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SoundHound AI, Inc. (SOUN) Q4 2025 Earnings Call February 26, 2026 5:00 PM EST

Company Participants

Scott Smith - Head of Investor Relations
Keyvan Mohajer - Co-Founder, CEO, President & Director
Nitesh Sharan - Chief Financial Officer

Conference Call Participants

Scott Buck - H.C. Wainwright & Co, LLC, Research Division
Brian Schwartz - Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., Research Division
Vijay Devar
James Fish - Piper Sandler & Co., Research Division

Presentation

Operator

Good day, everyone, and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the SoundHound Q4 2025 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] Please be advised that today's conference is being recorded.
**μ‚¬μš΄λ“œν•˜μš΄λ“œ AI (SOUN) 2025λ…„ 4λΆ„κΈ° 싀적 λ°œν‘œ 컨퍼런슀 콜**
2026λ…„ 2μ›” 26일 μ˜€ν›„ 5μ‹œ (λ―Έκ΅­ 동뢀 ν‘œμ€€μ‹œ)

**참석 κΈ°μ—… κ΄€κ³„μž**

슀콧 슀미슀 - 투자자 관계 총괄
μΌ€μ΄λ°˜ λͺ¨ν•˜μ € - 곡동 창립자, CEO, 사μž₯ κ²Έ 이사
λ‹ˆν…Œμ‹œ μƒ€λž€ - 졜고 재무 μ±…μž„μž (CFO)

**컨퍼런슀 콜 참석 μ• λ„λ¦¬μŠ€νŠΈ**

슀콧 λ²… - H.C. μ›¨μΈλΌμ΄νŠΈ & Co, LLC, λ¦¬μ„œμΉ˜ λΆ€λ¬Έ
λΈŒλΌμ΄μ–Έ μŠˆμ›ŒμΈ  - μ˜€νŽœν•˜μ΄λ¨Έ & Co. Inc., λ¦¬μ„œμΉ˜ λΆ€λ¬Έ
λΉ„μ œμ΄ 데바λ₯΄
μ œμž„μŠ€ 피쉬 - 파이퍼 μƒŒλ“€λŸ¬ & Co., λ¦¬μ„œμΉ˜ λΆ€λ¬Έ

**λ°œν‘œ**

**μ‚¬νšŒμž**
μ•ˆλ…•ν•˜μ‹­λ‹ˆκΉŒ, μ—¬λŸ¬λΆ„. μž μ‹œ κΈ°λ‹€λ € μ£Όμ…”μ„œ κ°μ‚¬ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ‚¬μš΄λ“œν•˜μš΄λ“œ 2025λ…„ 4λΆ„κΈ° 싀적 λ°œν‘œ 컨퍼런슀 μ½œμ— μ˜€μ‹  것을 ν™˜μ˜ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€. [μ§ˆμ˜μ‘λ‹΅ μ•ˆλ‚΄] 였늘 컨퍼런슀 μ½œμ€ λ…ΉμŒλ˜κ³  μžˆμŒμ„ μ•Œλ €λ“œλ¦½λ‹ˆλ‹€.
I would now like to hand the conference over to your first speaker today, Scott Smith, Head of Investor Relations. Please go ahead. Scott Smith
Head of Investor Relations

Good afternoon, and thank you for joining our fourth quarter and full year 2025 conference call. With me today is our CEO, Keyvan Mohajer; and our CFO, Nitesh Sharan. We will begin with some short remarks before moving to Q&A. We'd also like to remind everyone that we will be making forward-looking statements on this call. Actual results could differ materially from those suggested by our forward-looking statements.
λ„€, 이제 였늘 첫 번째 연사이신 투자자 관계 μ±…μž„μž 슀콧 μŠ€λ―ΈμŠ€λ‹˜κ»˜ 마이크λ₯Ό λ„˜κΈ°κ² μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. 말씀해 μ£Όμ‹­μ‹œμ˜€.

**슀콧 슀미슀**
**투자자 관계 μ±…μž„μž**

μ•ˆλ…•ν•˜μ‹­λ‹ˆκΉŒ, 저희 2025λ…„ 4λΆ„κΈ° 및 μ—°κ°„ 싀적 λ°œν‘œ 컨퍼런슀 μ½œμ— 참석해 μ£Όμ…”μ„œ κ°μ‚¬ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€. 였늘 이 μžλ¦¬μ—λŠ” 저희 CEO이신 ν‚€λ°˜ λͺ¨ν•˜μ €λ‹˜κ³Ό CFO이신 λ‹ˆν…Œμ‹œ μƒ€λž€λ‹˜μ΄ ν•¨κ»˜ν•˜κ³  κ³„μ‹­λ‹ˆλ‹€.

μ €ν¬λŠ” λ¨Όμ € κ°„λž΅ν•œ 말씀을 λ“œλ¦° ν›„ μ§ˆμ˜μ‘λ‹΅ μ‹œκ°„μœΌλ‘œ λ„˜μ–΄κ°€κ² μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ•„μšΈλŸ¬, λ³Έ 컨퍼런슀 μ½œμ—μ„œ 미래 예츑 μ§„μˆ μ΄ 포함될 μ˜ˆμ •μž„μ„ μ•Œλ €λ“œλ¦½λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ‹€μ œ κ²°κ³ΌλŠ” μ €ν¬μ˜ 미래 예츑 μ§„μˆ μ—μ„œ μ œμ‹œλœ λ‚΄μš©κ³Ό μ‹€μ§ˆμ μœΌλ‘œ λ‹€λ₯Ό 수 μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.
Please refer to our filings with the SEC for a detailed discussion of the risks and uncertainties that could affect our business and for discussion statements that qualify as forward-looking statements. In addition, we may discuss certain non-GAAP measures. Please refer to today's press release for more detailed financial results and further details on the definitions, limitations, and uses of those measures and reconciliations from GAAP to non-GAAP. Also note that the forward-looking statements on this call are based on information available to us as of today's date. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, except as required by law.당사 사업에 영ν–₯을 λ―ΈμΉ  수 μžˆλŠ” μœ„ν—˜κ³Ό λΆˆν™•μ‹€μ„±, 그리고 미래예츑 μ§„μˆ μ— ν•΄λ‹Ήν•˜λŠ” λ‚΄μš©μ— λŒ€ν•œ μžμ„Έν•œ μ„€λͺ…은 SEC 제좜 μ„œλ₯˜λ₯Ό μ°Έμ‘°ν•˜μ‹œκΈ° λ°”λžλ‹ˆλ‹€. μ•„μšΈλŸ¬, λ‹Ήμ‚¬λŠ” νŠΉμ • λΉ„GAAP μ§€ν‘œλ₯Ό λ‹€λ£° 수 μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. 보닀 μƒμ„Έν•œ 재무 결과와 ν•΄λ‹Ή μ§€ν‘œλ“€μ˜ μ •μ˜, ν•œκ³„, μ‚¬μš©λ²•, 그리고 GAAPμ—μ„œ λΉ„GAAP으둜의 μ‘°μ • 내역에 λŒ€ν•œ μžμ„Έν•œ λ‚΄μš©μ€ 금일 λ³΄λ„μžλ£Œλ₯Ό μ°Έμ‘°ν•΄ μ£Όμ‹­μ‹œμ˜€. λ˜ν•œ, λ³Έ 컨퍼런슀 μ½œμ—μ„œμ˜ 미래예츑 μ§„μˆ μ€ 금일 ν˜„μž¬ 당사에 μž…μˆ˜ κ°€λŠ₯ν•œ 정보에 κΈ°λ°˜ν•˜κ³  μžˆμŒμ„ μœ μ˜ν•˜μ‹œκΈ° λ°”λžλ‹ˆλ‹€. λ‹Ήμ‚¬λŠ” 법λ₯ μ— μ˜ν•΄ μš”κ΅¬λ˜λŠ” 경우λ₯Ό μ œμ™Έν•˜κ³ λŠ” μ–΄λ– ν•œ 미래예츑 μ§„μˆ λ„ κ°±μ‹ ν•  의무λ₯Ό μ§€μ§€ μ•ŠμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.
Finally, this call is being audio webcast in its entirety on our Investor Relations website. An audio replay will be available following today's call. With that, I would like to turn the call over to our CEO, Keyvan Mohajer. Please go ahead, Keyvan. Keyvan Mohajer
Co-Founder, CEO, President & Director

Thank you, Scott, and thank you to everyone for joining the call today. 2025 was a record year for SoundHound, nearly doubling our revenue year-over-year. We also had a record fourth quarter. Revenue was up 59%, while all key profit metrics improved. We broke another record in Q4. We signed over 100 customer deals, making it our biggest quarter yet.
λ§ˆμ§€λ§‰μœΌλ‘œ, λ³Έ 컨퍼런슀 μ½œμ€ 당사 투자자 관계 μ›Ήμ‚¬μ΄νŠΈμ—μ„œ 전체가 μ˜€λ””μ˜€ μ›ΉμΊμŠ€νŠΈλ˜κ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. 금일 컨퍼런슀 콜 이후 μ˜€λ””μ˜€ μž¬μƒλ³Έμ΄ 제곡될 μ˜ˆμ •μž…λ‹ˆλ‹€. 그럼 이제 λ‹Ήμ‚¬μ˜ CEO이신 ν‚€λ°˜ λͺ¨ν•˜μ €λ‹˜κ»˜ 마이크λ₯Ό λ„˜κΈ°κ² μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. ν‚€λ°˜λ‹˜, λ§μ”€ν•΄μ£Όμ‹­μ‹œμ˜€.

**ν‚€λ°˜ λͺ¨ν•˜μ € (Keyvan Mohajer)**
곡동 창립자, CEO, 사μž₯ κ²Έ 이사

μŠ€μΊ‡λ‹˜, κ°μ‚¬ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€. 그리고 였늘 컨퍼런슀 μ½œμ— μ°Έμ—¬ν•΄μ£Όμ‹  λͺ¨λ“  λΆ„λ“€κ»˜λ„ κ°μ‚¬λ“œλ¦½λ‹ˆλ‹€. 2025년은 SoundHoundμ—κ²Œ 기둝적인 ν•œ ν•΄μ˜€μœΌλ©°, μ „λ…„ λŒ€λΉ„ 맀좜이 거의 두 배둜 μ¦κ°€ν–ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. λ˜ν•œ μ €ν¬λŠ” 기둝적인 4λΆ„κΈ°λ₯Ό λ³΄λƒˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. λ§€μΆœμ€ 59% μ¦κ°€ν–ˆμœΌλ©°, λͺ¨λ“  μ£Όμš” 수읡 μ§€ν‘œκ°€ κ°œμ„ λ˜μ—ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ €ν¬λŠ” 4뢄기에 또 λ‹€λ₯Έ 기둝을 κ²½μ‹ ν–ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. 100건 μ΄μƒμ˜ 고객 계약을 μ²΄κ²°ν•˜λ©° μ—­λŒ€ μ΅œλŒ€ λΆ„κΈ° 싀적을 κΈ°λ‘ν–ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.
We won across different industries in a variety of regions. Just to name a few, we signed a new prominent automotive logo in Japan to use our AI assistant with a 7-digit unit commitment. In the U.S., we signed a multiyear deal with one of the largest telecommunications companies in the world to use our technology. We signed a multiyear global deal with one of the largest athletic shoes and apparel companies to power their AI customer service. We closed deals with health care providers, universities, insurance companies, financial institutions, e-commerce merchants, retail, military, and many more. Our execution with channel partners was also exceptional with multiple 7-figure deals in 2025.μ €ν¬λŠ” λ‹€μ–‘ν•œ μ‚°μ—… 뢄야와 μ—¬λŸ¬ μ§€μ—­μ—μ„œ μ„±κ³Όλ₯Ό λƒˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. λͺ‡ κ°€μ§€λ§Œ λ§μ”€λ“œλ¦¬μžλ©΄, μΌλ³Έμ—μ„œλŠ” 저희 AI λΉ„μ„œ μ‚¬μš©μ„ μœ„ν•΄ 7자리 수의 λ‹¨μœ„ 약정을 ν¬ν•¨ν•˜λŠ” μƒˆλ‘œμš΄ μ €λͺ…ν•œ μžλ™μ°¨ λΈŒλžœλ“œμ™€ 계약을 μ²΄κ²°ν–ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. λ―Έκ΅­μ—μ„œλŠ” 세계 μ΅œλŒ€ 톡신사 쀑 ν•œ κ³³κ³Ό 저희 기술 μ‚¬μš©μ„ μœ„ν•œ λ‹€λ…„κ°„ 계약을 λ§Ίμ—ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. λ˜ν•œ 세계 μ΅œλŒ€ 슀포츠 μ‹ λ°œ 및 의λ₯˜ νšŒμ‚¬ 쀑 ν•œ κ³³κ³ΌλŠ” κ·Έλ“€μ˜ AI 고객 μ„œλΉ„μŠ€ 지원을 μœ„ν•œ λ‹€λ…„κ°„μ˜ κΈ€λ‘œλ²Œ 계약을 μ²΄κ²°ν–ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.

μ €ν¬λŠ” μ˜λ£ŒκΈ°κ΄€, λŒ€ν•™κ΅, λ³΄ν—˜ νšŒμ‚¬, 금육 κΈ°κ΄€, μ „μžμƒκ±°λž˜ 업체, μ†Œλ§€μ—…μ²΄, κ΅° κΈ°κ΄€ λ“± λ‹€μ–‘ν•œ 뢄야와 계약을 μ„±μ‚¬μ‹œμΌ°μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. 채널 νŒŒνŠΈλ„ˆμ™€μ˜ ν˜‘λ ₯ λ˜ν•œ νƒμ›”ν•˜μ—¬, 2025λ…„μ—λŠ” μ—¬λŸ¬ 건의 7자리 수 규λͺ¨ 계약을 μ²΄κ²°ν–ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.
I'll dive into other business highlights specific to Q4 shortly. But first, I wanted to touch on a few recent market dynamics. The power of AI is disrupting traditional software and services companies, and this is creating further tailwinds for SoundHound. In this inevitable AI transformation, companies need a partner like SoundHound to help them rapidly reinvent themselves. We partner with our customers to overcome their challenges and achieve their ambitions, creating incredible end user experiences for their employees and customers. With the exponential advances in AI, we believe we are entering a new era where companies with deep tech and data moats will create the most value.μž μ‹œ ν›„ 4λΆ„κΈ° κ΄€λ ¨ λ‹€λ₯Έ μ£Όμš” 사업 성과에 λŒ€ν•΄ μžμ„Ένžˆ λ§μ”€λ“œλ¦¬κ² μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. ν•˜μ§€λ§Œ λ¨Όμ €, 졜근 μ‹œμž₯ 동ν–₯ λͺ‡ 가지에 λŒ€ν•΄ λ§μ”€λ“œλ¦¬κ³ μž ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€.

AI의 νž˜μ€ κΈ°μ‘΄ μ†Œν”„νŠΈμ›¨μ–΄ 및 μ„œλΉ„μŠ€ κΈ°μ—…μ˜ νŒλ„λ₯Ό 뒀흔듀고 있으며, μ΄λŠ” μ‚¬μš΄λ“œν•˜μš΄λ“œμ— 더 큰 μˆœν’μœΌλ‘œ μž‘μš©ν•˜κ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ΄λŸ¬ν•œ ν”Όν•  수 μ—†λŠ” AI λ³€ν˜ μ†μ—μ„œ 기업듀은 슀슀둜λ₯Ό μ‹ μ†ν•˜κ²Œ μž¬μ°½μ‘°ν•˜κΈ° μœ„ν•΄ μ‚¬μš΄λ“œν•˜μš΄λ“œμ™€ 같은 νŒŒνŠΈλ„ˆλ₯Ό ν•„μš”λ‘œ ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ €ν¬λŠ” 고객듀과 ν˜‘λ ₯ν•˜μ—¬ κ·Έλ“€μ˜ λ‹Ήλ©΄ 과제λ₯Ό κ·Ήλ³΅ν•˜κ³  포뢀λ₯Ό λ‹¬μ„±ν•˜λ„λ‘ μ§€μ›ν•˜λ©°, 직원과 κ³ κ°λ“€μ—κ²Œ λ†€λΌμš΄ μ΅œμ’… μ‚¬μš©μž κ²½ν—˜μ„ μ„ μ‚¬ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€.

AI의 κΈ°ν•˜κΈ‰μˆ˜μ μΈ λ°œμ „κ³Ό λ”λΆˆμ–΄, μ €ν¬λŠ” λ”₯ ν…Œν¬(deep tech)와 데이터 ν•΄μž(data moats)λ₯Ό λ³΄μœ ν•œ 기업듀이 κ°€μž₯ 큰 κ°€μΉ˜λ₯Ό μ°½μΆœν•  μƒˆλ‘œμš΄ μ‹œλŒ€μ— μ§„μž…ν•˜κ³  μžˆλ‹€κ³  λ―ΏμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.
This makes SoundHound very well positioned with decades of deep tech innovation and data accumulation. SoundHound AI was founded with a mission to deliver voice and conversational AI experiences that are deeply integrated into user environments and deliver value where it matters most. This early vision now positions us perfectly for the Agentic AI revolution we are seeing today. We believe our Agentic platform is the only solution that is ready to be deployed across a multitude of vertical use cases and a huge and growing range of touch points and modalities from call centers to cars, robots, phones, apps, TVs, and websites, all with a unified AI agent framework.μ΄λŠ” μˆ˜μ‹­ λ…„κ°„μ˜ λ”₯ν…Œν¬ ν˜μ‹ κ³Ό 데이터 좕적을 톡해 μ‚¬μš΄λ“œν•˜μš΄λ“œκ°€ 맀우 μœ λ¦¬ν•œ μž…μ§€λ₯Ό ν™•λ³΄ν•˜κ²Œ ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ‚¬μš΄λ“œν•˜μš΄λ“œ AIλŠ” μ‚¬μš©μž ν™˜κ²½μ— 깊이 ν†΅ν•©λ˜μ–΄ κ°€μž₯ μ€‘μš”ν•œ κ³³μ—μ„œ κ°€μΉ˜λ₯Ό μ œκ³΅ν•˜λŠ” μŒμ„± 및 λŒ€ν™”ν˜• AI κ²½ν—˜μ„ μ œκ³΅ν•˜κ² λ‹€λŠ” 사λͺ…μœΌλ‘œ μ„€λ¦½λ˜μ—ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ΄λŸ¬ν•œ 초기 비전은 μ˜€λŠ˜λ‚  μš°λ¦¬κ°€ λͺ©κ²©ν•˜κ³  μžˆλŠ” 에이전틱 AI 혁λͺ…에 우리λ₯Ό μ™„λ²½ν•˜κ²Œ μžλ¦¬λ§€κΉ€ν•˜κ²Œ ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ €ν¬λŠ” μ €ν¬μ˜ 에이전틱 ν”Œλž«νΌμ΄ μ½œμ„Όν„°λΆ€ν„° μžλ™μ°¨, λ‘œλ΄‡, νœ΄λŒ€ν°, μ•±, TV, μ›Ήμ‚¬μ΄νŠΈμ— 이λ₯΄κΈ°κΉŒμ§€ μˆ˜λ§Žμ€ 수직적 μ‚¬μš© 사둀와 λ°©λŒ€ν•˜κ³  μ„±μž₯ν•˜λŠ” 접점 및 λͺ¨λ‹¬λ¦¬ν‹° λ²”μœ„μ— 걸쳐 ν†΅ν•©λœ AI μ—μ΄μ „νŠΈ ν”„λ ˆμž„μ›Œν¬λ‘œ 배포될 μ€€λΉ„κ°€ 된 μœ μΌν•œ μ†”λ£¨μ…˜μ΄λΌκ³  λ―ΏμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.
This means that our customers can build an agent once and deploy it anywhere. At SoundHound, we offer the best models and innovation regardless of where they come from. We can give customers access to big tech models, emerging models, other third-party models as well as SoundHound's own models that consistently outperform big tech players. With us, our customers will have access to the latest and greatest technologies as fast as they become available. And because of our deep expertise in conversational AI, we are able to optimize our own technologies to meet customer needs.μ΄λŠ” 당사 고객듀이 μ—μ΄μ „νŠΈλ₯Ό ν•œ 번 κ΅¬μΆ•ν•˜λ©΄ μ–΄λ””λ“  배포할 수 μžˆλ‹€λŠ” μ˜λ―Έμž…λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ‚¬μš΄λ“œν•˜μš΄λ“œμ—μ„œλŠ” μΆœμ²˜μ— 관계없이 졜고의 λͺ¨λΈκ³Ό ν˜μ‹ μ„ μ œκ³΅ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€. λ‹Ήμ‚¬λŠ” 고객듀이 λΉ…ν…Œν¬ λͺ¨λΈ, μ‹ ν₯ λͺ¨λΈ, λ‹€λ₯Έ 타사 λͺ¨λΈλΏλ§Œ μ•„λ‹ˆλΌ, λΉ…ν…Œν¬ 기업듀보닀 κΎΈμ€€νžˆ μš°μˆ˜ν•œ μ„±λŠ₯을 λ³΄μ΄λŠ” μ‚¬μš΄λ“œν•˜μš΄λ“œ 자체 λͺ¨λΈμ—λ„ μ ‘κ·Όν•  수 μžˆλ„λ‘ ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€. 당사와 ν•¨κ»˜λΌλ©΄, 당사 고객듀은 μ΅œμ‹  및 졜고의 기술이 μΆœμ‹œλ˜λŠ” μ¦‰μ‹œ μ ‘κ·Όν•  수 μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. 그리고 λŒ€ν™”ν˜• AI 뢄야에 λŒ€ν•œ λ‹Ήμ‚¬μ˜ κΉŠμ€ μ „λ¬Έμ„± 덕뢄에, 당사 자체 κΈ°μˆ μ„ 고객의 μš”κ΅¬μ‚¬ν•­μ— 맞좰 μ΅œμ ν™”ν•  수 μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.
This ranges from offering Polaris, our custom speech recognition foundation model to our unique method of arbitrating the conversation across on device, cloud, on-premise, and even human augmented services. This combination of capabilities is the foundation of our unique and differentiated Agentic Plus framework, which blends agentic, deterministic, and human-assisted understanding, representing the full mix of what our customers want. In addition, SoundHound has a massive amount of data and has processed billions of interactions over the years across all major global languages supported by having a physical presence in multiple markets and geographies.μ΄λŠ” λ‹Ήμ‚¬μ˜ λ§žμΆ€ν˜• μŒμ„± 인식 기반 λͺ¨λΈμΈ Polaris μ œκ³΅λΆ€ν„° μ˜¨λ””λ°”μ΄μŠ€, ν΄λΌμš°λ“œ, μ˜¨ν”„λ ˆλ―ΈμŠ€, 심지어 인간 증강 μ„œλΉ„μŠ€μ— 걸쳐 λŒ€ν™”λ₯Ό μ‘°μœ¨ν•˜λŠ” λ‹Ήμ‚¬μ˜ λ…μžμ μΈ 방식에 이λ₯΄κΈ°κΉŒμ§€ λ‹€μ–‘ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ΄λŸ¬ν•œ μ—­λŸ‰μ˜ 쑰합은 에이전틱(agentic), 결정둠적(deterministic), 그리고 인간 지원 이해λ ₯을 μœ΅ν•©ν•˜μ—¬ 고객이 μ›ν•˜λŠ” λͺ¨λ“  μš”μ†Œλ₯Ό μ΄λ§λΌν•œ λ‹Ήμ‚¬μ˜ λ…μžμ μ΄κ³  μ°¨λ³„ν™”λœ Agentic Plus ν”„λ ˆμž„μ›Œν¬μ˜ 기반이 λ©λ‹ˆλ‹€.

