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Report claims SoundHound has laid off nearly half of its staff
Last time SoundHound pinged our radar, it was preparing plans to go public via a SPAC merger with a $2.1bn valuation.
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SoundHound to go public with $2.1bn valuation via SPAC merger
It’s expected to happen in the first quarter of 2022, at which the company will be listed on the Nasdaq exchange as SoundHound AI.
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7digital teams up with SoundHound in voice AI partnership
The music industry’s excitement about voice-enabled devices like Amazon’s Echo family continues. But Alexa is far from the only smart assistant in town: alongside rivals like Apple’s Siri, Microsoft’s Cortana and Google’s Assistant, there’s also SoundHound’s Houndify.
Now business-to-business music firm 7digital has announced a partnership with the latter to help it make more of voice and artificial intelligence (AI) for its customers.
“Voice and AI are set to be the catalysts for re-imagining music streaming in the home and car, where there is huge potential for growth over the next few years,” said 7digital’s deputy CEO Pete Downton in a statement.
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SoundHound raises $75m of funding for its voice tech
We first encountered SoundHound back in the day as a rival to Shazam for identifying music.
In recent years, though, SoundHound has pivoted to focus more on its voice-recognition technology – putting it in a strong position for the current Alexa/Siri/etc-fuelled boom in smart voice assistants.
Its speech AI platform Houndify has been winning approval from music and non-music execs alike, but competing with the likes of Amazon, Apple, Google and Microsoft is an expensive business.
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SoundHound’s new direction is more like Siri and Cortana
We know SoundHound best as a rival to Shazam that didn’t quite get the same traction with users. However, the company is receiving excitable press this week for its new […]
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Rdio looks beyond Shazam with expanded SoundHound deal
Rdio has had a tight relationship with Shazam for some time now, but the streaming service isn’t putting all its eggs in one music-identification basket. Rdio announced an expansion of […]
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Facebook adding Shazam-style music and TV tagging to its smartphone apps
We always saw Facebook as a potential acquirer of Shazam at some point. given the latter’s position as a connector between the worlds of music, TV and advertising.
Yesterday, though, it emerged that Facebook has chosen to build this kind of functionality itself. In the coming weeks, a new feature will be added to its iOS and Android apps, initially in the US only, to identify songs and TV shows playing in the background when people post status updates.
“When writing a status update – if you choose to turn the feature on – you’ll have the option to use your phone’s microphone to identify what song is playing or what show or movie is on TV,” explained Facebook’s blog post.
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SoundHound reaches 175m users and sets sights on radio
Let’s be brutally honest: giving user figures showing how many people have ever used your app isn’t much use.
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Rdio adds Live Nation to partners amid rising registrations
Two things have been clear in the last six months: first, that Rdio is striking some clever partnerships (Shazam, SoundHound, Twitter, The Guardian etc); and second, that the service is growing steadily more popular.
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SoundHound revamps Android tablet app with Rdio relationship
Music identification app SoundHound has released a new version of its Android tablet app, revamping the UI and continuing to buddy up with streaming music service Rdio for playback of songs
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100m users for SoundHound
Shazam announced its 250m users milestone last week, but music rival SoundHound has its own big figure this week.