智能軟件公司之一的Amelia將進入公開市場。Amelia成立於1998年，最初名爲IPsoft。其主要產品是Amelia（一個對話式人工智能平台）和AIOps（一個IT操作管理平台）。
Backed by strategic investments from BuildGroup and Monroe Capital (NASDAQ:MRCC), Amelia built its brand into a market leader in enterprise AI solutions. Alongside partner relationships built over the last 25 years, Amelia brings additional expertise and new intellectual property to SoundHound's portfolio.
在BuildGroup和Monroe Capital（納斯達克代碼：MRCC）的戰略投資支持下，Amelia將其品牌打造成企業人工智能解決方案的市場領袖。除了過去25年建立的合作伙伴關係外，Amelia還爲SoundHound的投資組合帶來了額外的專業知識和新的知識產權。
"We're excited to bring Amelia's experience and relationships to SoundHound AI, bolstering the company's growing AI customer service business to form a new category leader in the space," said Lanham Napier, President of Amelia and co-founder of BuildGroup.
Amelia的總統兼BuildGroup的聯合創始人Lanham Napier表示：「我們很高興將Amelia的經驗和關係帶給SoundHound AI，以加強該公司不斷增長的人工智能客戶服務業務，成爲這一領域的新的類別領導者。」
Per the deal's terms, the transaction is worth $80 million in cash and equity, with partial payment, assumption of Ameila's debt, and future earnout potential aligned to revenue milestone achievements. SoundHound AI is also granting an aggregate of 3,738,317 restricted stock units (RSUs) as inducement awards to 350 Amelia employees in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).
根據交易條款，此次交易價值爲8000萬美元的現金和股權，部分付款、承擔Ameila的債務和未來交付產生的績效獎勵與營業收入里程碑達成一致。SoundHound AI還授予了3738317個受限制的股票單位（RSUs）作爲對350名Amelia員工的吸引獎勵，依據納斯達克上市規則5635(c)(4)。
The latest data shows that the combined company holds around $160 million of cash and $39 million of debt. Combined revenue in 2025 is expected to reach $150 million, with Amelia contributing over $45 million.
最新數據顯示，合併後的公司擁有大約1600萬美元的現金和3900萬美元的債務。2025年的合併營業收入預計將達到15000萬美元，其中Amelia貢獻超過4500萬美元。
- Alphabet's Historic Antitrust Ruling 'Credit Negative' For Google's Parent And Apple, Says Moody's: 'May Need To Alter Its Very Profitable Business Model'
- 穆迪稱，字母表公司的歷史性反壟斷裁決對谷歌的母公司和蘋果都是『信用負面的』：可能需要修改其非常有利可圖的業務模式。
Photo: Shutterstock
Photo: shutterstock
譯文內容由第三人軟體翻譯。