λ˜ν•œ, SoundHoundλŠ” λ°©λŒ€ν•œ μ–‘μ˜ 데이터λ₯Ό λ³΄μœ ν•˜κ³  있으며, λ‹€μˆ˜μ˜ μ‹œμž₯κ³Ό 지역에 걸친 물리적 μž…μ§€λ₯Ό 기반으둜 μˆ˜λ…„κ°„ λͺ¨λ“  μ£Όμš” κΈ€λ‘œλ²Œ 언어에 걸쳐 μˆ˜μ‹­μ–΅ 건의 μƒν˜Έμž‘μš©μ„ μ²˜λ¦¬ν•΄μ™”μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.
This allows us to compete and win against big tech while new players are faced with the traditional limitations of scale and reach we've long since overcome. With those considerations in mind, we believe SoundHound is the strongest bet in an ever-changing world of AI evolution. We recently previewed our Agentic platform to public audiences, and they were blown away. The Consumer Technology Association, the body that organizes CES, consistently calls our tech as an example of one of the most exciting trends at the whole show. Our customers agree, and we are proud to navigate this exciting and dynamic period by their side.이것은 μš°λ¦¬κ°€ λΉ…ν…Œν¬ κΈ°μ—…λ“€κ³Ό κ²½μŸν•˜μ—¬ μŠΉλ¦¬ν•  수 있게 ν•˜λŠ” λ™μ‹œμ—, μ‹ κ·œ ν”Œλ ˆμ΄μ–΄λ“€μ΄ μš°λ¦¬κ°€ μ˜€λž˜μ „μ— κ·Ήλ³΅ν•œ 규λͺ¨μ™€ 도달 λ²”μœ„λΌλŠ” 전톡적인 ν•œκ³„μ— μ§λ©΄ν•˜κ²Œ λ§Œλ“­λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ΄λŸ¬ν•œ 점듀을 κ°μ•ˆν•  λ•Œ, μ €ν¬λŠ” λŠμž„μ—†μ΄ λ³€ν™”ν•˜λŠ” AI μ§„ν™”μ˜ μ„Έκ³„μ—μ„œ SoundHoundκ°€ κ°€μž₯ κ°•λ ₯ν•œ 투자처라고 λ―ΏμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ €ν¬λŠ” 졜근 λŒ€μ€‘μ—κ²Œ Agentic ν”Œλž«νΌμ„ 미리 μ„ λ³΄μ˜€κ³ , 그듀은 열광적인 λ°˜μ‘μ„ λ³΄μ˜€μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. CESλ₯Ό μ£Όκ΄€ν•˜λŠ” μ†ŒλΉ„μž 기술 ν˜‘νšŒλŠ” 저희 κΈ°μˆ μ„ 전체 μ‡Όμ—μ„œ κ°€μž₯ ν₯미둜운 νŠΈλ Œλ“œ 쀑 ν•˜λ‚˜λ‘œ μΌκ΄€λ˜κ²Œ κΌ½κ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. 저희 고객듀도 이에 λ™μ˜ν•˜λ©°, μ €ν¬λŠ” 이 ν₯λ―Έλ‘­κ³  역동적인 μ‹œκΈ°λ₯Ό 고객듀과 ν•¨κ»˜ ν—€μ³λ‚˜κ°€λŠ” 것을 μžλž‘μŠ€λŸ½κ²Œ μƒκ°ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€.
Here are some proof points, as I highlight, some of the many wins in this quarter alone. In automotive, besides the Japanese OEM previously mentioned, other notable customer wins include a new Korean OEM with a global footprint, an iconic Italian manufacturer of high-performance luxury sports cars as well as a Chinese and Vietnamese manufacturer. We also signed our first 2-wheeler and have seen strong interest from at least a half dozen other OEMs. Stellantis also expanded further with the adoption of live generative AI capabilities for real-time responses, and we added an Italian commercial truck company, which will offer SoundHound voice assistant to its wide range of vehicles.이번 λΆ„κΈ°μ—λ§Œ λ‹¬μ„±ν•œ μˆ˜λ§Žμ€ μ„±κ³Ό 쀑 λͺ‡ κ°€μ§€ μ£Όμš” 사둀λ₯Ό κ°•μ‘°ν•˜λ©° λ§μ”€λ“œλ¦¬κ² μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.

μžλ™μ°¨ λΆ€λ¬Έμ—μ„œλŠ” μ•žμ„œ μ–ΈκΈ‰λœ 일본 OEM 외에도, κΈ€λ‘œλ²Œ μž…μ§€λ₯Ό κ°–μΆ˜ μƒˆλ‘œμš΄ ν•œκ΅­ OEM, 상징적인 μ΄νƒˆλ¦¬μ•„ κ³ μ„±λŠ₯ λŸ­μ…”λ¦¬ 슀포츠카 μ œμ‘°μ—…μ²΄, 그리고 쀑ꡭ 및 λ² νŠΈλ‚¨ μ œμ‘°μ—…μ²΄ λ“± μ£Όλͺ©ν•  λ§Œν•œ 고객을 μΆ”κ°€λ‘œ ν™•λ³΄ν–ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. λ˜ν•œ, 첫 이λ₯œμ°¨ μ œμ‘°μ—…μ²΄μ™€ 계약을 μ²΄κ²°ν–ˆμœΌλ©°, μ΅œμ†Œ 6개 μ΄μƒμ˜ λ‹€λ₯Έ OEMμœΌλ‘œλΆ€ν„°λ„ κ°•λ ₯ν•œ 관심을 λ°›κ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.

μŠ€ν…”λž€ν‹°μŠ€(Stellantis)λŠ” μ‹€μ‹œκ°„ 응닡을 μœ„ν•œ 라이브 μƒμ„±ν˜• AI κΈ°λŠ₯ λ„μž…μ„ 톡해 ν˜‘λ ₯을 λ”μš± ν™•λŒ€ν–ˆμœΌλ©°, μžμ‚¬μ˜ λ‹€μ–‘ν•œ μ°¨λŸ‰μ— SoundHound μŒμ„± λΉ„μ„œλ₯Ό νƒ‘μž¬ν•  μ΄νƒˆλ¦¬μ•„ μƒμš© 트럭 νšŒμ‚¬λ„ μ‹ κ·œ 고객으둜 ν™•λ³΄ν–ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.
We also signed a multiyear renewal with one of the largest American automobile manufacturers to deploy our enterprise AI solutions. In voice commerce, coming off a successful CES, we are seeing lots of momentum. Thanks to our deep penetration in restaurants, this highly anticipated solution is quickly advancing to go live in the U.S. with a prominent German automotive OEM. The list of engaged OEMs is growing rapidly, and we are now starting to see early signs of the flywheel effect taking shape.μ €ν¬λŠ” λ˜ν•œ λ‹Ήμ‚¬μ˜ μ—”ν„°ν”„λΌμ΄μ¦ˆ AI μ†”λ£¨μ…˜ 배포λ₯Ό μœ„ν•΄ λ―Έκ΅­ μ΅œλŒ€ μžλ™μ°¨ μ œμ‘°μ—…μ²΄ 쀑 ν•œ κ³³κ³Ό λ‹€λ…„κ°„μ˜ κ°±μ‹  계약을 μ²΄κ²°ν–ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. μŒμ„± 컀머슀 λΆ€λ¬Έμ—μ„œλŠ” 성곡적인 CESλ₯Ό 마치고 λ§Žμ€ λͺ¨λ©˜ν…€μ„ μ–»κ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. λ ˆμŠ€ν† λž‘ μ‹œμž₯에 λŒ€ν•œ κΉŠμ€ 침투λ ₯을 λ°”νƒ•μœΌλ‘œ, λ§Žμ€ κΈ°λŒ€λ₯Ό λͺ¨μœΌκ³  μžˆλŠ” 이 μ†”λ£¨μ…˜μ€ μ €λͺ…ν•œ 독일 μžλ™μ°¨ OEMκ³Ό ν˜‘λ ₯ν•˜μ—¬ λ―Έκ΅­μ—μ„œ μƒμš©ν™”λ₯Ό ν–₯ν•΄ λΉ λ₯΄κ²Œ λ‚˜μ•„κ°€κ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. ν˜‘λ ₯ 쀑인 OEM λͺ©λ‘μ΄ λΉ λ₯΄κ²Œ 늘고 있으며, 이제 막 ν”ŒλΌμ΄νœ  νš¨κ³Όκ°€ κ΅¬μ²΄ν™”λ˜λŠ” 초기 쑰짐을 보이고 μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.
In January, we also unveiled our fully agentic voice platform for in-vehicle and on-TV commerce and showcased a leading smart TV manufacturer and a national pizza restaurant working together seamlessly. The solution is expected to go live later this year. And we are quickly building out an ecosystem well beyond food ordering from the car or TV with Parkopedia and OpenTable partnerships announced in Q4 and further plans to extend to events and travel booking very soon. In restaurants, our Voice Inside solution is seeing high demand with a number of top 25 restaurant chains signing up to collect data for drive-thru efficiency.1μ›”μ—λŠ” μ°¨λŸ‰ λ‚΄ 및 TV 기반 컀머슀λ₯Ό μœ„ν•œ μ™„μ „ν•œ μ—μ΄μ „νŠΈν˜• μŒμ„± ν”Œλž«νΌμ„ κ³΅κ°œν–ˆμœΌλ©°, 선도적인 슀마트 TV μ œμ‘°μ—…μ²΄μ™€ 전ꡭ적인 ν”Όμž λ ˆμŠ€ν† λž‘μ΄ μ›ν™œν•˜κ²Œ μ—°λ™λ˜λŠ” λͺ¨μŠ΅μ„ μ„ λ³΄μ˜€μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. 이 μ†”λ£¨μ…˜μ€ μ˜¬ν•΄ 말 μƒμš©ν™”λ  μ˜ˆμ •μž…λ‹ˆλ‹€. 그리고 μ €ν¬λŠ” 4뢄기에 λ°œν‘œλœ νŒŒμ½”ν”Όλ””μ•„(Parkopedia) 및 μ˜€ν”ˆν…Œμ΄λΈ”(OpenTable)과의 νŒŒνŠΈλ„ˆμ‹­μ„ 톡해 μ°¨λŸ‰μ΄λ‚˜ TVλ₯Ό ν†΅ν•œ μŒμ‹ 주문을 훨씬 λ„˜μ–΄μ„  μƒνƒœκ³„λ₯Ό λΉ λ₯΄κ²Œ κ΅¬μΆ•ν•˜κ³  있으며, μ‘°λ§Œκ°„ 이벀트 및 μ—¬ν–‰ μ˜ˆμ•½μœΌλ‘œκΉŒμ§€ ν™•μž₯ν•  μΆ”κ°€ κ³„νšμ„ κ°€μ§€κ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. λ ˆμŠ€ν† λž‘ λΆ€λ¬Έμ—μ„œλŠ” μ €ν¬μ˜ '보이슀 μΈμ‚¬μ΄λ“œ(Voice Inside)' μ†”λ£¨μ…˜μ΄ 높은 μˆ˜μš”λ₯Ό 보이고 있으며, λ‹€μˆ˜μ˜ μƒμœ„ 25개 λ ˆμŠ€ν† λž‘ 체인듀이 λ“œλΌμ΄λΈŒμŠ€λ£¨ νš¨μœ¨μ„± ν–₯상을 μœ„ν•œ 데이터 μˆ˜μ§‘μ— μ°Έμ—¬ν•˜κ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.
Panda Express also expanded into dozens more locations, while Casey's General Store agreed to a multiyear renewal and added Smart Answering to handle nonfood ordering calls. We had franchise wins with both IHOP and Jersey Mike's. In retail and consumer goods, we signed one of the fastest-growing global health clubs in the U.S. and a multi-hundred unit personal care company to adopt our outbound innovative automated solution for customer retention campaigns. And for managing inbound calls, we signed 2 nonprofit organizations, one that has a large network of thrift stores and another one with a large number of fitness and health locations.Panda ExpressλŠ” μˆ˜μ‹­ 개의 λ§€μž₯을 μΆ”κ°€λ‘œ ν™•μž₯ν–ˆμœΌλ©°, Casey's General StoreλŠ” λ‹€λ…„κ°„μ˜ 계약 갱신에 λ™μ˜ν•˜κ³  λΉ„μ‹ν’ˆ μ£Όλ¬Έ κ΄€λ ¨ μ „ν™” 처리λ₯Ό μœ„ν•΄ 슀마트 응닡(Smart Answering) κΈ°λŠ₯을 μΆ”κ°€ν–ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. IHOPκ³Ό Jersey Mike's μ–‘μͺ½ λͺ¨λ‘μ™€ ν”„λžœμ°¨μ΄μ¦ˆ 계약을 μ²΄κ²°ν–ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.

μ†Œλ§€ 및 μ†ŒλΉ„μž¬ λΆ€λ¬Έμ—μ„œλŠ” λ―Έκ΅­μ—μ„œ κ°€μž₯ λΉ λ₯΄κ²Œ μ„±μž₯ν•˜λŠ” κΈ€λ‘œλ²Œ ν—¬μŠ€ν΄λŸ½ 쀑 ν•œ κ³³κ³Ό, 그리고 수백 개의 지점을 λ³΄μœ ν•œ νΌμŠ€λ„ μΌ€μ–΄ νšŒμ‚¬μ™€ 계약을 μ²΄κ²°ν•˜μ—¬, 고객 μœ μ§€ μΊ νŽ˜μΈμ„ μœ„ν•΄ λ‹Ήμ‚¬μ˜ ν˜μ‹ μ μΈ μ•„μ›ƒλ°”μš΄λ“œ μžλ™ν™” μ†”λ£¨μ…˜μ„ λ„μž…ν•˜λ„λ‘ ν–ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.

μΈλ°”μš΄λ“œ 콜 관리λ₯Ό μœ„ν•΄μ„œλŠ” 두 곳의 λΉ„μ˜λ¦¬ 단체와 계약을 λ§Ίμ—ˆλŠ”λ°, ν•œ 곳은 λŒ€κ·œλͺ¨ μ€‘κ³ ν’ˆ λ§€μž₯ λ„€νŠΈμ›Œν¬λ₯Ό κ°€μ§€κ³  있으며, λ‹€λ₯Έ ν•œ 곳은 λ‹€μˆ˜μ˜ ν”ΌνŠΈλ‹ˆμŠ€ 및 건강 κ΄€λ ¨ μ‹œμ„€μ„ μš΄μ˜ν•˜κ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.
In enterprise AI, we signed a record number of deals across various solutions and verticals, including in financial services, a New York-based global financial services platforms company, a large American multinational payment card services corporation, and BNP Paribas. In health care, an eyewear and optical retailer, which operates or manages over 700 stores in 40 U.S. states, an independent health care practice that supports more than 1,300 locations in 45 states, and a Virginia-based health care and wellness services with over 80 health care facilities.κΈ°μ—… AI λΆ€λ¬Έμ—μ„œλŠ” 금육 μ„œλΉ„μŠ€λ₯Ό ν¬ν•¨ν•œ λ‹€μ–‘ν•œ μ†”λ£¨μ…˜ 및 μ‚°μ—… λΆ„μ•Όμ—μ„œ μ—­λŒ€ 졜고 건수의 계약을 μ²΄κ²°ν–ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. κ΅¬μ²΄μ μœΌλ‘œλŠ” λ‰΄μš•μ— 본사λ₯Ό λ‘” κΈ€λ‘œλ²Œ 금육 μ„œλΉ„μŠ€ ν”Œλž«νΌ κΈ°μ—…, λŒ€ν˜• λ―Έκ΅­ 닀ꡭ적 결제 μΉ΄λ“œ μ„œλΉ„μŠ€ κΈ°μ—…, 그리고 BNP νŒŒλ¦¬λ°” 등이 μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. ν—¬μŠ€μΌ€μ–΄ λΆ€λ¬Έμ—μ„œλŠ” λ―Έκ΅­ 40개 μ£Όμ—μ„œ 700개 μ΄μƒμ˜ λ§€μž₯을 운영 λ˜λŠ” κ΄€λ¦¬ν•˜λŠ” μ•ˆκ²½ 및 κ΄‘ν•™ μ†Œλ§€μ—…μ²΄, 45개 μ£Όμ—μ„œ 1,300개 μ΄μƒμ˜ 지점을 μ§€μ›ν•˜λŠ” 독립 ν—¬μŠ€μΌ€μ–΄ μ§„λ£Œ κΈ°κ΄€, 그리고 λ²„μ§€λ‹ˆμ•„μ— 본사λ₯Ό λ‘” 80개 μ΄μƒμ˜ ν—¬μŠ€μΌ€μ–΄ μ‹œμ„€μ„ λ³΄μœ ν•œ ν—¬μŠ€μΌ€μ–΄ 및 μ›°λ‹ˆμŠ€ μ„œλΉ„μŠ€ κΈ°μ—…κ³Ό κ³„μ•½ν–ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.
In insurance, a Fortune 100 multinational insurance and asset management company headquartered in Germany, a global Japanese insurance company that has offices spread throughout the U.S. and one of the first motor clubs in the U.S. with more than 16 million members across 21 states. In government and education, a U.S. government-sponsored enterprise helping to make housing more accessible and affordable. A large Florida-based university to support their health system. And likewise, we signed on with a local government to a city in Florida.λ³΄ν—˜ λΆ€λ¬Έμ—μ„œλŠ” 독일에 본사λ₯Ό λ‘” 포좘 100λŒ€ 닀ꡭ적 λ³΄ν—˜ 및 μžμ‚°μš΄μš©μ‚¬, λ―Έκ΅­ 전역에 μ‚¬λ¬΄μ†Œλ₯Ό λ‘” κΈ€λ‘œλ²Œ 일본 λ³΄ν—˜μ‚¬, 그리고 21개 주에 걸쳐 1,600만 λͺ… μ΄μƒμ˜ νšŒμ›μ„ λ³΄μœ ν•œ λ―Έκ΅­ 졜초의 μžλ™μ°¨ 클럽 쀑 ν•˜λ‚˜μ™€ 계약을 μ²΄κ²°ν–ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ •λΆ€ 및 ꡐ윑 λΆ€λ¬Έμ—μ„œλŠ” 주택 접근성을 높이고 더 μ €λ ΄ν•˜κ²Œ λ§Œλ“œλŠ” 데 κΈ°μ—¬ν•˜λŠ” λ―Έκ΅­ μ •λΆ€ 지원 κΈ°μ—…, 그리고 ν•΄λ‹Ή λŒ€ν•™μ˜ 보건 μ‹œμŠ€ν…œμ„ μ§€μ›ν•˜κΈ° μœ„ν•΄ ν”Œλ‘œλ¦¬λ‹€μ— μœ„μΉ˜ν•œ λŒ€κ·œλͺ¨ λŒ€ν•™κ³Ό κ³„μ•½ν–ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. λ§ˆμ°¬κ°€μ§€λ‘œ, μ €ν¬λŠ” ν”Œλ‘œλ¦¬λ‹€μ˜ ν•œ λ„μ‹œ μ§€λ°© 정뢀와도 계약을 μ²΄κ²°ν–ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.
In hospitality, one of the world's leading providers of food and support services operating in over 25 countries and an American ticket sales and distribution company with operations in over 35 countries around the world. In telecommunications, in addition to the large telco I mentioned previously, we signed a European telecommunications company that provides cable television, broadband internet, and fixed telephony and a large British broadcast and telecommunications company. I mentioned some of the success we've had with large 7-figure deals in 2025 with our channel partners. And in Q4, we continue to build out our ecosystem with the following partners.ν˜ΈμŠ€ν”Όνƒˆλ¦¬ν‹° λΆ€λ¬Έμ—μ„œλŠ” 25개ꡭ μ΄μƒμ—μ„œ 사업을 μš΄μ˜ν•˜λŠ” 세계적인 μŒμ‹ 및 지원 μ„œλΉ„μŠ€ μ œκ³΅μ—…μ²΄ 쀑 ν•œ κ³³κ³Ό, μ „ 세계 35개ꡭ μ΄μƒμ—μ„œ 사업을 μš΄μ˜ν•˜λŠ” 미ꡭ의 ν‹°μΌ“ 판맀 및 μœ ν†΅ νšŒμ‚¬μ™€ ν˜‘λ ₯ν–ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. 톡신 λΆ€λ¬Έμ—μ„œλŠ” 이전에 μ–ΈκΈ‰ν–ˆλ˜ λŒ€ν˜• 톡신사 외에도, 케이블 TV, μ΄ˆκ³ μ† 인터넷, μœ μ„  μ „ν™” μ„œλΉ„μŠ€λ₯Ό μ œκ³΅ν•˜λŠ” 유럽 톡신 νšŒμ‚¬μ™€ 영ꡭ의 λŒ€ν˜• 방솑 및 톡신 νšŒμ‚¬μ™€ 계약을 μ²΄κ²°ν–ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ €λŠ” 2025년에 채널 νŒŒνŠΈλ„ˆλ“€κ³Ό ν•¨κ»˜ 7자리 숫자의 λŒ€κ·œλͺ¨ 계약을 μ„±μ‚¬μ‹œν‚¨ λͺ‡ κ°€μ§€ 성곡 사둀λ₯Ό λ§μ”€λ“œλ ΈμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. 그리고 4λΆ„κΈ°μ—λŠ” λ‹€μŒ νŒŒνŠΈλ„ˆλ“€κ³Ό ν•¨κ»˜ 우리의 μƒνƒœκ³„λ₯Ό 계속 κ΅¬μΆ•ν–ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.
With one of the largest telecommunications companies in the world, we are adding SoundHound Agentic AI call center automation to SMBs in their large business marketplace. In addition, we partnered with Bridgepointe, which expands our enterprise AI adoption across their vast network and a large customer experience management company providing services to approximately 150,000 businesses. We renewed our partnership with a global technology and professional services company that delivers technology solutions and mission services to every major agency across the U.S.세계 μ΅œλŒ€ 톡신사 쀑 ν•œ κ³³κ³Ό ν˜‘λ ₯ν•˜μ—¬, κ·Έλ“€μ˜ λŒ€κΈ°μ—… 고객 λŒ€μƒ μ‹œμž₯ λ‚΄ μ€‘μ†ŒκΈ°μ—…(SMB)에 SoundHound Agentic AI μ½œμ„Όν„° μžλ™ν™”λ₯Ό λ„μž…ν•˜κ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. λ˜ν•œ, Bridgepointe와 νŒŒνŠΈλ„ˆμ‹­μ„ λ§Ίμ–΄ κ·Έλ“€μ˜ κ΄‘λ²”μœ„ν•œ λ„€νŠΈμ›Œν¬λ₯Ό 톡해 우리의 μ—”ν„°ν”„λΌμ΄μ¦ˆ AI λ„μž…μ„ ν™•λŒ€ν•˜κ³  있으며, μ•½ 15만 개 기업에 μ„œλΉ„μŠ€λ₯Ό μ œκ³΅ν•˜λŠ” λŒ€κ·œλͺ¨ 고객 κ²½ν—˜ 관리 νšŒμ‚¬μ™€λ„ ν˜‘λ ₯ν–ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. λ―Έκ΅­ μ „μ—­μ˜ λͺ¨λ“  μ£Όμš” 기관에 기술 μ†”λ£¨μ…˜κ³Ό λ―Έμ…˜ μ„œλΉ„μŠ€λ₯Ό μ œκ³΅ν•˜λŠ” κΈ€λ‘œλ²Œ 기술 및 μ „λ¬Έ μ„œλΉ„μŠ€ νšŒμ‚¬μ™€μ˜ νŒŒνŠΈλ„ˆμ‹­λ„ κ°±μ‹ ν–ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.
government and a large multinational professional services firm to provide our solutions to financial services firms across Spain. Importantly, our enterprise AI technology is making a difference and helping businesses tackle some of their biggest challenges. One large health care network reported that their AI agent built on SoundHound platform now handles more than 1/3 of all patient appointment scheduling, helping to unclog the system that gets patients what they need more quickly. This customer is already looking to expand our platform to tackle additional use cases like prescription refills and pharmacy inquiries.μ •λΆ€ 및 λŒ€κ·œλͺ¨ 닀ꡭ적 μ „λ¬Έ μ„œλΉ„μŠ€ κΈ°μ—…κ³Ό ν˜‘λ ₯ν•˜μ—¬ 슀페인 μ „μ—­μ˜ 금육 μ„œλΉ„μŠ€ 기업에 λ‹Ήμ‚¬μ˜ μ†”λ£¨μ…˜μ„ μ œκ³΅ν•˜κ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ£Όλͺ©ν•  λ§Œν•œ 점은, λ‹Ήμ‚¬μ˜ μ—”ν„°ν”„λΌμ΄μ¦ˆ AI 기술이 μ„±κ³Όλ₯Ό λ‚΄κ³  있으며 기업듀이 κ°€μž₯ 큰 λ‚œμ œλ“€μ„ ν•΄κ²°ν•˜λŠ” 데 도움을 μ£Όκ³  μžˆλ‹€λŠ” κ²ƒμž…λ‹ˆλ‹€. ν•œ λŒ€κ·œλͺ¨ 의료 λ„€νŠΈμ›Œν¬λŠ” SoundHound ν”Œλž«νΌ 기반으둜 κ΅¬μΆ•λœ AI μ—μ΄μ „νŠΈκ°€ ν˜„μž¬ 전체 ν™˜μž μ˜ˆμ•½μ˜ 3λΆ„μ˜ 1 이상을 μ²˜λ¦¬ν•˜κ³  μžˆλ‹€κ³  λ³΄κ³ ν–ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ΄λŠ” μ‹œμŠ€ν…œμ˜ 병λͺ© ν˜„μƒμ„ ν•΄μ†Œν•˜μ—¬ ν™˜μžλ“€μ΄ ν•„μš”ν•œ μ„œλΉ„μŠ€λ₯Ό 더 μ‹ μ†ν•˜κ²Œ 받을 수 μžˆλ„λ‘ 돕고 μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. 이 고객은 이미 μ²˜λ°©μ „ 재처방 및 μ•½κ΅­ λ¬Έμ˜μ™€ 같은 좔가적인 ν™œμš© 사둀에 당사 ν”Œλž«νΌμ„ ν™•μž₯ μ μš©ν•  κ³„νšμ„ λͺ¨μƒ‰ν•˜κ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.
In a completely different industry, telecommunications, another customer reported a 20% reduction in the labor costs associated with billing disputes, thanks to AI agents that analyze invoices and execute adjustments. And in auto insurance, our platform was able to help the customer increase containment by 10 percentage points with respect to very complex use cases in under 60 days. In short, we are seeing great traction because our technology is delivering real-world results. In closing, we had a record 2025.μ „ν˜€ λ‹€λ₯Έ 산업인 톡신 λΆ„μ•Όμ—μ„œ, 또 λ‹€λ₯Έ κ³ κ°μ‚¬λŠ” 솑μž₯을 λΆ„μ„ν•˜κ³  쑰정을 μ²˜λ¦¬ν•˜λŠ” AI μ—μ΄μ „νŠΈ 덕뢄에 청ꡬ λΆ„μŸκ³Ό κ΄€λ ¨λœ 인건비λ₯Ό 20% μ ˆκ°ν–ˆλ‹€κ³  λ³΄κ³ ν–ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. 그리고 μžλ™μ°¨ λ³΄ν—˜ λΆ„μ•Όμ—μ„œλŠ” 당사 ν”Œλž«νΌμ΄ 60일 이내에 맀우 λ³΅μž‘ν•œ μœ μŠ€μΌ€μ΄μŠ€μ— λŒ€ν•œ κ³ κ°μ‚¬μ˜ λ‚΄λΆ€ 처리율(containment)을 10%p 높일 수 μžˆλ„λ‘ λ„μ™”μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. μš”μ•½ν•˜μžλ©΄, λ‹Ήμ‚¬μ˜ 기술이 μ‹€μ œμ μΈ κ²°κ³Όλ₯Ό μ œκ³΅ν•˜κ³  있기 λ•Œλ¬Έμ— μš°λ¦¬λŠ” μƒλ‹Ήν•œ μΆ”μ§„λ ₯을 μ–»κ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. λ§ˆμ§€λ§‰μœΌλ‘œ, 2025년은 기둝적인 ν•œ ν•΄μ˜€μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.
This is happening because we are an AI-first company and customers from a broad range of verticals are coming to us to automate their complex processes and make them more human-like to better serve their customers. We are leading the charge in a market disruption that is in the very early stages. We have a massive TAM, and we are poised to win. With that, I'll now turn the call over to Nitesh to talk about our financial performance, key growth drivers, and business outlook. Nitesh Sharan
Chief Financial Officer

Thank you, Keyvan, and good afternoon, everyone. Q4 was our strongest quarter with $55.1 million in revenue, up 59% and improvements across all profit measures.
μ΄λŠ” 저희가 AI 쀑심 기업이며, λ‹€μ–‘ν•œ μ‚°μ—… λΆ„μ•Όμ˜ 고객듀이 λ³΅μž‘ν•œ ν”„λ‘œμ„ΈμŠ€λ₯Ό μžλ™ν™”ν•˜κ³  이λ₯Ό λ”μš± μΈκ°„μ μœΌλ‘œ λ§Œλ“€μ–΄ κ³ κ°λ“€μ—κ²Œ 더 λ‚˜μ€ μ„œλΉ„μŠ€λ₯Ό μ œκ³΅ν•˜κΈ° μœ„ν•΄ 저희λ₯Ό μ°Ύκ³  있기 λ•Œλ¬Έμž…λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ €ν¬λŠ” 아직 초기 단계에 μžˆλŠ” μ‹œμž₯ λ³€ν˜μ„ μ„ λ„ν•˜κ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ €ν¬λŠ” λ§‰λŒ€ν•œ TAM(총 유효 μ‹œμž₯)을 λ³΄μœ ν•˜κ³  있으며, μŠΉλ¦¬ν•  νƒœμ„Έλ₯Ό κ°–μΆ”κ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ΄μƒμœΌλ‘œ, 이제 Niteshμ—κ²Œ 마이크λ₯Ό λ„˜κ²¨ μ €ν¬μ˜ 재무 μ„±κ³Ό, μ£Όμš” μ„±μž₯ 동λ ₯, 그리고 사업 전망에 λŒ€ν•΄ λ§μ”€λ“œλ¦¬λ„λ‘ ν•˜κ² μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.

**λ‹ˆν…Œμ‹œ μƒ€λž€**
μ΅œκ³ μž¬λ¬΄μ±…μž„μž

Keyvan, κ°μ‚¬ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€. 그리고 μ—¬λŸ¬λΆ„, μ•ˆλ…•ν•˜μ‹­λ‹ˆκΉŒ. 4λΆ„κΈ°λŠ” μ €ν¬μ—κ²Œ κ°€μž₯ κ°•λ ₯ν•œ λΆ„κΈ°μ˜€μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. 5,510만 λ‹¬λŸ¬μ˜ λ§€μΆœμ„ κΈ°λ‘ν•˜λ©° 59% μ„±μž₯ν–ˆκ³ , λͺ¨λ“  μˆ˜μ΅μ„± μ§€ν‘œμ—μ„œ κ°œμ„ μ„ λ³΄μ˜€μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.
For the full year, we delivered $169 million in revenue, up 99% versus the prior year, and up more than fivefold in the few years that we have been a public company. We achieved this record performance through our disruptive technology, breakthrough innovation, hyperresponsiveness to customers and by scaling across our broadening enterprise portfolio. And we operationalize this with cost discipline, driving a clear pathway to breakeven profitability. The market momentum in our space continues to accelerate. Generative AI, Agentic AI, and Voice AI are now base level customer requirements.μ—°κ°„ λ§€μΆœμ€ 1μ–΅ 6,900만 λ‹¬λŸ¬λ₯Ό κΈ°λ‘ν•˜λ©° μ „λ…„ λŒ€λΉ„ 99% μ¦κ°€ν–ˆμœΌλ©°, 상μž₯ 이후 뢈과 λͺ‡ λ…„ λ§Œμ— 5λ°° 이상 μ„±μž₯ν–ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ΄λŸ¬ν•œ 기둝적인 μ„±κ³ΌλŠ” μ €ν¬μ˜ 파괴적 기술, 획기적인 ν˜μ‹ , 고객에 λŒ€ν•œ μ΄ˆκ³ μ† λŒ€μ‘λ ₯, 그리고 ν™•μž₯ 쀑인 μ—”ν„°ν”„λΌμ΄μ¦ˆ 포트폴리였 μ „λ°˜μ— 걸친 규λͺ¨ ν™•μž₯을 톡해 λ‹¬μ„±λ˜μ—ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. λ˜ν•œ, μ €ν¬λŠ” μ—„κ²©ν•œ λΉ„μš© 관리λ₯Ό 톡해 이λ₯Ό μ‹€ν–‰ν•˜μ—¬ 손읡뢄기점 μˆ˜μ΅μ„± 달성을 μœ„ν•œ λͺ…ν™•ν•œ 경둜λ₯Ό μ œμ‹œν–ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. 저희 사업 λΆ„μ•Όμ˜ μ‹œμž₯ λͺ¨λ©˜ν…€μ€ κ³„μ†ν•΄μ„œ κ°€μ†ν™”λ˜κ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. μƒμ„±ν˜• AI, μ—μ΄μ „νŠΈν˜• AI, 그리고 μŒμ„± AIλŠ” 이제 고객의 기본적인 μš”κ΅¬ 사항이 λ˜μ—ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.
Customer service is undergoing a once-in-a-generation disruption and enterprises are clamoring for innovators like us to provide high customer engagement solutions to improve their top and bottom lines. From the beginning, we have built our business to deliver successful AI-driven outcomes and our pricing architecture is purpose-built for that. In a world where seat-based pricing models are quickly becoming antiquated because of their deteriorating price/value equations, our Agentic solutions seamlessly drive outcome-focused consumption and success rates that create economic incentives fully aligned with our customers. That's a sustainable model.고객 μ„œλΉ„μŠ€λŠ” μΌμƒμΌλŒ€μ˜ λ³€ν˜μ„ κ²ͺκ³  있으며, 기업듀은 맀좜과 μˆ˜μ΅μ„±μ„ κ°œμ„ ν•  수 μžˆλŠ” 높은 고객 μΈκ²Œμ΄μ§€λ¨ΌνŠΈ μ†”λ£¨μ…˜μ„ μ œκ³΅ν•΄ 쀄 저희와 같은 ν˜μ‹  기업듀을 κ°„μ ˆνžˆ μ°Ύκ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ €ν¬λŠ” μ²˜μŒλΆ€ν„° 성곡적인 AI 기반의 μ„±κ³Όλ₯Ό μ œκ³΅ν•˜λ„λ‘ 사업을 ꡬ좕해 μ™”μœΌλ©°, μ €ν¬μ˜ 가격 μ±…μ • ꡬ쑰 λ˜ν•œ 이λ₯Ό μœ„ν•΄ νŠΉλ³„νžˆ μ„€κ³„λ˜μ—ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. 가격 λŒ€λΉ„ κ°€μΉ˜ 방정식이 μ•…ν™”λ˜μ–΄ μ‹œνŠΈ 기반 가격 λͺ¨λΈμ΄ λΉ λ₯΄κ²Œ ꡬ식이 λ˜μ–΄κ°€λŠ” μ„Έμƒμ—μ„œ, μ €ν¬μ˜ Agentic μ†”λ£¨μ…˜μ€ 고객의 이읡과 μ™„λ²½ν•˜κ²Œ λΆ€ν•©ν•˜λŠ” 경제적 μΈμ„Όν‹°λΈŒλ₯Ό μ°½μΆœν•˜λŠ” μ„±κ³Ό μ€‘μ‹¬μ˜ μ†ŒλΉ„μ™€ 성곡λ₯ μ„ μ›ν™œν•˜κ²Œ μœ λ„ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€. 이것이 λ°”λ‘œ 지속 κ°€λŠ₯ν•œ λͺ¨λΈμž…λ‹ˆλ‹€.
It's a differentiated moat with our entrenchment deepening. Let me share some examples across our business. We have been growing the automotive installed base for years, and our monthly active users continue to expand rapidly with Q4 growth in excess of 50% year-on-year. More notably, their query activity or usage continues to accelerate with Q4 audio queries up roughly 75% from the prior year. And note that this is only cloud-based queries. We also offer edge-based solutions that don't require internet connectivity, so these volume metrics meaningfully understate the full auto customer engagement.μ΄λŠ” 우리의 μž…μ§€κ°€ λ”μš± κ³΅κ³ ν•΄μ§€λ©΄μ„œ μ°¨λ³„ν™”λœ ν•΄μžλ₯Ό ν˜•μ„±ν•˜κ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. 저희 사업 μ „λ°˜μ— 걸쳐 λͺ‡ κ°€μ§€ 사둀λ₯Ό λ§μ”€λ“œλ¦¬κ² μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.

μ €ν¬λŠ” μˆ˜λ…„κ°„ μžλ™μ°¨ λΆ€λ¬Έ μ„€μΉ˜ κΈ°λ°˜μ„ ν™•λŒ€ν•΄ μ™”μœΌλ©°, μ›”κ°„ ν™œμ„± μ‚¬μš©μž(MAU)λŠ” 4뢄기에 μ „λ…„ λŒ€λΉ„ 50%λ₯Ό μ΄ˆκ³Όν•˜λŠ” μ„±μž₯을 κΈ°λ‘ν•˜λ©° κ³„μ†ν•΄μ„œ λΉ λ₯΄κ²Œ μ¦κ°€ν•˜κ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. λ”μš±μ΄, μ‚¬μš©μžλ“€μ˜ 쿼리 ν™œλ™ 및 μ‚¬μš©λŸ‰μ€ κ³„μ†ν•΄μ„œ κ°€μ†ν™”λ˜κ³  있으며, 4λΆ„κΈ° μŒμ„± μΏΌλ¦¬λŠ” μ „λ…„ λŒ€λΉ„ μ•½ 75% μ¦κ°€ν–ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.

참고둜, μ΄λŠ” ν΄λΌμš°λ“œ 기반 μΏΌλ¦¬μ—λ§Œ ν•΄λ‹Ήλ˜λŠ” μˆ˜μΉ˜μž…λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ €ν¬λŠ” λ˜ν•œ 인터넷 연결이 ν•„μš” μ—†λŠ” μ—£μ§€ 기반 μ†”λ£¨μ…˜λ„ μ œκ³΅ν•˜κ³  있기 λ•Œλ¬Έμ—, μ΄λŸ¬ν•œ λ³Όλ₯¨ μ§€ν‘œλ“€μ€ 전체 μžλ™μ°¨ 고객 참여도λ₯Ό μƒλ‹Ήνžˆ κ³Όμ†Œν‰κ°€ν•˜κ³  μžˆλŠ” μ…ˆμž…λ‹ˆλ‹€.
The volume of queries we deliver in IoT and smart devices is even larger than the automotive base and also growing strongly. Our new voice commerce engines fit so well here and the idea of ordering a pizza or a salad naturally via voice ordering on your TV while watching the Super Bowl or Olympics personally resonates with me. On that point, in restaurants, we continue to grow locations, but what's even more directly impacting our revenue and our customers' business is order activity, which in Q4, we saw cross 9 million calls for the first time, up strong double digits from the prior year. That's a lot of meals from Chipotle, Casey's and many others.저희가 IoT 및 슀마트 κΈ°κΈ°μ—μ„œ μ²˜λ¦¬ν•˜λŠ” μ§ˆμ˜λŸ‰μ€ μžλ™μ°¨ 뢀문보닀도 더 많으며, κ°•λ ₯ν•˜κ²Œ μ„±μž₯ν•˜κ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ €ν¬μ˜ μƒˆλ‘œμš΄ μŒμ„± 컀머슀 엔진은 이 뢄야에 μ•„μ£Ό 잘 λ“€μ–΄λ§žμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. μŠˆνΌλ³Όμ΄λ‚˜ μ˜¬λ¦Όν”½μ„ μ‹œμ²­ν•˜λ©΄μ„œ TV둜 μŒμ„± 주문을 톡해 ν”Όμžλ‚˜ μƒλŸ¬λ“œλ₯Ό μžμ—°μŠ€λŸ½κ²Œ μ£Όλ¬Έν•˜λŠ” μ•„μ΄λ””μ–΄λŠ” 개인적으둜 맀우 μ™€λ‹ΏμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.

이와 κ΄€λ ¨ν•˜μ—¬, λ ˆμŠ€ν† λž‘ λΆ€λ¬Έμ—μ„œλŠ” λ§€μž₯ 수λ₯Ό 계속 늘리고 μžˆμ§€λ§Œ, 저희 맀좜과 κ³ κ°μ‚¬μ˜ 사업에 λ”μš± μ§μ ‘μ μœΌλ‘œ 영ν–₯을 λ―ΈμΉ˜λŠ” 것은 μ£Όλ¬Έ ν™œλ™μž…λ‹ˆλ‹€. 4λΆ„κΈ°μ—λŠ” 이 μ£Όλ¬Έ ν™œλ™μ΄ 처음으둜 9백만 건의 호좜(μ£Όλ¬Έ)을 λ„˜μ–΄μ„°μœΌλ©°, μ΄λŠ” μ „λ…„ λŒ€λΉ„ κ°•λ ₯ν•œ 두 자릿수 증가λ₯Ό κΈ°λ‘ν•œ κ²ƒμž…λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ΄λŠ” 치폴레, μΌ€μ΄μ‹œμŠ€ λ“± μ—¬λŸ¬ κ³³μ—μ„œ λ°œμƒν•œ μˆ˜λ§Žμ€ 식사 주문을 μ˜λ―Έν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€.
In our enterprise business, our AI platform is delivering measurably better customer outcomes quarter after quarter. Containment rates hit record highs, now resolving the majority of inbound interactions without any human escalation and with certain containment levels even crossing 90%. Our automation intensity crossed a meaningful architectural threshold in Q4, chaining multiple targeted actions per customer engagement into fully autonomous resolutions. Our omnichannel multimodal systems are driving better resolution rates, resulting in compounding returns per interaction.저희 κΈ°μ—… λΆ€λ¬Έμ—μ„œλŠ” AI ν”Œλž«νΌμ΄ λ§€ λΆ„κΈ°λ§ˆλ‹€ μΈ‘μ • κ°€λŠ₯ν•œ μˆ˜μ€€μœΌλ‘œ 고객 μ„±κ³Όλ₯Ό κ°œμ„ ν•˜κ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ»¨ν…ŒμΈλ¨ΌνŠΈμœ¨μ€ 사상 졜고치λ₯Ό κΈ°λ‘ν–ˆμœΌλ©°, 이제 μΈλ°”μš΄λ“œ 문의의 λŒ€λΆ€λΆ„μ„ μ–΄λ– ν•œ 상담원 κ°œμž… 없이 ν•΄κ²°ν•˜κ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. 일뢀 μ»¨ν…ŒμΈλ¨ΌνŠΈ μˆ˜μ€€μ€ 심지어 90%λ₯Ό μƒνšŒν•˜κΈ°λ„ ν–ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ €ν¬μ˜ μžλ™ν™” κ°•λ„λŠ” 4뢄기에 의미 μžˆλŠ” μ•„ν‚€ν…μ²˜μ  μž„κ³„μ μ„ λ„˜μ–΄μ„°μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ΄λŠ” 고객 μΈκ²Œμ΄μ§€λ¨ΌνŠΈλ‹Ή μ—¬λŸ¬ 개의 νƒ€κ²ŸνŒ…λœ μ•‘μ…˜μ„ μ—°μ‡„μ μœΌλ‘œ μ—°κ²°ν•¨μœΌλ‘œμ¨ μ™„μ „ 자율적인 해결을 κ°€λŠ₯ν•˜κ²Œ ν–ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ €ν¬μ˜ μ˜΄λ‹ˆμ±„λ„ λ©€ν‹°λͺ¨λ‹¬ μ‹œμŠ€ν…œμ€ 더 λ‚˜μ€ ν•΄κ²°λ₯ μ„ μ΄λŒμ–΄λ‚΄μ–΄, μΈν„°λž™μ…˜λ‹Ή 볡리 μˆ˜μ΅μ„ μ°½μΆœν•˜κ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.
All this comes together in our comprehensive query volume, which now is in the billions per month, up 12x since we went public. With that, let me discuss the fourth quarter financial results in more detail. Q4 revenue was $55.1 million, up 59% year-over-year. The growth was driven across multiple verticals. Our enterprise AI business performed particularly well in health care and financial services. We also saw strong year-over-year growth in our restaurant business as our automation rates continue to improve, integrations deepen, and customer adoption continues to expand at a healthy rate.이 λͺ¨λ“  μš”μΈλ“€μ΄ κ²°ν•©λ˜μ–΄ ν˜„μž¬ μ›” μˆ˜μ‹­μ–΅ 건에 λ‹¬ν•˜λŠ” 총 쿼리 λ³Όλ₯¨μ„ κΈ°λ‘ν•˜κ³  있으며, μ΄λŠ” 상μž₯ 이후 12λ°° μ¦κ°€ν•œ μˆ˜μΉ˜μž…λ‹ˆλ‹€.

μ΄μ–΄μ„œ 4λΆ„κΈ° 재무 싀적에 λŒ€ν•΄ 더 μžμ„Ένžˆ λ§μ”€λ“œλ¦¬κ² μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. 4λΆ„κΈ° λ§€μΆœμ€ 5,510만 λ‹¬λŸ¬λ‘œ, μ „λ…„ 동기 λŒ€λΉ„ 59% μ¦κ°€ν–ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ΄λŸ¬ν•œ μ„±μž₯은 λ‹€μ–‘ν•œ μ‚°μ—… λΆ„μ•Όμ—μ„œ μ΄λ£¨μ–΄μ‘ŒμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. λ‹Ήμ‚¬μ˜ μ—”ν„°ν”„λΌμ΄μ¦ˆ AI 사업은 ν—¬μŠ€μΌ€μ–΄ 및 금육 μ„œλΉ„μŠ€ λΆ„μ•Όμ—μ„œ 특히 쒋은 μ„±κ³Όλ₯Ό λ³΄μ˜€μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. λ˜ν•œ, μžλ™ν™”μœ¨μ΄ μ§€μ†μ μœΌλ‘œ κ°œμ„ λ˜κ³ , 톡합이 μ‹¬ν™”λ˜λ©°, 고객 채택이 κ±΄μ „ν•œ μ†λ„λ‘œ 계속 ν™•λŒ€λ¨μ— 따라 λ‹Ήμ‚¬μ˜ λ ˆμŠ€ν† λž‘ 사업 λΆ€λ¬Έμ—μ„œλ„ μ „λ…„ 동기 λŒ€λΉ„ κ°•λ ₯ν•œ μ„±μž₯을 κΈ°λ‘ν–ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.
In automotive, we continue to accelerate our Asia business and see traction in the world's fastest-growing markets. As Keyvan mentioned, we signed a new Japanese automotive OEM in Q4, and we had several deals in Asia in 2025 with commitments of millions of units. This broad-based expansion once again enabled us to realize strong customer diversification with no customers contributing greater than 10% of our revenue for the quarter or full year. In Q4, our GAAP and non-GAAP gross margins were both up year-over-year. Our GAAP gross margin was 48% and adjusted for noncash amortization of purchase intangibles and employee stock compensation, our non-GAAP gross margin was 61%.μžλ™μ°¨ λΆ€λ¬Έμ—μ„œλŠ” μ•„μ‹œμ•„ 사업을 κ³„μ†ν•΄μ„œ κ°€μ†ν™”ν•˜κ³  있으며, μ„Έκ³„μ—μ„œ κ°€μž₯ λΉ λ₯΄κ²Œ μ„±μž₯ν•˜λŠ” μ‹œμž₯μ—μ„œ 견인λ ₯을 μ–»κ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. Keyvan이 μ–ΈκΈ‰ν–ˆλ“―μ΄, μ €ν¬λŠ” 4뢄기에 μƒˆλ‘œμš΄ 일본 μžλ™μ°¨ OEMκ³Ό 계약을 μ²΄κ²°ν–ˆμœΌλ©°, 2025λ…„ μ•„μ‹œμ•„μ—μ„œ 수백만 λŒ€ 규λͺ¨μ˜ λ¬ΌλŸ‰ 약정이 ν¬ν•¨λœ μ—¬λŸ¬ 건의 거래λ₯Ό μ„±μ‚¬μ‹œμΌ°μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ΄λŸ¬ν•œ κ΄‘λ²”μœ„ν•œ ν™•μž₯은 λ‹€μ‹œ ν•œλ²ˆ κ°•λ ₯ν•œ 고객 닀각화λ₯Ό μ‹€ν˜„ν•  수 있게 ν•΄μ£Όμ—ˆμœΌλ©°, ν•΄λ‹Ή λΆ„κΈ° λ˜λŠ” μ—°κ°„ κΈ°μ€€μœΌλ‘œ μ–΄λ–€ 고객도 우리 맀좜의 10% 이상을 μ°¨μ§€ν•˜μ§€ μ•Šμ•˜μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. 4λΆ„κΈ°μ—λŠ” 우리의 GAAP 및 λΉ„GAAP 맀좜총이읡λ₯ μ΄ λͺ¨λ‘ μ „λ…„ λŒ€λΉ„ μƒμŠΉν–ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. 우리의 GAAP 맀좜총이읡λ₯ μ€ 48%μ˜€μœΌλ©°, λΉ„ν˜„κΈˆμ„± 취득 λ¬΄ν˜•μžμ‚° 상각비와 직원 주식 보상 λΉ„μš©μ„ μ‘°μ •ν•œ λΉ„GAAP 맀좜총이읡λ₯ μ€ 61%μ˜€μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.
We continue to drive efficiencies by modernizing infrastructure, optimizing cloud spend, consolidating legacy systems and improving the efficiency of our core platforms, such as shifting from third-party solutions to our own homebuilt ones. And our continued efforts to prune our portfolio of low-margin acquired contracts has been resulting in the sequential improvements in non-GAAP gross margin this year. We expect to continue focusing on profitable contracts and either adjusting or moving away from those that don't meet our minimum thresholds.μš°λ¦¬λŠ” 인프라 ν˜„λŒ€ν™”, ν΄λΌμš°λ“œ μ§€μΆœ μ΅œμ ν™”, λ ˆκ±°μ‹œ μ‹œμŠ€ν…œ 톡합, 그리고 타사 μ†”λ£¨μ…˜μ—μ„œ 자체 개발 μ†”λ£¨μ…˜μœΌλ‘œμ˜ μ „ν™˜κ³Ό 같은 핡심 ν”Œλž«νΌ νš¨μœ¨μ„± κ°œμ„ μ„ 톡해 μ§€μ†μ μœΌλ‘œ νš¨μœ¨μ„± 증진을 μΆ”μ§„ν•˜κ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. λ˜ν•œ, μ €λ§ˆμ§„ 인수 계약 포트폴리였λ₯Ό μ •λ¦¬ν•˜λ €λŠ” 우리의 지속적인 λ…Έλ ₯은 μ˜¬ν•΄ λΉ„GAAP 맀좜총이읡의 순차적인 κ°œμ„ μ„ κ°€μ Έμ™”μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. μš°λ¦¬λŠ” μˆ˜μ΅μ„± μžˆλŠ” 계약에 계속 집쀑할 κ³„νšμ΄λ©°, μ΅œμ†Œ 기쀀에 λ―Έλ‹¬ν•˜λŠ” 계약듀은 μ‘°μ •ν•˜κ±°λ‚˜ 쀑단할 κ²ƒμž…λ‹ˆλ‹€.
That said, there are deals that have a clear near-term path to automation using our AI, and we will not hesitate to make the critical investments in them to build long-term sustainable profitable returns. R&D expenses were $24.8 million in Q4, up 22% year-over-year, largely due to acquisitions and related headcount and development costs. We continue to invest in innovation to maintain our technological leadership. For example, we continue building our Agentic AI solutions, leveraging our vast data to further improve our Polaris foundation model and are expanding our in-house real-time audio-to-audio and embedded vertical API integrations into production environments.κ·ΈλŸΌμ—λ„ λΆˆκ΅¬ν•˜κ³ , λ‹Ήμ‚¬μ˜ AIλ₯Ό ν™œμš©ν•˜μ—¬ λ‹¨κΈ°μ μœΌλ‘œ μžλ™ν™”κ°€ κ°€λŠ₯ν•œ λͺ…ν™•ν•œ λ”œλ“€μ΄ 있으며, λ‹Ήμ‚¬λŠ” μž₯기적으둜 지속 κ°€λŠ₯ν•œ μˆ˜μ΅μ„± μžˆλŠ” μˆ˜μ΅μ„ μ°½μΆœν•˜κΈ° μœ„ν•΄ 이 λ”œλ“€μ— 핡심적인 투자λ₯Ό ν•˜λŠ” 데 μ£Όμ €ν•˜μ§€ μ•Šμ„ κ²ƒμž…λ‹ˆλ‹€. 4λΆ„κΈ° R&D λΉ„μš©μ€ 2,480만 λ‹¬λŸ¬λ‘œ, μ „λ…„ λŒ€λΉ„ 22% μ¦κ°€ν–ˆμœΌλ©°, μ΄λŠ” 주둜 인수 및 κ΄€λ ¨ 인λ ₯κ³Ό 개발 λΉ„μš© λ•Œλ¬Έμž…λ‹ˆλ‹€. λ‹Ήμ‚¬λŠ” 기술 리더십을 μœ μ§€ν•˜κΈ° μœ„ν•΄ ν˜μ‹ μ— μ§€μ†μ μœΌλ‘œ νˆ¬μžν•˜κ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. 예λ₯Ό λ“€μ–΄, λ‹Ήμ‚¬λŠ” λ°©λŒ€ν•œ 데이터λ₯Ό ν™œμš©ν•˜μ—¬ Polaris νŒŒμš΄λ°μ΄μ…˜ λͺ¨λΈμ„ λ”μš± κ°œμ„ ν•˜κ³  에이전틱(Agentic) AI μ†”λ£¨μ…˜μ„ 계속 κ΅¬μΆ•ν•˜κ³  있으며, 자체 κ°œλ°œν•œ μ‹€μ‹œκ°„ μ˜€λ””μ˜€-투-μ˜€λ””μ˜€ 및 μž„λ² λ””λ“œ 수직 API 톡합을 생산 ν™˜κ²½μœΌλ‘œ ν™•μž₯ν•˜κ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.
We also continue to differentiate across the entire voice AI stack, including via best-in-class text-to-speech built on modern architectures for differentiated speed, accuracy, prosody, and with code switching multilingual capability for an increasingly diverse and integrated world. Sales and marketing expenses were $17.4 million in Q4, reflecting an 82% year-over-year increase, primarily driven by acquisitions. We continue to invest in go-to-market efforts via direct and indirect sales as well as customer success to increase retention. In addition, we continue to elevate our brand and market presence to drive demand and lead generation.μš°λ¦¬λŠ” λ˜ν•œ 점점 더 λ‹€μ–‘ν•΄μ§€κ³  ν†΅ν•©λ˜λŠ” 세상을 μœ„ν•΄, μ΅œμ‹  μ•„ν‚€ν…μ²˜λ₯Ό 기반으둜 κ΅¬μΆ•λ˜μ–΄ μ°¨λ³„ν™”λœ 속도, μ •ν™•μ„±, 운율 및 μ½”λ“œ μŠ€μœ„μΉ­ λ‹€κ΅­μ–΄ κΈ°λŠ₯을 μ œκ³΅ν•˜λŠ” 졜고 μˆ˜μ€€μ˜ ν…μŠ€νŠΈ-μŒμ„± λ³€ν™˜(TTS) κΈ°μˆ μ„ ν¬ν•¨ν•˜μ—¬, 전체 μŒμ„± AI μŠ€νƒ μ „λ°˜μ— 걸쳐 κ³„μ†ν•΄μ„œ 차별화λ₯Ό κΎ€ν•˜κ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. 4λΆ„κΈ° 판맀 및 λ§ˆμΌ€νŒ… λΉ„μš©μ€ 1,740만 λ‹¬λŸ¬λ‘œ, μ΄λŠ” 주둜 μΈμˆ˜ν•©λ³‘(M&A)에 κΈ°μΈν•˜μ—¬ μ „λ…„ λŒ€λΉ„ 82% μ¦κ°€ν•œ μˆ˜μΉ˜μž…λ‹ˆλ‹€. μš°λ¦¬λŠ” 고객 μœ μ§€μœ¨μ„ 높이기 μœ„ν•΄ 직접 판맀 및 κ°„μ ‘ νŒλ§€λŠ” λ¬Όλ‘  고객 성곡(Customer Success)을 ν†΅ν•œ μ‹œμž₯ μ§„μΆœ(GTM) μ „λž΅μ— κ³„μ†ν•΄μ„œ νˆ¬μžν•˜κ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. λ˜ν•œ, μš°λ¦¬λŠ” μˆ˜μš”λ₯Ό μ°½μΆœν•˜κ³  잠재 고객을 ν™•λ³΄ν•˜κΈ° μœ„ν•΄ λΈŒλžœλ“œ 인지도와 μ‹œμž₯ μž…μ§€λ₯Ό κ³„μ†ν•΄μ„œ κ°•ν™”ν•˜κ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.
G&A expenses were $21.2 million in Q4, reflecting a 29% year-over-year increase, primarily driven by various legal, advisory, and other costs related to our acquisitions. We also continue to drive operational efficiencies throughout the organization and improve our global control environment. We had noncash employee stock compensation of $20.8 million and depreciation and amortization, including the amortization of intangibles of $10 million in Q4, all of which are included in our GAAP results. Adjusted EBITDA was a loss of $7.4 million, an improvement of 56% year-over-year.4λΆ„κΈ° νŒλ§€λΉ„μ™€κ΄€λ¦¬λΉ„λŠ” 2,120만 λ‹¬λŸ¬λ‘œ, μ „λ…„ λŒ€λΉ„ 29% μ¦κ°€ν–ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ΄λŠ” 주둜 λ‹Ήμ‚¬μ˜ μΈμˆ˜ν•©λ³‘κ³Ό κ΄€λ ¨λœ λ‹€μ–‘ν•œ 법λ₯ , 자문 및 기타 λΉ„μš©μ— κΈ°μΈν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€. λ˜ν•œ μ €ν¬λŠ” 쑰직 μ „λ°˜μ— 걸쳐 운영 νš¨μœ¨μ„±μ„ μ§€μ†μ μœΌλ‘œ 높이고 κΈ€λ‘œλ²Œ ν†΅μ œ ν™˜κ²½μ„ κ°œμ„ ν•˜κ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.

4λΆ„κΈ°μ—λŠ” 2,080만 λ‹¬λŸ¬μ˜ λΉ„ν˜„κΈˆμ„± 직원 주식 보상과 λ¬΄ν˜•μžμ‚° 상각비 1,000만 λ‹¬λŸ¬λ₯Ό ν¬ν•¨ν•œ 감가상각비 및 상각비가 λ°œμƒν–ˆμœΌλ©°, 이 λͺ¨λ“  ν•­λͺ©μ€ λ‹Ήμ‚¬μ˜ GAAP 싀적에 λ°˜μ˜λ˜μ—ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ‘°μ • EBITDAλŠ” 740만 λ‹¬λŸ¬ 손싀을 κΈ°λ‘ν•˜λ©°, μ „λ…„ λŒ€λΉ„ 56% κ°œμ„ λœ 수치λ₯Ό λ³΄μ˜€μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.
GAAP net income of $40.1 million and GAAP net earnings per share of $0.10 were positively impacted by the change in fair value of contingent liabilities of approximately $85 million. This relates to the acquisitions we have completed and is a nonoperating and noncash expense and primarily reflects the quarter-on-quarter fluctuation in our stock price. As such, this item has been excluded in our non-GAAP results. Non-GAAP net loss was $7.3 million and non-GAAP net loss per share was $0.02 in the quarter. This adjusts for items such as noncash depreciation and amortization, M&A transaction costs, and stock-based compensation.GAAP 순이읡 4,010만 λ‹¬λŸ¬μ™€ GAAP κΈ°μ€€ μ£Όλ‹Ή 순이읡 0.10λ‹¬λŸ¬λŠ” μ•½ 8,500만 λ‹¬λŸ¬μ˜ 우발 뢀채 κ³΅μ •κ°€μΉ˜ λ³€λ™μœΌλ‘œ 인해 긍정적인 영ν–₯을 λ°›μ•˜μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ΄λŠ” 당사가 μ™„λ£Œν•œ μΈμˆ˜μ™€ κ΄€λ ¨λœ κ²ƒμœΌλ‘œ, λΉ„μ˜μ—…μ„± 및 λΉ„ν˜„κΈˆμ„± λΉ„μš©μ΄λ©°, 주둜 당사 μ£Όκ°€μ˜ 뢄기별 변동을 λ°˜μ˜ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€. λ”°λΌμ„œ 이 ν•­λͺ©μ€ λΉ„GAAP μ‹€μ μ—μ„œ μ œμ™Έλ˜μ—ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. ν•΄λ‹Ή λΆ„κΈ° λΉ„GAAP μˆœμ†μ‹€μ€ 730만 λ‹¬λŸ¬, λΉ„GAAP κΈ°μ€€ μ£Όλ‹Ή μˆœμ†μ‹€μ€ 0.02λ‹¬λŸ¬λ₯Ό κΈ°λ‘ν–ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ΄λŠ” λΉ„ν˜„κΈˆμ„± 감가상각비 및 λ¬΄ν˜•μžμ‚° 상각비, M&A 거래 λΉ„μš©, 주식 보상 λΉ„μš© λ“±κ³Ό 같은 ν•­λͺ©λ“€μ„ μ‘°μ •ν•œ κ²°κ³Όμž…λ‹ˆλ‹€.
Our balance sheet remains strong with cash and equivalents at quarter end of $248 million with no debt. With that, let me discuss our financial outlook. We are starting 2026 with strong momentum. As Keyvan mentioned, we broke a record in Q4 with over 100 customer deals across every industry we operate in. Our pipeline continues to build across several verticals. We have a strong foundational customer base to expand upon through full portfolio upsell and cross-sell, and we continue to aggressively release new Agentic and voice AI capabilities to dramatically improve customer outcomes.저희 μž¬λ¬΄μƒνƒœν‘œλŠ” λΆ„κΈ° 말 κΈ°μ€€ 2μ–΅ 4,800만 λ‹¬λŸ¬μ˜ ν˜„κΈˆ 및 ν˜„κΈˆμ„± μžμ‚°μ„ λ³΄μœ ν•˜κ³  있으며, 무뢀채 μƒνƒœλ‘œ 견고함을 μœ μ§€ν•˜κ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ΄μ–΄μ„œ 저희 재무 전망에 λŒ€ν•΄ λ§μ”€λ“œλ¦¬κ² μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.

μ €ν¬λŠ” 2026년을 κ°•λ ₯ν•œ λͺ¨λ©˜ν…€μœΌλ‘œ μ‹œμž‘ν•˜κ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. Keyvan λ‹˜κ»˜μ„œ μ–ΈκΈ‰ν•˜μ…¨λ“―μ΄, μ €ν¬λŠ” 4뢄기에 사업을 μ˜μœ„ν•˜λŠ” λͺ¨λ“  μ‚°μ—… λΆ„μ•Όμ—μ„œ 100개 μ΄μƒμ˜ 고객 계약을 μ²΄κ²°ν•˜λ©° 기둝을 κ²½μ‹ ν–ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. 저희 νŒŒμ΄ν”„λΌμΈμ€ μ—¬λŸ¬ λ²„ν‹°μ»¬μ—μ„œ κ³„μ†ν•΄μ„œ κ΅¬μΆ•λ˜κ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ €ν¬λŠ” 전체 포트폴리였 업셀링 및 ꡐ차 판맀λ₯Ό 톡해 ν™•μž₯ν•  수 μžˆλŠ” νƒ„νƒ„ν•œ κΈ°μ‘΄ 고객측을 λ³΄μœ ν•˜κ³  있으며, 고객 μ„±κ³Όλ₯Ό 획기적으둜 κ°œμ„ ν•˜κΈ° μœ„ν•΄ μƒˆλ‘œμš΄ 에이전틱(Agentic) 및 μŒμ„± AI κΈ°λŠ₯을 κ³„μ†ν•΄μ„œ 적극적으둜 μΆœμ‹œν•˜κ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.
With the greater scale achieved in 2025, we have increased visibility in the near-term and expect to continue to grow rapidly over the long-term. For 2026, we expect our revenue to be in a range of $225 million to $260 million. As in prior years, there will be a ramp in revenue through the year given the nature of our customer base, underlying seasonality, and expected large deal timing, both for renewals and new deals. That said, we expect the seasonality to improve as our recurring mix of business continues to grow. Overall, this outlook affirms our expectation of another year of very strong growth.2025년에 λ‹¬μ„±ν•œ 규λͺ¨ ν™•λŒ€λ‘œ 인해 단기적인 전망이 λ”μš± λͺ…ν™•ν•΄μ‘ŒμœΌλ©°, μž₯κΈ°μ μœΌλ‘œλ„ λΉ λ₯Έ μ„±μž₯을 지속할 κ²ƒμœΌλ‘œ μ˜ˆμƒν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€. 2026λ…„μ—λŠ” 맀좜이 2μ–΅ 2,500만 λ‹¬λŸ¬μ—μ„œ 2μ–΅ 6,000만 λ‹¬λŸ¬ 사이가 될 κ²ƒμœΌλ‘œ μ˜ˆμƒν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ˜ˆλ…„κ³Ό λ§ˆμ°¬κ°€μ§€λ‘œ, 고객 기반의 νŠΉμ„±, λ‚΄μž¬λœ κ³„μ ˆμ„±, 그리고 κ°±μ‹  및 μ‹ κ·œ λŒ€κ·œλͺ¨ κ³„μ•½μ˜ μ˜ˆμƒ μ‹œμ μ„ κ³ λ €ν•  λ•Œ, 연쀑 맀좜이 μ μ§„μ μœΌλ‘œ 증가할 κ²ƒμž…λ‹ˆλ‹€. κ·ΈλŸΌμ—λ„ λΆˆκ΅¬ν•˜κ³ , 반볡 사업 비쀑이 계속 증가함에 따라 κ³„μ ˆμ„±μ€ κ°œμ„ λ  κ²ƒμœΌλ‘œ μ˜ˆμƒν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ „λ°˜μ μœΌλ‘œ, μ΄λŸ¬ν•œ 전망은 또 ν•œ 번의 맀우 κ°•λ ₯ν•œ μ„±μž₯을 이룰 κ²ƒμ΄λΌλŠ” 우리의 κΈ°λŒ€λ₯Ό λ’·λ°›μΉ¨ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€.
We remain committed to delivering accelerated growth while being mindful of the journey to profitability. Our strong cash position and debt-free balance sheet gives us the capacity to remain prudent and appropriately balancing growth with profit maximization. We will continue to drive scale through targeted investments. Last quarter, I mentioned that we see additional acquisition cost synergies of $20 million on an annualized basis. And in Q1, we have already executed most of that, the effect of which we expect to appear in future quarters. I also noted last quarter that we are entering our breakeven phase after many years in heavy investment mode.μ €ν¬λŠ” μˆ˜μ΅μ„± 확보λ₯Ό μœ„ν•œ 여정을 염두에 λ‘λ©΄μ„œλ„ 가속 μ„±μž₯을 μ§€μ†μ μœΌλ‘œ 이루기 μœ„ν•΄ μ „λ…ν•˜κ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. λ‹Ήμ‚¬μ˜ ν’λΆ€ν•œ ν˜„κΈˆ λ³΄μœ μ™€ 무뢀채 μž¬λ¬΄μƒνƒœν‘œλŠ” 신쀑함을 μœ μ§€ν•˜κ³  μ„±μž₯κ³Ό 이읡 κ·ΉλŒ€ν™” μ‚¬μ΄μ˜ κ· ν˜•μ„ μ μ ˆν•˜κ²Œ 맞좜 수 μžˆλŠ” μ—¬λ ₯을 μ œκ³΅ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ €ν¬λŠ” 선별적 투자λ₯Ό 톡해 규λͺ¨λ₯Ό 계속 ν™•λŒ€ν•΄ λ‚˜κ°ˆ κ²ƒμž…λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ§€λ‚œ 뢄기에 μ €λŠ” μ—°κ°„ κΈ°μ€€μœΌλ‘œ 2천만 λ‹¬λŸ¬ 규λͺ¨μ˜ 좔가적인 인수 λΉ„μš© μ‹œλ„ˆμ§€κ°€ λ°œμƒν•  κ²ƒμœΌλ‘œ μ˜ˆμƒν•œλ‹€κ³  λ§μ”€λ“œλ ΈμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. 그리고 1뢄기에 μ €ν¬λŠ” 이미 κ·Έ λŒ€λΆ€λΆ„μ„ μ΄ν–‰ν–ˆμœΌλ©°, κ·Έ νš¨κ³ΌλŠ” ν–₯ν›„ 뢄기에 λ‚˜νƒ€λ‚  κ²ƒμœΌλ‘œ μ˜ˆμƒν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€. λ˜ν•œ μ§€λ‚œ 뢄기에 μ €λŠ” μˆ˜λ…„κ°„μ˜ 집쀑 투자 기간을 거쳐 이제 손읡뢄기점 단계에 μ§„μž…ν•˜κ³  μžˆλ‹€κ³  λ§μ”€λ“œλ ΈμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.
This transition won't be linear or uniform. We expect it should be progressive and ultimately compounding. Our long-term expectation is that we can operate this business at scale with 70% plus gross margins and 30% plus EBIT margins. For the near-term, though, we expect to calibrate the investments based on the opportunities in front of us and their expected returns, and we will continue to balance the importance of delivering profitability in the near term with fueling sustainable, profitable growth over the long term. With that, we will now move to Q&A.μ΄λŸ¬ν•œ μ „ν™˜μ€ μ„ ν˜•μ μ΄κ±°λ‚˜ κ· μΌν•˜κ²Œ μ§„ν–‰λ˜μ§€ μ•Šμ„ κ²ƒμž…λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ €ν¬λŠ” μ μ§„μ μœΌλ‘œ λ°œμ „ν•˜λ©° κΆκ·Ήμ μœΌλ‘œλŠ” 볡리 효과λ₯Ό λ‚Ό κ²ƒμœΌλ‘œ κΈ°λŒ€ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ €ν¬μ˜ μž₯기적인 λͺ©ν‘œλŠ” 이 사업을 규λͺ¨ 있게 μš΄μ˜ν•˜μ—¬ 70% μ΄μƒμ˜ 맀좜총이읡λ₯ (gross margins)κ³Ό 30% μ΄μƒμ˜ EBIT λ§ˆμ§„μ„ λ‹¬μ„±ν•˜λŠ” κ²ƒμž…λ‹ˆλ‹€.

ν•˜μ§€λ§Œ λ‹¨κΈ°μ μœΌλ‘œλŠ”, 저희 μ•žμ— 놓인 κΈ°νšŒλ“€κ³Ό 그에 λ”°λ₯Έ μ˜ˆμƒ 수읡λ₯ μ„ λ°”νƒ•μœΌλ‘œ 투자λ₯Ό μ‘°μ •ν•  κ³„νšμž…λ‹ˆλ‹€. 그리고 단기적인 μˆ˜μ΅μ„± ν™•λ³΄μ˜ μ€‘μš”μ„±κ³Ό μž₯기적인 지속 κ°€λŠ₯ν•œ μˆ˜μ΅μ„± μ„±μž₯을 μœ„ν•œ 동λ ₯ 확보 μ‚¬μ΄μ—μ„œ κ· ν˜•μ„ μœ μ§€ν•  κ²ƒμž…λ‹ˆλ‹€.

이제 μ§ˆμ˜μ‘λ‹΅ μ‹œκ°„μœΌλ‘œ λ„˜μ–΄κ°€κ² μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.

πŸ“Œ μš”μ•½

SoundHound AI (SOUN)의 2025λ…„ 4λΆ„κΈ° 싀적 λ°œν‘œ μš”μ•½μž…λ‹ˆλ‹€:

* **κ²¬μ‘°ν•œ 맀좜 μ„±μž₯ 및 긍정적 2026λ…„ κ°€μ΄λ˜μŠ€:** SoundHound AIλŠ” 2025λ…„ 4λΆ„κΈ° 맀좜 5,510만 λ‹¬λŸ¬(μ „λ…„ λŒ€λΉ„ 59% 증가) 및 μ—°κ°„ 맀좜 1μ–΅ 6,900만 λ‹¬λŸ¬(μ „λ…„ λŒ€λΉ„ 99% 증가)λ₯Ό κΈ°λ‘ν•˜λ©° 사상 졜고 싀적을 λ‹¬μ„±ν–ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. 2026λ…„ 맀좜 κ°€μ΄λ˜μŠ€λŠ” 2μ–΅ 2,500만 λ‹¬λŸ¬μ—μ„œ 2μ–΅ 6,000만 λ‹¬λŸ¬λ‘œ μ œμ‹œν•˜λ©° 지속적인 κ³ μ„±μž₯을 μ „λ§ν–ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.
* **μˆ˜μ΅μ„± κ°œμ„  및 손읡뢄기점 μ „ν™˜ κ°€μ‹œν™”:** 4λΆ„κΈ° μ‘°μ • EBITDA 손싀은 740만 λ‹¬λŸ¬λ‘œ μ „λ…„ λŒ€λΉ„ 56% κ°œμ„ λ˜μ—ˆμœΌλ©°, λΉ„GAAP 맀좜총이읡λ₯ μ€ 61%λ₯Ό κΈ°λ‘ν–ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. κ²½μ˜μ§„μ€ λΉ„μš© νš¨μœ¨μ„± 및 인수 μ‹œλ„ˆμ§€λ₯Ό 톡해 손읡뢄기점 달성 단계에 μ§„μž…ν–ˆμœΌλ©°, μž₯기적으둜 70% μ΄μƒμ˜ 맀좜총이읡λ₯ κ³Ό 30% μ΄μƒμ˜ EBIT λ§ˆμ§„μ„ λͺ©ν‘œλ‘œ ν•œλ‹€κ³  λ°ν˜”μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.
* **κ΄‘λ²”μœ„ν•œ 고객 확보 및 Agentic AI ν”Œλž«νΌ κ°•ν™”:** 4뢄기에 100건 μ΄μƒμ˜ 고객 계약을 μ²΄κ²°ν•˜λ©° μ—­λŒ€ 졜고치λ₯Ό κΈ°λ‘ν–ˆκ³ , μžλ™μ°¨, μ—”ν„°ν”„λΌμ΄μ¦ˆ AI, λ ˆμŠ€ν† λž‘ λ“± λ‹€μ–‘ν•œ μ‚°μ—…μ—μ„œ 고객 κΈ°λ°˜μ„ ν™•μž₯ν–ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. Agentic AI ν”Œλž«νΌμ˜ 차별성과 고객 μ°Έμ—¬ μ§€ν‘œ(μΏΌλ¦¬λŸ‰, μ›”κ°„ ν™œμ„± μ‚¬μš©μž, μžλ™ν™”μœ¨)의 급증을 κ°•μ‘°ν•˜λ©° AI μ‹œμž₯μ—μ„œμ˜ κ°•λ ₯ν•œ μž…μ§€λ₯Ό μž¬ν™•μΈν–ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.
* **νƒ„νƒ„ν•œ 재무 μƒνƒœ:** 2μ–΅ 4,800만 λ‹¬λŸ¬μ˜ ν˜„κΈˆ 및 ν˜„κΈˆμ„± μžμ‚°μ„ λ³΄μœ ν•˜κ³  있으며 뢀채가 μ—†μ–΄ 재무 건전성이 맀우 μ–‘ν˜Έν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ΄λŠ” μ„±μž₯ νˆ¬μžμ™€ μˆ˜μ΅μ„± κ· ν˜•μ„ μœ„ν•œ μœ μ—°μ„±μ„ μ œκ³΅ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€.


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Original Translation
Operator: [Operator Instructions] Your first question comes from the line of Scott Buck from H.C. Wainwright & Company.**Operator:** 첫 번째 μ§ˆλ¬Έμ€ H.C. Wainwright & Company의 Scott Buckλ‹˜κ»˜μ„œ ν•΄μ£Όμ‹œκ² μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.
Scott Buck: H.C. Wainwright & Co, LLC, Research Division As we went through the 4Q highlights, clearly, a lot of balls in the air. I'm curious, how are you handling from a deployment and customer service capacity standpoint? Are you starting to feel a little constrained?**Scott Buck:** 4λΆ„κΈ° μ£Όμš” λ‚΄μš©μ„ μ‚΄νŽ΄λ³΄λ‹ˆ, ν˜„μž¬ μ—¬λŸ¬ κ°€μ§€ 일듀이 λ™μ‹œμ— μ§„ν–‰λ˜κ³  μžˆλ‹€λŠ” 것을 μ•Œ 수 μžˆμ—ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. κΆκΈˆν•œ 점은, 배포(deployment)와 고객 μ„œλΉ„μŠ€(customer service) μ—­λŸ‰(capacity) μΈ‘λ©΄μ—μ„œ μ΄λŸ¬ν•œ 상황을 μ–΄λ–»κ²Œ κ΄€λ¦¬ν•˜κ³  κ³„μ‹ μ§€μž…λ‹ˆλ‹€. ν˜Ήμ‹œ 이 λΆ€λΆ„μ—μ„œ μ•½κ°„μ˜ μ œμ•½μ΄λ‚˜ 뢀담을 느끼기 μ‹œμž‘ν•˜μ…¨λŠ”μ§€μš”?
Keyvan Mohajer: Co-Founder, CEO, President & Director Thanks for the question. We are definitely doing a lot. And I've been saying for the past few quarters that this is the time for us to do more, partly because, yes, we are in many industries, but the ingredients we are using to power these experiences is the same. So the decades of work we've done to build the best-in-class speech recognition, conversational AI, Agentic orchestration, all of that is the same regardless of whether we are in automotive or we are providing customer service for a health care company or insurance company. And we are -- because of the advances in AI, we are actually able to deploy faster, go live faster, develop faster. And we are able to keep up with the demand with fewer people and less resources. So demand is going up and what we need to do to deliver to these customers, the resources requirement is actually going down. So we expect that to be a further tailwind for us.**Keyvan Mohajer:** μ§ˆλ¬Έν•΄μ£Όμ…”μ„œ κ°μ‚¬ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ €ν¬λŠ” λΆ„λͺ…νžˆ λ§Žμ€ 일을 μ§„ν–‰ν•˜κ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. 그리고 μ €λŠ” μ§€λ‚œ λͺ‡ λΆ„κΈ°(quarters) λ™μ•ˆ μ§€κΈˆμ΄ 저희가 더 λ§Žμ€ 일을 ν•΄μ•Ό ν•  λ•ŒλΌκ³  λ§μ”€λ“œλ €μ™”μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. λΆ€λΆ„μ μœΌλ‘œλŠ” 저희가 λ‹€μ–‘ν•œ μ‚°μ—…(industries)에 μ§„μΆœν•΄ μžˆμ§€λ§Œ, μ΄λŸ¬ν•œ κ²½ν—˜λ“€μ„ κ΅¬λ™ν•˜λŠ” 데 μ‚¬μš©ν•˜λŠ” 핡심 μš”μ†Œ(ingredients)λŠ” λ™μΌν•˜κΈ° λ•Œλ¬Έμž…λ‹ˆλ‹€.

λ”°λΌμ„œ 저희가 졜고 μˆ˜μ€€μ˜ μŒμ„± 인식(speech recognition), λŒ€ν™”ν˜• AI(conversational AI), μ—μ΄μ „νŠΈ μ˜€μΌ€μŠ€νŠΈλ ˆμ΄μ…˜(Agentic orchestration)을 κ΅¬μΆ•ν•˜κΈ° μœ„ν•΄ μˆ˜μ‹­ λ…„κ°„ 기울인 λ…Έλ ₯은 μžλ™μ°¨ 산업에 μžˆλ“ , ν—¬μŠ€μΌ€μ–΄(health care) νšŒμ‚¬λ‚˜ λ³΄ν—˜(insurance) νšŒμ‚¬μ— 고객 μ„œλΉ„μŠ€(customer service)λ₯Ό μ œκ³΅ν•˜λ“  상관없이 λͺ¨λ‘ λ™μΌν•˜κ²Œ μ μš©λ©λ‹ˆλ‹€.

그리고 AI(인곡지λŠ₯)의 λ°œμ „ 덕뢄에 μ €ν¬λŠ” μ‹€μ œλ‘œ 더 λΉ λ₯΄κ²Œ 배포(deploy)ν•˜κ³ , 더 λΉ λ₯΄κ²Œ μ„œλΉ„μŠ€ κ°œμ‹œ(go live)ν•˜λ©°, 더 λΉ λ₯΄κ²Œ κ°œλ°œν•  수 있게 λ˜μ—ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. λ˜ν•œ 더 적은 인λ ₯κ³Ό μžμ›(resources)μœΌλ‘œλ„ μˆ˜μš”(demand)λ₯Ό μΆ©μ‘±μ‹œν‚¬ 수 μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. μˆ˜μš”λŠ” μ¦κ°€ν•˜κ³  있고, 이 κ³ κ°λ“€μ—κ²Œ μ„œλΉ„μŠ€λ₯Ό μ œκ³΅ν•˜κΈ° μœ„ν•΄ ν•„μš”ν•œ μžμ›(resources)은 였히렀 쀄어듀고 μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. λ”°λΌμ„œ μ €ν¬μ—κ²ŒλŠ” 좔가적인 μˆœν’(tailwind)이 될 κ²ƒμœΌλ‘œ μ˜ˆμƒν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€.
Scott Buck: H.C. Wainwright & Co, LLC, Research Division Great. That's helpful. And then I wanted to ask, you called out a number of renewals. Can you talk a little bit about any changes in pricing or upselling you're seeing as you go through the renewal process with customers?**Scott Buck:** λ„€, μ•Œκ² μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. 도움이 λ©λ‹ˆλ‹€. 그리고 질문이 μžˆλŠ”λ°μš”, μ—¬λŸ¬ 건의 κ°±μ‹ (renewals)에 λŒ€ν•΄ μ–ΈκΈ‰ν•˜μ…¨μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. 고객듀과 κ°±μ‹  절차λ₯Ό μ§„ν–‰ν•˜μ‹œλ©΄μ„œ 가격 μ •μ±…(pricing)μ΄λ‚˜ 상ν–₯ 판맀(upselling) μΈ‘λ©΄μ—μ„œ μ–΄λ–€ λ³€ν™”λ₯Ό λ³΄μ…¨λŠ”μ§€ μ’€ 더 μžμ„Ένžˆ μ„€λͺ…ν•΄ μ£Όμ‹€ 수 μžˆμ„κΉŒμš”?
Keyvan Mohajer: Co-Founder, CEO, President & Director Yes. So in -- we have customers that we've had for a while, for example, some of the automotive logos that we've had for a number of years. These renewals are actually an upsell moment because we bring them the Agentic solution. The Gen AI solution that we developed 3 years ago, that was an upsell moment. Now we have the Agentic solution. That's another upsell moment. So it's basically the renewal with a price increase and sometimes with a bigger volume commitment. And we are seeing the same in customer service, again, especially with the customers we've had for a number of years, the Agentic platform that is an upgrade, partly, it could come at a higher price. And for deals that are based on containment rate, we expect to generate more revenue because we contain more of the incoming calls. For example, if I'm going to use some numbers, but in the industry, there's no like one number for containment rate because it depends on the use case. We've seen, for example, in the use case, a 30% containment go to 70%, 80%, sometimes over 90%. That means we handle more than 90% of the incoming calls without kicking to a human, and we get paid more as we contain more calls. So some of the increase in revenue is just going to come from upgrading our existing customers to the Agentic solution even without a renewal and even without increasing the price, it's going to generate more revenue for us.**Keyvan Mohajer:** λ„€, 저희가 μ˜€λž«λ™μ•ˆ ν•¨κ»˜ ν•΄μ˜¨ 고객듀이 μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. 예λ₯Ό λ“€μ–΄, μˆ˜λ…„κ°„ κ±°λž˜ν•΄μ˜¨ 일뢀 μžλ™μ°¨ λΈŒλžœλ“œ(automotive logos) 고객사듀이 κ·Έλ ‡μ£ . μ΄λŸ¬ν•œ κ°±μ‹ (renewals)은 사싀상 μ—…μ…€(upsell)의 κΈ°νšŒμž…λ‹ˆλ‹€. 저희가 Agentic μ†”λ£¨μ…˜μ„ μ œκ³΅ν•˜κΈ° λ•Œλ¬Έμž…λ‹ˆλ‹€.

저희가 3λ…„ 전에 κ°œλ°œν–ˆλ˜ Gen AI μ†”λ£¨μ…˜λ„ λ‹Ήμ‹œμ—λŠ” μ—…μ…€(upsell)의 κΈ°νšŒμ˜€μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. 이제 Agentic μ†”λ£¨μ…˜μ΄ 또 λ‹€λ₯Έ μ—…μ…€(upsell) κΈ°νšŒκ°€ λ˜λŠ” 것이죠. κ·Έλž˜μ„œ κΈ°λ³Έμ μœΌλ‘œλŠ” 가격 인상(price increase)을 λ™λ°˜ν•œ κ°±μ‹ (renewal)이고, λ•Œλ‘œλŠ” 더 큰 λ³Όλ₯¨ μ»€λ°‹λ¨ΌνŠΈ(volume commitment), 즉 더 λ§Žμ€ λ¬ΌλŸ‰ 약정을 ν¬ν•¨ν•˜κΈ°λ„ ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€.

고객 μ„œλΉ„μŠ€(customer service) λΆ€λ¬Έμ—μ„œλ„ λ§ˆμ°¬κ°€μ§€μž…λ‹ˆλ‹€. 특히 μˆ˜λ…„κ°„ κ±°λž˜ν•΄μ˜¨ κ³ κ°μ‚¬λ“€μ˜ 경우, Agentic ν”Œλž«νΌμ€ μ—…κ·Έλ ˆμ΄λ“œ(upgrade)이기 λ•Œλ¬Έμ— λΆ€λΆ„μ μœΌλ‘œλŠ” 더 높은 κ°€κ²©μœΌλ‘œ 제곡될 수 μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. 톡화 처리율(containment rate) 기반 κ³„μ•½μ˜ 경우, 저희가 μΈμž…λ˜λŠ” 톡화λ₯Ό 더 많이 μ²˜λ¦¬ν•˜κΈ° λ•Œλ¬Έμ— 더 λ§Žμ€ λ§€μΆœμ„ μ°½μΆœν•  κ²ƒμœΌλ‘œ μ˜ˆμƒν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€. 예λ₯Ό λ“€μ–΄, 숫자λ₯Ό μ’€ λ“€μ–΄ μ„€λͺ…ν•˜μžλ©΄, μ—…κ³„μ—μ„œ 톡화 μ²˜λ¦¬μœ¨μ— λŒ€ν•œ 단일 κΈ°μ€€ μˆ«μžλŠ” μ—†μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ΄λŠ” μ‚¬μš© 사둀(use case)에 따라 λ‹€λ₯΄κΈ° λ•Œλ¬Έμž…λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ €ν¬λŠ” νŠΉμ • μ‚¬μš© μ‚¬λ‘€μ—μ„œ 30%μ˜€λ˜ 톡화 처리율이 70%, 80%, λ•Œλ‘œλŠ” 90% μ΄μƒμœΌλ‘œ μ¦κ°€ν•˜λŠ” 것을 λ³΄μ•˜μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.

μ΄λŠ” 저희가 μΈμž…λ˜λŠ” ν†΅ν™”μ˜ 90% 이상을 μƒλ‹΄μ›μ—κ²Œ μ—°κ²°ν•˜μ§€ μ•Šκ³  μ²˜λ¦¬ν•œλ‹€λŠ” 것을 μ˜λ―Έν•˜λ©°, 더 λ§Žμ€ 톡화λ₯Ό μ²˜λ¦¬ν• μˆ˜λ‘ 더 λ§Žμ€ λŒ€κ°€λ₯Ό λ°›κ²Œ λ©λ‹ˆλ‹€. λ”°λΌμ„œ 맀좜 μ¦κ°€μ˜ μΌλΆ€λŠ” κΈ°μ‘΄ 고객을 Agentic μ†”λ£¨μ…˜μœΌλ‘œ μ—…κ·Έλ ˆμ΄λ“œν•˜λŠ” κ²ƒλ§ŒμœΌλ‘œλ„ λ°œμƒν•  κ²ƒμž…λ‹ˆλ‹€. μž¬κ³„μ•½μ΄λ‚˜ 가격 인상 없이도 μ €ν¬μ—κ²Œ 더 λ§Žμ€ λ§€μΆœμ„ μ°½μΆœν•˜κ²Œ 될 κ²ƒμž…λ‹ˆλ‹€.
Operator: Your next question comes from the line of Brian Schwartz with Oppenheimer.**Operator:** λ‹€μŒ μ§ˆλ¬Έμ€ Oppenheimer의 Brian Schwartzλ‹˜κ»˜μ„œ ν•΄μ£Όμ‹œκ² μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.
Brian Schwartz: Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., Research Division Congratulations on a very good year. Keyvan, I want to start with you. And your enterprise AI business clearly has strong momentum, especially in the higher regulated industries that you pointed out. You're building deeper entrenchment. But in the market, certainly over the last like 3, 4, 5 months, there's been a lot of fear about software companies' long-term growth that these larger LLM providers are going to be able to just build workflows above software companies' platforms and bypass them and it's going to be much more challenging for companies to grow. So I was hoping you could address that, how you see the durability of the enterprise AI business as we enter this agentic era? And then I have a follow-up for Nitesh.**Brian Schwartz:** ν›Œλ₯­ν•œ ν•œ ν•΄λ₯Ό 보내신 것을 μΆ•ν•˜λ“œλ¦½λ‹ˆλ‹€. Keyvan μ”¨κ»˜ λ¨Όμ € μ§ˆλ¬Έλ“œλ¦¬κ² μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.

κ·€μ‚¬μ˜ μ—”ν„°ν”„λΌμ΄μ¦ˆ AI(Enterprise AI) 사업은 특히 μ–ΈκΈ‰ν•˜μ‹  규제 강도가 높은(highly regulated) μ‚°μ—…μ—μ„œ λΆ„λͺ…νžˆ κ°•λ ₯ν•œ λͺ¨λ©˜ν…€(momentum)을 보이며 μ‹œμž₯ μ§€λ°°λ ₯을 λ”μš± κ°•ν™”ν•˜κ³  κ³„μ‹­λ‹ˆλ‹€.

ν•˜μ§€λ§Œ μ‹œμž₯μ—μ„œλŠ” μ§€λ‚œ 3~5κ°œμ›” λ™μ•ˆ μ†Œν”„νŠΈμ›¨μ–΄ κΈ°μ—…λ“€μ˜ μž₯κΈ° μ„±μž₯(long-term growth)에 λŒ€ν•œ μš°λ €κ°€ λ§Žμ•˜μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. λŒ€ν˜• LLM(Large Language Model) μ œκ³΅μ—…μ²΄λ“€μ΄ μ†Œν”„νŠΈμ›¨μ–΄ κΈ°μ—…λ“€μ˜ ν”Œλž«νΌ μœ„μ— μ›Œν¬ν”Œλ‘œμš°(workflow)λ₯Ό κ΅¬μΆ•ν•˜μ—¬ 이듀을 우회(bypass)ν•˜κ³ , 기업듀이 μ„±μž₯ν•˜κΈ° 훨씬 더 μ–΄λ €μ›Œμ§ˆ κ²ƒμ΄λΌλŠ” μš°λ €μž…λ‹ˆλ‹€.

λ”°λΌμ„œ 이에 λŒ€ν•΄ μ„€λͺ…ν•΄μ£Όμ‹œλ©΄ κ°μ‚¬ν•˜κ² μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. 이 μ—μ΄μ „νŠΈ μ‹œλŒ€(agentic era)에 μ§„μž…ν•˜λ©΄μ„œ μ—”ν„°ν”„λΌμ΄μ¦ˆ AI μ‚¬μ—…μ˜ 지속 κ°€λŠ₯μ„±(durability)을 μ–΄λ–»κ²Œ λ³΄μ‹œλŠ”μ§€μš”? 그리고 Nitesh μ”¨κ»˜ μΆ”κ°€ 질문이 μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.
Keyvan Mohajer: Co-Founder, CEO, President & Director Sure. That's a great question. So I think there are 2 flavors of that question. One is what's happening to software and services companies, so not necessarily SoundHound. And that has been a tailwind for us for the past 3-plus years because of Gen AI. So the concept of that is the automation is coming, and that is going to disrupt services companies and SaaS companies. Everything is going to get automated and more and more automated. And that's not a new thing. It's been -- we've been benefiting from that for 3 years, and these companies that want to automate basically come to SoundHound to help them automate. There is maybe a second flavor of that question, which is what happens to companies like SoundHound with the latest advances in AI where software development is becoming easier. We think of that as another tailwind. And a really good analogy that has resonated with me is imagine the internet companies when we had connections with dial-up modems. So good internet companies were there, and they were delivering their websites to their visitors. And then dial-up modem became broadband internet, so bandwidths went up in orders of magnitude. That was a great thing for internet companies. Now some didn't maybe reinvent themselves quickly, but the services that these internet companies could provide became a lot more richer and powerful. And we feel the same way that we can move faster, like the earlier question that was asked like can we -- we have so many customers, how quickly can we deliver? We use AI to build AI to deliver to the customers that want AI. And we think that pace is going to be better for us. The quality is going to be higher because we are utilizing these advances in AI.**Keyvan Mohajer:** λ„€, μ•„μ£Ό 쒋은 μ§ˆλ¬Έμž…λ‹ˆλ‹€.

이 μ§ˆλ¬Έμ€ 크게 두 κ°€μ§€ 츑면으둜 λ³Ό 수 μžˆμ„ 것 κ°™μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ²«μ§ΈλŠ” μ†Œν”„νŠΈμ›¨μ–΄ 및 μ„œλΉ„μŠ€ κΈ°μ—…λ“€, 즉 κΌ­ μ‚¬μš΄λ“œν•˜μš΄λ“œ(SoundHound)에 κ΅­ν•œλ˜μ§€ μ•Šκ³  μ „λ°˜μ μΈ 상황에 λŒ€ν•œ κ²ƒμž…λ‹ˆλ‹€. 그리고 μ΄λŠ” μ§€λ‚œ 3λ…„ 이상 μ œλ„ˆλ ˆμ΄ν‹°λΈŒ AI(Generative AI), 즉 μƒμ„±ν˜• AI 덕뢄에 μ €ν¬μ—κ²Œ μˆœν’(tailwind)으둜 μž‘μš©ν•΄ μ™”μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. κ·Έ 핡심 κ°œλ…μ€ μžλ™ν™”κ°€ λ„λž˜ν•˜κ³  있으며, μ΄λŠ” μ„œλΉ„μŠ€ κΈ°μ—…κ³Ό SaaS(Software as a Service) 기업듀을 ν˜μ‹ μ μœΌλ‘œ λ³€ν™”μ‹œν‚¬ κ²ƒμ΄λΌλŠ” μ μž…λ‹ˆλ‹€. λͺ¨λ“  것이 점점 더 μžλ™ν™”λ  κ²ƒμž…λ‹ˆλ‹€. 이것은 μƒˆλ‘œμš΄ ν˜„μƒμ΄ μ•„λ‹™λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ €ν¬λŠ” μ§€λ‚œ 3λ…„κ°„ μ΄λŸ¬ν•œ νλ¦„μ—μ„œ 이점을 μ–»μ–΄μ™”κ³ , μžλ™ν™”λ₯Ό μ›ν•˜λŠ” 기업듀은 기본적으둜 μ‚¬μš΄λ“œν•˜μš΄λ“œλ₯Ό 찾아와 μžλ™ν™”λ₯Ό 돕도둝 μš”μ²­ν•˜κ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. 이 μ§ˆλ¬Έμ—λŠ” 인곡지λŠ₯(AI) 기술의 μ΅œμ‹  λ°œμ „μœΌλ‘œ μ†Œν”„νŠΈμ›¨μ–΄ 개발이 더 μ‰¬μ›Œμ§€λŠ” μƒν™©μ—μ„œ μ‚¬μš΄λ“œν•˜μš΄λ“œ(SoundHound) 같은 νšŒμ‚¬λ“€μ΄ μ–΄λ–»κ²Œ 될지에 λŒ€ν•œ 또 λ‹€λ₯Έ ꢁ금증이 μžˆμ„ 수 μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ €ν¬λŠ” 이λ₯Ό 또 λ‹€λ₯Έ μˆœν’(tailwind)으둜 보고 μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.

μ €μ—κ²Œ 깊이 μ™€λ‹Ώμ•˜λ˜ μ•„μ£Ό 쒋은 λΉ„μœ (analogy)λŠ”, 닀이얼업 λͺ¨λŽ€(dial-up modem)으둜 인터넷에 μ ‘μ†ν•˜λ˜ μ‹œμ ˆμ˜ 인터넷 기업듀을 상상해 λ³΄λŠ” κ²ƒμž…λ‹ˆλ‹€. λ‹Ήμ‹œμ—λ„ ν›Œλ₯­ν•œ 인터넷 기업듀은 μ‘΄μž¬ν–ˆκ³ , λ°©λ¬Έκ°λ“€μ—κ²Œ μ›Ήμ‚¬μ΄νŠΈλ₯Ό μ œκ³΅ν•˜κ³  μžˆμ—ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.

κ·ΈλŸ¬λ‹€ 닀이얼업 λͺ¨λŽ€μ΄ μ΄ˆκ³ μ† 인터넷(broadband internet)으둜 λ°”λ€Œλ©΄μ„œ λŒ€μ—­ν­(bandwidth)이 κΈ°ν•˜κΈ‰μˆ˜μ μœΌλ‘œ μ¦κ°€ν–ˆμ£ . μ΄λŠ” 인터넷 κΈ°μ—…λ“€μ—κ²Œ 맀우 긍정적인 λ³€ν™”μ˜€μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. λ¬Όλ‘  일뢀 기업듀은 λΉ λ₯΄κ²Œ ν˜μ‹ ν•˜μ§€ λͺ»ν–ˆμ§€λ§Œ, 이 인터넷 기업듀이 μ œκ³΅ν•  수 μžˆλŠ” μ„œλΉ„μŠ€λŠ” 훨씬 더 ν’λΆ€ν•˜κ³  κ°•λ ₯ν•΄μ‘ŒμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. 저희도 더 μ‹ μ†ν•˜κ²Œ 움직일 수 μžˆλ‹€κ³  μƒκ°ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ•žμ„œ 질문 μ£Όμ…¨λ˜, 고객 μˆ˜κ°€ λ§Žμ€λ° μ–Όλ§ˆλ‚˜ 빨리 μ œκ³΅ν•  수 μžˆλŠλƒλŠ” 점에 λŒ€ν•΄ λ§μ”€λ“œλ¦¬μžλ©΄, μ €ν¬λŠ” AI(인곡지λŠ₯)λ₯Ό ν™œμš©ν•˜μ—¬ AIλ₯Ό κ΅¬μΆ•ν•˜κ³ , AIλ₯Ό ν•„μš”λ‘œ ν•˜λŠ” κ³ κ°λ“€μ—κ²Œ μ œκ³΅ν•˜κ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ΄λŸ¬ν•œ 속도가 μ €ν¬μ—κ²Œ 더 λ‚˜μ€ κ²°κ³Όλ₯Ό κ°€μ Έμ˜¬ 것이라고 λ΄…λ‹ˆλ‹€. AI의 λ°œμ „λœ κΈ°μˆ μ„ ν™œμš©ν•˜κ³  있기 λ•Œλ¬Έμ— ν’ˆμ§ˆ λ˜ν•œ λ”μš± λ†’μ•„μ§ˆ κ²ƒμž…λ‹ˆλ‹€.
Brian Schwartz: Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., Research Division I just wanted to ask you that question, Keyvan, because you're such a pioneer in terms of technology in this industry. I appreciate you sharing your perspective. The question I have for Nitesh is just thinking about how you're thinking about planning the progression of the efficiency of the business. So maybe asking it in terms of the operating profile here in 2026. Clearly, the business is accelerating. I think you're gaining efficiency in your development from your -- as Keyvan talked about with your own Agentic and AI. But how do you think about the rest of the investment profile? Are you looking to accelerate your investments? Are you looking to keep your margins stable where they are today? Are you looking to show improvement in terms of the efficiency and the EBITDA margin 2026?**Brian Schwartz:** Keyvanλ‹˜, 이 업계 기술 λΆ„μ•Όμ˜ μ„ κ΅¬μžμ΄μ‹œκΈ°μ— 이 μ§ˆλ¬Έμ„ λ“œλ¦° κ²ƒμž…λ‹ˆλ‹€. κ·€ν•œ 의견 κ³΅μœ ν•΄μ£Όμ…”μ„œ κ°μ‚¬ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€.

Niteshλ‹˜κ»˜ λ“œλ¦¬κ³  싢은 μ§ˆλ¬Έμ€ 사업 νš¨μœ¨μ„±(efficiency)의 진전을 μ–΄λ–»κ²Œ κ³„νšν•˜κ³  계신지에 λŒ€ν•œ κ²ƒμž…λ‹ˆλ‹€. 특히 2026λ…„μ˜ 운영 ν”„λ‘œν•„(operating profile) κ΄€μ μ—μ„œ 여쭀보고 μ‹ΆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.

사업이 λΆ„λͺ…νžˆ κ°€μ†ν™”λ˜κ³  있으며, Keyvanλ‹˜κ»˜μ„œ μ–ΈκΈ‰ν•˜μ‹  자체 Agentic 및 AIλ₯Ό 톡해 개발 νš¨μœ¨μ„±μ„ 높이고 계신 κ²ƒμœΌλ‘œ λ³΄μž…λ‹ˆλ‹€. κ·Έλ ‡λ‹€λ©΄ λ‚˜λ¨Έμ§€ 투자 ν”„λ‘œν•„(investment profile)은 μ–΄λ–»κ²Œ κ°€μ Έκ°€μ‹€ μƒκ°μ΄μ‹ κ°€μš”? 투자λ₯Ό 가속화할 κ³„νšμ΄μ‹ κ°€μš”, μ•„λ‹ˆλ©΄ ν˜„μž¬ λ§ˆμ§„(margin) μˆ˜μ€€μ„ μ•ˆμ •μ μœΌλ‘œ μœ μ§€ν•˜μ‹€ κ³„νšμ΄μ‹ κ°€μš”? 2026λ…„μ—λŠ” νš¨μœ¨μ„±(efficiency)κ³Ό EBITDA λ§ˆμ§„(EBITDA margin) μΈ‘λ©΄μ—μ„œ κ°œμ„ μ„ λͺ©ν‘œλ‘œ ν•˜κ³  κ³„μ‹ κ°€μš”?
Chief Financial Officer: Thanks, Brian. I'll take that from a couple of different angles. First, with respect to continuing that AI efficiency play, I think there's a multitude of ways as that plays out here. #1, our efficiency in product development is better. Certainly, we're seeing that. I think our efficiency in deployment and delivery is better. We're seeing that. And then even just operationally, we're all across the company, utilizing tools that may not be core to what SoundHound develops. But certainly, in my G&A function, there's definitely a number of areas that we're driving efficiencies. And I think that's a responsibility that all of us take to leverage the latest and greatest to be responsible with our costs. #2, to your question on just the profile, I'll go back to my prepared remarks a little bit. We are now shifting from an era, I'd say, from the origins of SoundHound where we were heavily investing primarily in our innovation, but maybe more recently in building up the go-to-market capabilities to now this area -- to this era of breakeven. And we're not trying to be super precise one quarter delivering one specific number. But more importantly, we start with the premise that we are in the very early innings of massive transformational shift, whether that's the LLM-driven capabilities that we're seeing with these amazing engines to the voice AI era of how we're able to engage with consumers and customers in really unique, more efficient, seamless ways to get all sorts of transactions done or obviously now to Agentic and how we can deliver great platforms and capabilities to enhance customer capabilities and solutions, predominantly, I think, for us in the customer service space and rewrite how those traditional sort of ways that people get their billing inquiries resolved or they book travel or they order food or whatnot or get health care appointments, all that's getting rewritten. And we're just in the early innings of it. So we need to be focused because we know that the outsized returns are there for us to go after. So we're going to keep fueling in getting the hyper growth that we've been delivering over the last couple of years. And it's our view that, that level of growth, strong -- very strong growth should continue for the foreseeable future. So with that, to every incremental dollar point, that should go into fueling growth, but we need to be mindful that we're going to do it efficiently. So to your point, as we continue to scale, we absolutely expect efficiencies on our operating leverage. And I think from an EBITDA basis, we'll continue to see year-over-year improvements in EBITDA. We'll continue to see leverage on the P&L. And I think our R&D, in particular, I think we'll be able to drive efficiencies. And then I think it's a matter of go-to-market kind of we're going to -- we are investing both in direct and indirect channel. And I think the indirect channel has been great for us. We highlighted it briefly in the prepared remarks of just the additional scale we can get through indirect channel partners. So across R&D, across sales and marketing and across G&A, we think there's efficiency and ultimately, that will land towards what I characterized in the prepared remarks is us moving into this era of breakeven zone.**Chief Financial Officer:** λΈŒλΌμ΄μ–Έλ‹˜, κ°μ‚¬ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€. κ·Έ μ§ˆλ¬Έμ— λŒ€ν•΄ λͺ‡ κ°€μ§€ κ΄€μ μ—μ„œ λ§μ”€λ“œλ¦¬κ² μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.

첫째둜, AI νš¨μœ¨μ„±(AI efficiency) κ°•ν™” μ „λž΅μ„ μ§€μ†ν•˜λŠ” μΈ‘λ©΄μ—μ„œ, μ €ν¬λŠ” μ—¬λŸ¬ κ°€μ§€ 방법듀을 λͺ¨μƒ‰ν•˜κ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. 첫째, μ œν’ˆ 개발 νš¨μœ¨μ„±(product development efficiency)이 ν–₯μƒλ˜μ—ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ΄λŠ” ν™•μ‹€νžˆ μ²΄κ°ν•˜κ³  μžˆλŠ” λΆ€λΆ„μž…λ‹ˆλ‹€. 배포 및 제곡(deployment and delivery) νš¨μœ¨μ„± λ˜ν•œ κ°œμ„ λ˜μ—ˆμœΌλ©°, 이 μ—­μ‹œ 저희가 직접 ν™•μΈν•˜κ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. λ‚˜μ•„κ°€, 운영 μΈ‘λ©΄μ—μ„œλ„ SoundHound의 핡심 개발 λΆ„μ•ΌλŠ” μ•„λ‹ˆμ§€λ§Œ, μ „μ‚¬μ μœΌλ‘œ λ‹€μ–‘ν•œ 도ꡬ듀을 ν™œμš©ν•˜κ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. 특히 μ €μ˜ 일반 관리(G&A, General & Administrative) λΆ€μ„œμ—μ„œλŠ” μ—¬λŸ¬ μ˜μ—­μ—μ„œ νš¨μœ¨μ„±(efficiency)을 적극적으둜 높이고 μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ΅œμ‹  κΈ°μˆ μ„ ν™œμš©ν•˜μ—¬ λΉ„μš©(cost)을 μ±…μž„κ° 있게 κ΄€λ¦¬ν•˜λŠ” 것은 우리 λͺ¨λ‘μ˜ μ±…μž„μ΄λΌκ³  μƒκ°ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€.

λ‘˜μ§Έλ‘œ, μ§ˆλ¬Έν•˜μ‹  ν”„λ‘œν•„(profile)에 λŒ€ν•΄μ„œλŠ”, μ œκ°€ μ€€λΉ„ν–ˆλ˜ 개회 λ°œμ–Έ(prepared remarks)으둜 λ‹€μ‹œ λŒμ•„κ°€μ„œ μ„€λͺ…λ“œλ¦¬κ² μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ €ν¬λŠ” 이제 SoundHound의 초기 μ‹œμ ˆλΆ€ν„° 주둜 ν˜μ‹ (innovation)에 λ§‰λŒ€ν•œ 투자λ₯Ό ν•΄μ™”κ³ , μ΅œκ·Όμ—λŠ” μ‹œμž₯ μ§„μΆœ μ—­λŸ‰(go-to-market capabilities)을 κ΅¬μΆ•ν•˜λŠ” 데 νˆ¬μžν–ˆλ˜ μ‹œλŒ€λ₯Ό μ§€λ‚˜, 이제 손읡뢄기점(breakeven)을 λ‹¬μ„±ν•˜λŠ” μ‹œλŒ€λ‘œ μ „ν™˜ν•˜κ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ €ν¬λŠ” νŠΉμ • 뢄기에 ν•˜λ‚˜μ˜ νŠΉμ • μˆ˜μΉ˜μ— μ§€λ‚˜μΉ˜κ²Œ μ–½λ§€μ΄κ±°λ‚˜, 이λ₯Ό λ„ˆλ¬΄ μ •ν™•ν•˜κ²Œ λ§žμΆ”λ €κ³  ν•˜λŠ” 것은 μ•„λ‹™λ‹ˆλ‹€. ν•˜μ§€λ§Œ 더 μ€‘μš”ν•˜κ²ŒλŠ”, μ €ν¬λŠ” μ§€κΈˆ κ±°λŒ€ν•œ λ³€ν˜μ  λ³€ν™”(transformational shift)의 μ•„μ£Ό 초기 단계에 μ§„μž…ν–ˆλ‹€κ³  λ΄…λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ΄λŸ¬ν•œ λ³€ν™”λŠ” λ†€λΌμš΄ 엔진듀을 톡해 μš°λ¦¬κ°€ 보고 μžˆλŠ” LLM(κ±°λŒ€ μ–Έμ–΄ λͺ¨λΈ) 기반 μ—­λŸ‰μ΄ 될 μˆ˜λ„ 있고, μ†ŒλΉ„μžμ™€ 고객과 정말 λ…νŠΉν•˜κ³ , 더 효율적이며, λŠκΉ€ μ—†λŠ”(seamless) λ°©μ‹μœΌλ‘œ μƒν˜Έμž‘μš©ν•˜λ©° μ˜¨κ°– μ’…λ₯˜μ˜ 거래(transactions)λ₯Ό μ²˜λ¦¬ν•  수 있게 된 μŒμ„± AI(voice AI) μ‹œλŒ€λ‘œμ˜ μ „ν™˜μ΄ 될 μˆ˜λ„ μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.

μ•„λ‹ˆλ©΄ λΆ„λͺ…νžˆ μ§€κΈˆμ€ 에이전틱(Agentic) 기술둜 λ‚˜μ•„κ°€λ©΄μ„œ 고객 μ—­λŸ‰κ³Ό μ†”λ£¨μ…˜(solutions)을 κ°•ν™”ν•  수 μžˆλŠ” ν›Œλ₯­ν•œ ν”Œλž«νΌκ³Ό μ—­λŸ‰μ„ μ œκ³΅ν•˜λŠ” 방식이 될 μˆ˜λ„ 있죠. μ €ν¬μ—κ²ŒλŠ” 주둜 고객 μ„œλΉ„μŠ€(customer service) λΆ„μ•Όμ—μ„œ, μ‚¬λžŒλ“€μ΄ 청ꡬ 문의(billing inquiries)λ₯Ό ν•΄κ²°ν•˜κ±°λ‚˜, 여행을 μ˜ˆμ•½ν•˜κ±°λ‚˜, μŒμ‹μ„ μ£Όλ¬Έν•˜κ±°λ‚˜, 의료 μ˜ˆμ•½μ„ ν•˜λŠ” λ“± 기쑴의 방식듀이 μž¬μ •μ˜λ˜κ³  μžˆλŠ” κ²ƒμž…λ‹ˆλ‹€. 이 λͺ¨λ“  것이 μƒˆλ‘­κ²Œ μ“°μ—¬μ§€κ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ €ν¬λŠ” 이제 막 μ‹œμž‘ 단계에 μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. λ”°λΌμ„œ μš°λ¦¬λŠ” 집쀑해야 ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ™œλƒν•˜λ©΄ μš°λ¦¬κ°€ 좔ꡬ해야 ν•  νƒμ›”ν•œ 수읡λ₯ (outsized returns)이 λΆ„λͺ…νžˆ μ‘΄μž¬ν•œλ‹€λŠ” 것을 μ•Œκ³  있기 λ•Œλ¬Έμž…λ‹ˆλ‹€.

κ·Έλž˜μ„œ μš°λ¦¬λŠ” μ§€λ‚œ λͺ‡ λ…„κ°„ 달성해 온 μ΄ˆκ³ μ† μ„±μž₯(hyper growth)을 κ³„μ†ν•΄μ„œ μΆ”μ§„ν•΄ λ‚˜κ°ˆ κ²ƒμž…λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ €ν¬λŠ” κ·ΈλŸ¬ν•œ μˆ˜μ€€μ˜ κ°•λ ₯ν•˜κ³  맀우 κ²¬κ³ ν•œ μ„±μž₯이 예츑 κ°€λŠ₯ν•œ λ―Έλž˜μ—λ„ 계속될 것이라고 보고 μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.

λ”°λΌμ„œ μΆ”κ°€λ˜λŠ” λͺ¨λ“  μžκΈˆμ€ μ„±μž₯을 μ΄‰μ§„ν•˜λŠ” 데 μ‚¬μš©λ˜μ–΄μ•Ό ν•˜μ§€λ§Œ, λ™μ‹œμ— 효율적으둜 μ‹€ν–‰ν•΄μ•Ό ν•œλ‹€λŠ” 점을 λͺ…심해야 ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€. λ§μ”€ν•˜μ‹  λŒ€λ‘œ, 저희가 규λͺ¨λ₯Ό 계속 ν™•μž₯함에 따라 운영 λ ˆλ²„λ¦¬μ§€(operating leverage) μΈ‘λ©΄μ—μ„œ νš¨μœ¨μ„±μ΄ ν™•μ‹€νžˆ κ°œμ„ λ  κ²ƒμœΌλ‘œ κΈ°λŒ€ν•˜κ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.

그리고 EBITDA(이자, μ„ΈκΈˆ, 감가상각비 차감 μ „ 이읡) κΈ°μ€€μœΌλ‘œ λ³Ό λ•Œ, EBITDAκ°€ μ „λ…„ λŒ€λΉ„ κ³„μ†ν•΄μ„œ κ°œμ„ λ  κ²ƒμœΌλ‘œ μƒκ°ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ†μ΅κ³„μ‚°μ„œ(P&L, Profit & Loss statement)μ—μ„œλ„ λ ˆλ²„λ¦¬μ§€ 효과λ₯Ό κ³„μ†ν•΄μ„œ λ³Ό 수 μžˆμ„ κ²ƒμž…λ‹ˆλ‹€. 특히 저희 연ꡬ 개발(R&D) λΆ€λ¬Έμ—μ„œ νš¨μœ¨μ„±μ„ 높일 수 μžˆμ„ 것이라고 μƒκ°ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€. 그리고 μ‹œμž₯ 곡랡 방식과 κ΄€λ ¨ν•΄μ„œλŠ”, 저희가 직접 채널과 κ°„μ ‘ 채널 λͺ¨λ‘μ— νˆ¬μžν•˜κ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. 특히 κ°„μ ‘ 채널은 μ €ν¬μ—κ²Œ 맀우 κΈμ •μ μ΄μ—ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. λͺ¨λ‘ λ°œμ–Έ(prepared remarks)μ—μ„œλ„ κ°„λž΅ν•˜κ²Œ μ–ΈκΈ‰ν–ˆλ“―μ΄, κ°„μ ‘ 채널 νŒŒνŠΈλ„ˆλ“€μ„ 톡해 얻을 수 μžˆλŠ” 좔가적인 규λͺ¨ ν™•μž₯이 맀우 μ»ΈμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. λ”°λΌμ„œ 연ꡬ 개발(R&D), μ˜μ—… 및 λ§ˆμΌ€νŒ…(Sales & Marketing), 그리고 일반 관리비(G&A) μ „λ°˜μ— 걸쳐 νš¨μœ¨ν™”κ°€ κ°€λŠ₯ν•˜λ‹€κ³  보며, κΆκ·Ήμ μœΌλ‘œλŠ” μ œκ°€ λͺ¨λ‘ λ°œμ–Έμ—μ„œ λ§μ”€λ“œλ Έλ˜ κ²ƒμ²˜λŸΌ 저희가 손읡뢄기점(breakeven point) κ΅¬κ°„μœΌλ‘œ μ§„μž…ν•˜λŠ” 데 κΈ°μ—¬ν•  κ²ƒμž…λ‹ˆλ‹€.
Operator: Your next question comes from the line of Gil Luria with D.A. Davidson.**Operator:** λ‹€μŒ μ§ˆλ¬Έμ€ D.A. Davidson의 Gil Luriaλ‹˜κ»˜μ„œ ν•΄μ£Όμ‹œκ² μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.
Unknown Analyst: Great. This is [ Lucky ] on for Gil Luria. You guys had pretty strong traction, it sounds like with auto OEMs, especially on net new in the quarter despite previous headwinds from tariffs impacting the industry. I guess is there anything to call out as to why you had particularly prominent success in that vertical this quarter?**Unknown Analyst:** λ„€, μ’‹μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. κ΄€μ„Έ(tariffs)둜 μΈν•œ 업계 μ „λ°˜μ˜ 역풍(headwinds)에도 λΆˆκ΅¬ν•˜κ³ , 이번 뢄기에 μžλ™μ°¨ OEM(Original Equipment Manufacturer) 업체듀과 특히 순 μ‹ κ·œ(net new) 고객 유치 λΆ€λ¬Έμ—μ„œ μƒλ‹Ήνžˆ κ°•λ ₯ν•œ 견인λ ₯(traction)을 보여주신 것 κ°™μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.

이번 뢄기에 ν•΄λ‹Ή 버티컬(vertical)μ—μ„œ 이처럼 λ‘λ“œλŸ¬μ§„ 성곡을 거두신 νŠΉλ³„ν•œ μ΄μœ κ°€ μžˆλ‹€λ©΄ 말씀해주싀 수 μžˆμ„κΉŒμš”?
Keyvan Mohajer: Co-Founder, CEO, President & Director Yes. It actually was a great year in automotive for us. Earlier in the year, we closed with a big Chinese OEM, also with multiple millions of units committed. Then we had a robot maker in China, then we had more deals in India. And then we're very proud that we have won a prominent logo in Japan. And I think it's because of the great solutions we've created. We've been in automotive for a number of years. We are well known for having the best solution, and we partner with our customers to achieve their vision and ambition. Our Pillar 3 vision is paying off. It's -- we predicted a flywheel effect from Pillar 3. And to summarize it quickly, we power cars and TVs and devices in Pillar 1 and then we power customer service for merchants in Pillar 2, and then we connect them in Pillar 3 together. So while you're driving, you can order a copy, you can book appointments, you can reserve tables. And that's a monetizable moment. We call it the voice commerce. And just the concept of being able to deliver value to the drivers while generating revenue for us and share that revenue with the OEM is creating a flywheel for us and a lot of OEMs are choosing to work with us. So it's a combination of being a great partner, having the best technology and the concept of monetization with our Agentic AI in the cars.**Keyvan Mohajer:** λ„€. 사싀 μ €ν¬μ—κ²Œ μžλ™μ°¨ 뢀문은 정말 쒋은 ν•œ ν•΄μ˜€μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ—°μ΄ˆμ— μ €ν¬λŠ” μ€‘κ΅­μ˜ λŒ€ν˜• OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer, 주문자 μƒν‘œ λΆ€μ°© 생산) 업체와 계약을 μ²΄κ²°ν–ˆμœΌλ©°, 수백만 λŒ€ 규λͺ¨μ˜ λ¬ΌλŸ‰λ„ ν™•λ³΄ν–ˆμ£ . μ΄μ–΄μ„œ μ€‘κ΅­μ˜ λ‘œλ΄‡ μ œμ‘°μ—…μ²΄μ™€λ„ 계약을 λ§Ίμ—ˆκ³ , μΈλ„μ—μ„œλ„ μΆ”κ°€ 계약듀을 μ„±μ‚¬μ‹œμΌ°μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. 그리고 μΌλ³Έμ—μ„œλŠ” 맀우 유λͺ…ν•œ κΈ°μ—…(prominent logo)을 고객으둜 ν™•λ³΄ν•˜κ²Œ λ˜μ–΄ 맀우 μžλž‘μŠ€λŸ½μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.

μ΄λŠ” 저희가 κ°œλ°œν•œ ν›Œλ₯­ν•œ μ†”λ£¨μ…˜(solution) 덕뢄이라고 μƒκ°ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ €ν¬λŠ” μˆ˜λ…„κ°„ μžλ™μ°¨ λΆ€λ¬Έμ—μ„œ 사업을 μ˜μœ„ν•΄ μ™”μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. 졜고의 μ†”λ£¨μ…˜μ„ μ œκ³΅ν•˜λŠ” κ²ƒμœΌλ‘œ 잘 μ•Œλ €μ Έ 있으며, κ³ κ°μ‚¬μ˜ λΉ„μ „κ³Ό λͺ©ν‘œ(ambition) 달성을 μœ„ν•΄ κΈ΄λ°€νžˆ ν˜‘λ ₯ν•˜κ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ €ν¬μ˜ Pillar 3 비전이 μ„±κ³Όλ₯Ό λ‚΄κ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. Pillar 3μ—μ„œ ν”ŒλΌμ΄νœ  효과(flywheel effect)κ°€ λ‚˜νƒ€λ‚  것이라고 μ˜ˆμΈ‘ν–ˆμ—ˆλŠ”λ°, λ°”λ‘œ κ·Έ νš¨κ³Όκ°€ λ‚˜νƒ€λ‚˜κ³  μžˆλŠ” κ²ƒμž…λ‹ˆλ‹€. κ°„λž΅νžˆ λ§μ”€λ“œλ¦¬μžλ©΄, μ €ν¬λŠ” 첫 번째 핡심 사업(Pillar 1)으둜 μžλ™μ°¨, TV, λ‹€μ–‘ν•œ 기기듀에 κΈ°λŠ₯을 μ œκ³΅ν•˜κ³ , 두 번째 핡심 사업(Pillar 2)μœΌλ‘œλŠ” νŒλ§€μžλ“€μ„ μœ„ν•œ 고객 μ„œλΉ„μŠ€λ₯Ό μ§€μ›ν•˜λ©°, μ„Έ 번째 핡심 사업(Pillar 3)μ—μ„œλŠ” 이 λͺ¨λ“  것을 μ„œλ‘œ μ—°κ²°ν•˜κ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.

κ·Έλž˜μ„œ μš΄μ „ 쀑에도 컀피λ₯Ό μ£Όλ¬Έν•˜κ³ , μ˜ˆμ•½μ„ 작고, 식당 ν…Œμ΄λΈ”μ„ μ˜ˆμ•½ν•  수 있게 λ©λ‹ˆλ‹€. λ°”λ‘œ 이것이 μˆ˜μ΅ν™” κ°€λŠ₯ν•œ μˆœκ°„(monetizable moment)μž…λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ €ν¬λŠ” 이λ₯Ό μŒμ„± 컀머슀(voice commerce)라고 λΆ€λ¦…λ‹ˆλ‹€.

μš΄μ „μžλ“€μ—κ²Œ κ°€μΉ˜λ₯Ό μ œκ³΅ν•˜λ©΄μ„œ λ™μ‹œμ— μ €ν¬μ—κ²ŒλŠ” μˆ˜μ΅μ„ μ°½μΆœν•˜κ³ , κ·Έ μˆ˜μ΅μ„ OEM(Original Equipment Manufacturer)κ³Ό κ³΅μœ ν•˜λŠ” μ΄λŸ¬ν•œ κ°œλ… μžμ²΄κ°€ μ €ν¬μ—κ²ŒλŠ” μ„ μˆœν™˜(flywheel) ꡬ쑰λ₯Ό λ§Œλ“€κ³  있으며, λ§Žμ€ OEM듀이 저희와 ν˜‘λ ₯ν•˜κΈ°λ₯Ό μ„ νƒν•˜κ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.

λ”°λΌμ„œ μ΄λŠ” ν›Œλ₯­ν•œ νŒŒνŠΈλ„ˆμ‹­, 졜고의 기술λ ₯, 그리고 μžλ™μ°¨ λ‚΄ μ €ν¬μ˜ Agentic AIλ₯Ό ν™œμš©ν•œ μˆ˜μ΅ν™” κ°œλ…μ΄ κ²°ν•©λœ 결과라고 ν•  수 μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.
Chief Financial Officer: And hopefully, Lucky, you're also noticing that we're seeing this growth in the fastest-growing markets, too. So oftentimes in the fastest-growing markets, it's sort of where they want the best-of-breed technology, and I think that's what's playing out here as well.**Chief Financial Officer:** Luckyλ‹˜κ»˜μ„œλ„ μ•„λ§ˆ μ£Όλͺ©ν•˜κ³  계싀 ν…λ°μš”, 저희가 κ°€μž₯ λΉ λ₯΄κ²Œ μ„±μž₯ν•˜λŠ” μ‹œμž₯μ—μ„œλ„ μ΄λŸ¬ν•œ μ„±μž₯을 보이고 μžˆλ‹€λŠ” 점을 λ§μ”€λ“œλ¦¬κ³  μ‹ΆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. κ°€μž₯ λΉ λ₯΄κ²Œ μ„±μž₯ν•˜λŠ” μ‹œμž₯μ—μ„œλŠ” λŒ€κ°œ 졜고 μˆ˜μ€€μ˜ 기술(best-of-breed technology)을 μ„ ν˜Έν•˜λŠ” κ²½ν–₯이 κ°•ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€. 그리고 μ €λŠ” μ΄λŸ¬ν•œ ν˜„μƒμ΄ μ €ν¬μ—κ²Œλ„ 잘 λ‚˜νƒ€λ‚˜κ³  μžˆλ‹€κ³  μƒκ°ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€.
Unknown Analyst: I think that makes a lot of sense. Maybe the last question from me. As you enter your next phase of growth here, you touched on it already, but can you kind of stack rank the top investment priorities to capture the opportunity in front of you? And any update on your M&A strategy in light of the broad decline in valuations across software here recently?**Unknown Analyst:** λ„€, μΆ©λΆ„νžˆ 이해가 λ©λ‹ˆλ‹€. λ§ˆμ§€λ§‰μœΌλ‘œ ν•œ κ°€μ§€ 더 μ—¬μ­™κ² μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. λ‹€μŒ μ„±μž₯ λ‹¨κ³„λ‘œ μ§„μž…ν•˜μ‹œλ©΄μ„œ 이미 μ–ΈκΈ‰ν•˜μ…¨μ§€λ§Œ, λˆˆμ•žμ˜ 기회λ₯Ό ν¬μ°©ν•˜κΈ° μœ„ν•œ μ΅œμš°μ„  투자 μˆœμœ„(top investment priorities)λ₯Ό μš°μ„ μˆœμœ„λ³„λ‘œ 말씀해주싀 수 μžˆμ„κΉŒμš”? 그리고 졜근 μ†Œν”„νŠΈμ›¨μ–΄(software) μ „λ°˜μ˜ κΈ°μ—… κ°€μΉ˜(valuations) ν•˜λ½κ³Ό κ΄€λ ¨ν•˜μ—¬ M&A μ „λž΅(M&A strategy)에 λŒ€ν•œ μ—…λ°μ΄νŠΈ(update)κ°€ μžˆμœΌμ‹ κ°€μš”?
Keyvan Mohajer: Co-Founder, CEO, President & Director Maybe I'll take some of it and Nitesh can add. Our Agentic platform is an area we are heavily investing in. It delivers a much better user experience. It has a higher containment rate. And then the latest version of our platform, it uses AI to create AI. So a lot of the experiences that it used to take us maybe a team of -- a large team of developers, weeks and months to deliver. You just tell it what you need to do and it just does it for you. So that is going to allow us to move faster, deliver better quality, have a higher containment rates, win more customers. So that's one area of focus for us. And that is going to be everywhere. It's going to be in automotive. It's going to be in customer service, Pillar 1, Pillar 2, Pillar 3. The next area that I would highlight is voice commerce. We've been -- it's a vision that we pioneered. We are ahead of others in the space. It's a great idea, but it will take time for people to catch up because we are -- we have the largest number of merchants that are using our voice AI, like we are the largest number of restaurants, and we have a huge footprint in cars and TVs and devices. So we are in a very good position to bring this to market.**Keyvan Mohajer:** μ œκ°€ λ¨Όμ € μ„€λͺ…λ“œλ¦¬κ³  Niteshκ°€ μΆ”κ°€ μ„€λͺ…을 ν•΄μ£Όκ² μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.

저희 Agentic ν”Œλž«νΌ(Agentic platform)은 저희가 μ§‘μ€‘μ μœΌλ‘œ νˆ¬μžν•˜κ³  μžˆλŠ” λΆ„μ•Όμž…λ‹ˆλ‹€. 훨씬 더 λ‚˜μ€ μ‚¬μš©μž κ²½ν—˜(user experience)을 μ œκ³΅ν•˜κ³ , 더 높은 ν•΄κ²°λ₯ (containment rate)을 μžλž‘ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€. 그리고 저희 ν”Œλž«νΌμ˜ μ΅œμ‹  버전은 인곡지λŠ₯(AI)이 인곡지λŠ₯을 μƒμ„±ν•˜λŠ” 방식을 ν™œμš©ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ˜ˆμ „μ—λŠ” λŒ€κ·œλͺ¨ κ°œλ°œνŒ€μ΄ λͺ‡ μ£Ό, λͺ‡ 달에 걸쳐 μ œκ³΅ν•΄μ•Ό ν–ˆλ˜ λ§Žμ€ κ²½ν—˜λ“€μ„ 말이죠. μ΄μ œλŠ” ν•„μš”ν•œ 것을 λ§ν•˜κΈ°λ§Œ ν•˜λ©΄, ν”Œλž«νΌμ΄ μ•Œμ•„μ„œ μ²˜λ¦¬ν•΄ μ€λ‹ˆλ‹€.

이λ₯Ό 톡해 μ €ν¬λŠ” 더 λΉ λ₯΄κ²Œ 움직이고, 더 λ‚˜μ€ ν’ˆμ§ˆμ„ μ œκ³΅ν•˜λ©°, 더 높은 ν•΄κ²°λ₯ μ„ λ‹¬μ„±ν•˜κ³ , 더 λ§Žμ€ 고객을 확보할 수 μžˆμ„ κ²ƒμž…λ‹ˆλ‹€. 이것이 μ €ν¬μ˜ μ£Όμš” 집쀑 λΆ„μ•Ό 쀑 ν•˜λ‚˜μž…λ‹ˆλ‹€. 그리고 이 κΈ°μˆ μ€ λͺ¨λ“  곳에 적용될 κ²ƒμž…λ‹ˆλ‹€. μžλ™μ°¨ 뢄야에도, 고객 μ„œλΉ„μŠ€ λΆ„μ•Όμ˜ 핡심 μ˜μ—­(Pillar 1, Pillar 2, Pillar 3)에도 말이죠. λ‹€μŒμœΌλ‘œ κ°•μ‘°ν•˜κ³  싢은 λΆ„μ•ΌλŠ” 보이슀 컀머슀(voice commerce)μž…λ‹ˆλ‹€. 저희가 선도해 온 비전이죠. 이 λΆ„μ•Όμ—μ„œλŠ” 저희가 λ‹€λ₯Έ κ²½μŸμ‚¬λ“€λ³΄λ‹€ μ•žμ„œ μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. ν›Œλ₯­ν•œ μ•„μ΄λ””μ–΄μ§€λ§Œ, μ‚¬λžŒλ“€μ΄ λ”°λΌμž‘κΈ°κΉŒμ§€λŠ” μ‹œκ°„μ΄ μ’€ 걸릴 κ²λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ™œλƒν•˜λ©΄ μ €ν¬λŠ” κ°€μž₯ λ§Žμ€ 수의 판맀자(merchant)듀이 μ €ν¬μ˜ μŒμ„± AIλ₯Ό μ‚¬μš©ν•˜κ³  있기 λ•Œλ¬Έμž…λ‹ˆλ‹€. 예λ₯Ό λ“€μ–΄, κ°€μž₯ λ§Žμ€ 수의 λ ˆμŠ€ν† λž‘μ΄ 저희 μ‹œμŠ€ν…œμ„ μ΄μš©ν•˜κ³  있죠. λ˜ν•œ μžλ™μ°¨, TV, λ‹€μ–‘ν•œ κΈ°κΈ°λ“€μ—μ„œ μ—„μ²­λ‚œ μž…μ§€λ₯Ό ν™•λ³΄ν•˜κ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. λ”°λΌμ„œ μ €ν¬λŠ” 이 μ„œλΉ„μŠ€λ₯Ό μ‹œμž₯에 μ„±κ³΅μ μœΌλ‘œ μΆœμ‹œν•  수 μžˆλŠ” 맀우 μœ λ¦¬ν•œ μœ„μΉ˜μ— μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.
Chief Financial Officer: Yes. And I can add on the M&A part of your question. I think a couple of years in, I'll just say, I think the M&A approach we're taking seems right to us. I think we'll keep being mindful about what's in the marketplace and potential partnerships being aware of opportunities to combine. And so far, they've been companies that have had really amazing customer relationships we've been able to harness together and bring our innovation jointly to expand those relationships, use some of those landing points to expand broader in the relevant industries. And I think we'll continue to seek some of those opportunities. The -- because we've done a few, I'd say there's a lot more inbound also interest. And so we have a pretty strict and disciplined formula or methodology we go through in assessing if one may make sense, and we'll just keep that discipline. There's plenty that we look at that don't make sense for us. And I think we put a lot of scrutiny into when it might. Again, since things are moving really fast, we've said before, and I'll just repeat that we know we can do a lot of good things with what we've built here, but we don't want to be insular. And so we want to be aware of all the great things and partnerships that we can build. So I think M&A, certainly, thinking out the next few years, will continue to be a really important part of our muscle.**Chief Financial Officer:** λ„€. μ§ˆλ¬Έν•˜μ‹  M&A (μΈμˆ˜ν•©λ³‘) 뢀뢄에 λŒ€ν•΄ 덧뢙여 λ§μ”€λ“œλ¦¬κ² μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ§€λ‚œ λͺ‡ λ…„κ°„μ˜ κ²½ν—˜μ„ λΉ„μΆ°λ³Ό λ•Œ, 저희가 μ·¨ν•˜κ³  μžˆλŠ” M&A μ ‘κ·Ό 방식이 μ˜¬λ°”λ₯΄λ‹€κ³  μƒκ°ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ €ν¬λŠ” μ‹œμž₯ 상황을 계속 μ£Όμ‹œν•˜κ³ , 잠재적인 νŒŒνŠΈλ„ˆμ‹­κ³Ό κ²°ν•© κΈ°νšŒμ— λŒ€ν•΄ 항상 염두에 λ‘˜ κ²ƒμž…λ‹ˆλ‹€.

μ§€κΈˆκΉŒμ§€ 저희가 μΈμˆ˜ν•œ νšŒμ‚¬λ“€μ€ 정말 ν›Œλ₯­ν•œ 고객 관계λ₯Ό κ΅¬μΆ•ν•˜κ³  μžˆμ—ˆκ³ , μ €ν¬λŠ” μ΄λŸ¬ν•œ 관계λ₯Ό ν•¨κ»˜ ν™œμš©ν•˜κ³  μ €ν¬μ˜ ν˜μ‹ μ„ μ ‘λͺ©ν•˜μ—¬ 관계λ₯Ό ν™•μž₯ν•  수 μžˆμ—ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. λ˜ν•œ, μ΄λŸ¬ν•œ 접점듀을 ν™œμš©ν•΄ κ΄€λ ¨ μ‚°μ—…μ—μ„œ 더 λ„“κ²Œ 사업을 ν™•μž₯ν•΄ λ‚˜κ°”μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ•žμœΌλ‘œλ„ μ΄λŸ¬ν•œ κΈ°νšŒλ“€μ„ κ³„μ†ν•΄μ„œ λͺ¨μƒ‰ν•΄ λ‚˜κ°ˆ κ²ƒμž…λ‹ˆλ‹€. 저희가 λͺ‡ μ°¨λ‘€ M&Aλ₯Ό μ„±κ³΅μ μœΌλ‘œ μ§„ν–‰ν–ˆκΈ° λ•Œλ¬Έμ—, μ΄μ œλŠ” μ €ν¬μ—κ²Œ λ¨Όμ € μ—°λ½ν•΄μ˜€λŠ” (μΈλ°”μš΄λ“œ) 관심도 훨씬 λ§Žμ•„μ‘Œλ‹€κ³  λ§μ”€λ“œλ¦΄ 수 μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ €ν¬λŠ” μΈμˆ˜ν•©λ³‘(M&A)의 타당성을 평가할 λ•Œ μƒλ‹Ήνžˆ μ—„κ²©ν•˜κ³  체계적인 곡식 λ˜λŠ” 방법둠을 λ”°λ₯΄κ³  있으며, μ΄λŸ¬ν•œ 원칙을 계속 κ³ μˆ˜ν•  κ²ƒμž…λ‹ˆλ‹€. 저희가 κ²€ν† ν•˜λŠ” λ§Žμ€ κΈ°νšŒλ“€ μ€‘μ—λŠ” μ €ν¬μ—κ²Œ μ ν•©ν•˜μ§€ μ•Šμ€ 것듀도 μƒλ‹Ήμˆ˜ μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. λ”°λΌμ„œ μ €ν¬λŠ” μ–΄λ–€ κΈ°νšŒκ°€ μ–Έμ œ 적합할지에 λŒ€ν•΄ 맀우 μ‹ μ€‘ν•˜κ²Œ κ²€ν† ν•˜κ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.

λ‹€μ‹œ λ§μ”€λ“œλ¦¬μ§€λ§Œ, 상황이 맀우 λΉ λ₯΄κ²Œ λ³€ν™”ν•˜κ³  있기 λ•Œλ¬Έμ—, 이전에 λ§μ”€λ“œλ Έλ“―μ΄ 저희가 ν˜„μž¬ ꡬ좕해 놓은 μ—­λŸ‰μœΌλ‘œλ„ μΆ©λΆ„νžˆ λ§Žμ€ μ„±κ³Όλ₯Ό λ‚Ό 수 μžˆλ‹€λŠ” 것을 잘 μ•Œκ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. ν•˜μ§€λ§Œ μ €ν¬λŠ” μ—¬κΈ°μ—λ§Œ 머무λ₯΄μ§€ μ•Šκ³  μ‹ΆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. κ·Έλž˜μ„œ μ €ν¬λŠ” μ™ΈλΆ€μ˜ λͺ¨λ“  ν›Œλ₯­ν•œ κΈ°νšŒμ™€ ꡬ좕할 수 μžˆλŠ” νŒŒνŠΈλ„ˆμ‹­μ„ 항상 μ£Όμ‹œν•˜κ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. λ”°λΌμ„œ ν–₯ν›„ λͺ‡ 년을 λ‚΄λ‹€λ³Ό λ•Œ, μΈμˆ˜ν•©λ³‘(M&A)은 λΆ„λͺ…νžˆ μ €ν¬μ˜ μ€‘μš”ν•œ μ„±μž₯ 동λ ₯(muscle)의 ν•œ λΆ€λΆ„μœΌλ‘œ κ³„μ†ν•΄μ„œ μžλ¦¬λ§€κΉ€ν•  것이라고 μƒκ°ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€.
Operator: Your next question comes from the line of Mike Latimore with Northland Capital Markets.**Operator:** λ‹€μŒ μ§ˆλ¬Έμ€ λ…ΈμŠ€λžœλ“œ μΊν”Όνƒˆ λ§ˆμΌ“μΈ (Northland Capital Markets)의 마이크 λž˜ν‹°λͺ¨μ–΄λ‹˜μž…λ‹ˆλ‹€.
Vijay Devar: This is Vijay Devar for Mike Latimore. A couple of questions. So one, how many Amelia customers are live on your Agentic AI version 7.3 and are likely to go live this year?**Vijay Devar:** 질문 λͺ‡ κ°€μ§€ λ“œλ¦¬κ² μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. 첫 번째 μ§ˆλ¬Έμž…λ‹ˆλ‹€. ν˜„μž¬ 에이전틱 AI (Agentic AI) 버전 7.3을 μ‚¬μš©ν•˜κ³  μžˆλŠ” μ•„λ©œλ¦¬μ•„ κ³ κ°μ‚¬λŠ” λͺ‡ 곳이며, μ˜¬ν•΄ μ•ˆμ— μΆ”κ°€λ‘œ μ„œλΉ„μŠ€λ₯Ό μ‹œμž‘ν•  κ²ƒμœΌλ‘œ μ˜ˆμƒλ˜λŠ” κ³ κ°μ‚¬λŠ” λͺ‡ κ³³μ΄λ‚˜ λ˜λŠ”μ§€ λ§μ”€ν•΄μ£Όμ‹œκ² μŠ΅λ‹ˆκΉŒ?
Chief Financial Officer: Yes. Hello, Vijay. We said last time, and I think we're just continuing to make progress that we had early last year sort of early adopter program where we piloted with, I think, at the time, we said 15 or so customers and that ramped through the summer. And we've been on this pathway of migration where we assume that we kind of are on a pathway to get the majority -- vast majority, I think, over 75% migrated over by the middle of this year. So we're continuing to be on that pathway, making incremental progress every quarter that we go by, and we continue to see that in Q4, and we're already continuing to see acceleration in Q1. One of the good things with our new Agentic platform that we highlighted at the Consumer Electronics Show that we talked about in the prepared remarks is that's something that we're getting a lot of early traction from customers on the channel our Head of Sales there and saying that the customer feedback has been superb. And so one of the great things we've been trying to deploy is sort of automated migration paths to allow people to migrate from prior version to Amelia 7.3 onto the new version that we're rolling out. So we are excited that our migration path in, especially going back to one of the earlier questions about the efficiency now with delivery and AI and what it's allowing us, it is allowing for more rapid migration patterns.**Chief Financial Officer:** λ„€, μ•ˆλ…•ν•˜μ„Έμš”, λΉ„μ œμ΄. μ§€λ‚œλ²ˆμ—λ„ λ§μ”€λ“œλ ΈμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€λ§Œ, μž‘λ…„ μ΄ˆμ— 저희가 15개 μ •λ„μ˜ 고객사와 ν•¨κ»˜ μ‹œλ²” 운영(pilot)ν–ˆλ˜ 얼리 μ–΄λ‹΅ν„° ν”„λ‘œκ·Έλž¨(early adopter program)을 톡해 여름 λ‚΄λ‚΄ 규λͺ¨λ₯Ό ν™•λŒ€ν•΄μ™”κ³ , κ·Έ μ΄ν›„λ‘œλ„ κ³„μ†ν•΄μ„œ 진전을 보이고 μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.

μ €ν¬λŠ” λ§ˆμ΄κ·Έλ ˆμ΄μ…˜(migration) 경둜λ₯Ό 따라 κΎΈμ€€νžˆ μ§„ν–‰ν•΄μ™”μœΌλ©°, μ˜¬ν•΄ μ€‘λ°˜κΉŒμ§€ λŒ€λ‹€μˆ˜, 즉 75% μ΄μƒμ˜ 고객사가 λ§ˆμ΄κ·Έλ ˆμ΄μ…˜λ  κ²ƒμœΌλ‘œ μ˜ˆμƒν•˜κ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.

λ”°λΌμ„œ μ €ν¬λŠ” κ·Έ 경둜λ₯Ό κ³„μ†ν•΄μ„œ λ”°λ₯΄κ³  있으며, λ§€ λΆ„κΈ°λ§ˆλ‹€ 점진적인 진전을 이루고 μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. 4뢄기에도 μ΄λŸ¬ν•œ 진전이 κ³„μ†λ˜μ—ˆκ³ , 1λΆ„κΈ°μ—λŠ” 이미 κ°€μ†ν™”λ˜λŠ” μΆ”μ„Έλ₯Ό 보이고 μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. 저희가 CES(κ΅­μ œμ „μžμ œν’ˆλ°•λžŒνšŒ)μ—μ„œ κ°•μ‘°ν•˜κ³  λͺ¨λ‘ λ°œμ–Έμ—μ„œλ„ λ§μ”€λ“œλ Έλ˜ μƒˆλ‘œμš΄ 에이전틱 ν”Œλž«νΌ(Agentic platform)의 μž₯점 쀑 ν•˜λ‚˜λŠ”, 채널을 톡해 κ³ κ°λ“€λ‘œλΆ€ν„° 초기 λ°˜μ‘(traction)이 맀우 μ’‹λ‹€λŠ” κ²ƒμž…λ‹ˆλ‹€. 저희 μ˜μ—… 총괄도 고객 ν”Όλ“œλ°±μ΄ 정말 ν›Œλ₯­ν•˜λ‹€κ³  λ§ν•˜κ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.

κ·Έλž˜μ„œ 저희가 λ°°ν¬ν•˜λ €κ³  λ…Έλ ₯ν•΄ 온 μ€‘μš”ν•œ λΆ€λΆ„ 쀑 ν•˜λ‚˜λŠ” μžλ™ν™”λœ λ§ˆμ΄κ·Έλ ˆμ΄μ…˜(migration) κ²½λ‘œμž…λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ΄λŠ” 고객듀이 이전 λ²„μ „μ—μ„œ Amelia 7.3을 거쳐 ν˜„μž¬ μΆœμ‹œν•˜κ³  μžˆλŠ” μƒˆ λ²„μ „μœΌλ‘œ μ‰½κ²Œ μ „ν™˜ν•  수 μžˆλ„λ‘ ν•˜λŠ” κ²ƒμž…λ‹ˆλ‹€. 특히, μ•žμ„œ 질문 μ£Όμ…¨λ˜ 배포 및 AI(인곡지λŠ₯)의 νš¨μœ¨μ„±, 그리고 그것이 μ €ν¬μ—κ²Œ κ°€μ Έλ‹€μ£ΌλŠ” 이점과 κ΄€λ ¨ν•˜μ—¬, 이 κ²½λ‘œκ°€ 훨씬 더 λΉ λ₯Έ λ§ˆμ΄κ·Έλ ˆμ΄μ…˜ νŒ¨ν„΄μ„ κ°€λŠ₯ν•˜κ²Œ ν•œλ‹€λŠ” 점에 큰 κΈ°λŒ€λ₯Ό κ±Έκ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.
Vijay Devar: Got it. So when the customer moves to 7.3, is there incremental revenue to SoundHound?**Vijay Devar:** μ•Œκ² μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. 그러면 고객이 7.3으둜 μ „ν™˜ν•  λ•Œ, SoundHound에 증뢄 수읡 (incremental revenue)이 λ°œμƒν•˜λ‚˜μš”?
Keyvan Mohajer: Co-Founder, CEO, President & Director Yes. So as I mentioned, just a pure higher containment rate is expected to increase our revenue. Many of our deals, we get paid when we successfully avoid a caller to go to a human. And by going to Agentic, we've seen just as an example, numbers going from like a 30% containment to over 90% containment. In some cases, we also get paid more for the upgrading to Agentic. So it's a mix of both, but either way directionally positive for revenue.**Keyvan Mohajer:** λ„€, μ•žμ„œ λ§μ”€λ“œλ Έλ“―μ΄, μˆœμˆ˜ν•˜κ²Œ 더 높은 처리율(containment rate) μžμ²΄κ°€ 저희 맀좜(revenue)을 μ¦κ°€μ‹œν‚¬ κ²ƒμœΌλ‘œ μ˜ˆμƒλ©λ‹ˆλ‹€. 저희 계약 쀑 μƒλ‹Ήμˆ˜λŠ” 고객이 μƒλ‹΄μ›μ—κ²Œ μ—°κ²°λ˜μ§€ μ•Šκ³  μ„±κ³΅μ μœΌλ‘œ 문제λ₯Ό ν•΄κ²°ν–ˆμ„ λ•Œ λŒ€κΈˆμ„ λ°›μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. 그리고 Agentic으둜 μ „ν™˜ν•¨μœΌλ‘œμ¨, 예λ₯Ό λ“€μ–΄ 처리율이 30%λŒ€μ—μ„œ 90% μ΄μƒμœΌλ‘œ μ¦κ°€ν•˜λŠ” 것을 ν™•μΈν–ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. 일뢀 μ‚¬λ‘€μ—μ„œλŠ” Agentic으둜 μ—…κ·Έλ ˆμ΄λ“œ(upgrade)ν•˜λŠ” 것에 λŒ€ν•΄ 더 λ§Žμ€ λŒ€κΈˆμ„ 받기도 ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€. λ”°λΌμ„œ μ΄λŠ” 두 κ°€μ§€ μš”μΈμ΄ λ³΅ν•©μ μœΌλ‘œ μž‘μš©ν•˜λŠ” κ²ƒμ΄μ§€λ§Œ, μ–΄λ–€ κ²½μš°λ“  맀좜(revenue)μ—λŠ” 긍정적인 λ°©ν–₯으둜 μž‘μš©ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€.
Chief Financial Officer: The other thing we've seen with the recent versions is sort of interactions that previously fell outside or would have to get escalated or things we can capture now at a much greater rate. So all of that is incremental revenue for us.**Chief Financial Officer:** 졜근 λ²„μ „λ“€μ—μ„œ 저희가 ν™•μΈν•œ 또 λ‹€λ₯Έ 점은, μ΄μ „μ—λŠ” 처리 λ²”μœ„ 밖에 μžˆκ±°λ‚˜ μ—μŠ€μ»¬λ ˆμ΄μ…˜(escalation)이 ν•„μš”ν–ˆλ˜ μƒν˜Έμž‘μš©λ“€μ„ μ΄μ œλŠ” 훨씬 더 높은 λΉ„μœ¨λ‘œ 포착할 수 있게 λ˜μ—ˆλ‹€λŠ” κ²ƒμž…λ‹ˆλ‹€. λ”°λΌμ„œ 이 λͺ¨λ“  것이 μ €ν¬μ—κ²ŒλŠ” 증뢄 맀좜(incremental revenue)둜 μ΄μ–΄μ§‘λ‹ˆλ‹€.
Operator: [Operator Instructions] Your next question comes from the line of James Fish with Piper Sandler.**Operator:** λ‹€μŒ μ§ˆλ¬Έμ€ 파이퍼 μƒŒλ“€λŸ¬μ˜ μ œμž„μŠ€ ν”Όμ‰¬λ‹˜κ»˜μ„œ ν•΄μ£Όμ‹œκ² μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.
James Fish: Piper Sandler & Co., Research Division Just on the CX side of things, how is Amelia effectively winning new customers versus the contact center pure play, the CRM offerings, and even some of the other stand-alone AI solutions out there? Really, what's making them different that's resonating with customers? And then I've got a follow-up.**James Fish:** 고객 κ²½ν—˜(CX) μΈ‘λ©΄μ—μ„œ μ§ˆλ¬Έλ“œλ¦½λ‹ˆλ‹€. Ameliaκ°€ 컨택 μ„Όν„°(contact center) μ „λ¬Έ μ†”λ£¨μ…˜, CRM(고객 관계 관리) μ†”λ£¨μ…˜, 그리고 μ‹œμ€‘μ— λ‚˜μ™€ μžˆλŠ” λ‹€λ₯Έ λ…λ¦½ν˜• AI μ†”λ£¨μ…˜λ“€κ³Ό λΉ„κ΅ν–ˆμ„ λ•Œ, μ‹ κ·œ 고객을 μ–΄λ–»κ²Œ 효과적으둜 μœ μΉ˜ν•˜κ³  μžˆλŠ”μ§€ κΆκΈˆν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€. ꡬ체적으둜 μ–΄λ–€ 차별점이 κ³ κ°λ“€μ—κ²Œ 큰 ν˜Έμ‘μ„ μ–»κ³  μžˆλ‹€κ³  λ³΄μ‹œλŠ”μ§€μš”? μ΄μ–΄μ„œ μΆ”κ°€ 질문 λ“œλ¦¬κ² μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.
Keyvan Mohajer: Co-Founder, CEO, President & Director Yes. So we -- so first of all, SoundHound, with the acquisitions we've made, we are a combination of teams and companies with several decades of collective experience in customer service. So we've been at this for a long time. And we have deep technology and we have data. And we are also very deep in a lot of these industries like health care, insurance, banking and so on and the reputation, the experience, the relationships all help us. But if you zoom out, and this might answer an earlier question that maybe I didn't quite answer from Scott was, if a customer chooses to work with a big tech, that's a very high-risk decision because when you choose a company like Google or OpenAI as your vendor and by the way, these companies are not really deep into customer service. They provide tools for others like SoundHound. But if they just go deep with one big tech, they're going to miss out on innovation that might come out of other big tech. So if you -- for example, you're betting on Google models and then if OpenAI creates an ecosystem that benefits the world, you might miss out on it or vice versa. So -- but SoundHound provides -- our philosophy is we provide the best technology, the best model to our customers, no matter where it comes from. Most of the time it comes from us because we have our own models that we've created over a long period of time with a lot of data and we compare it with the big tech models and we beat them in accuracy, speed and cost. But if for some edge cases or use cases or scenarios, a big tech model is better, we bring it to our platform and we use it for our customers. So by choosing SoundHound, they are more guaranteed to get the best as soon as it becomes available, no matter where it comes from versus when they bid on a big tech, then it's a very expensive risk. And beyond the big tech, there are some new players. Most of those are maybe 2 years old. Some are doing better than others. But the way we think about them, they are LEGO players. They -- because of the nature of how old they are, 1 or 2 years, they don't have their own tech. So they are scrambling and building -- getting one API from -- for speech recognition from one source and then for text-to-speech from another source from -- LLMs from another source. And they are basically putting it together like LEGOs, and they're only at it for a couple of years. And that puts SoundHound at a much bigger advantage because we've been at this for, again, decades. We have our own models, and we have proven success in enterprise. We are in 7 of the top 10 banks. We process billions of queries. And in terms of quality of service and the reputation, we are in a very good position.**Keyvan Mohajer:** λ„€. μš°μ„ , 저희 μ‚¬μš΄λ“œν•˜μš΄λ“œλŠ” κ·Έλ™μ•ˆ μ§„ν–‰ν•΄ 온 μΈμˆ˜ν•©λ³‘(acquisitions)을 톡해 μˆ˜μ‹­ λ…„κ°„ 고객 μ„œλΉ„μŠ€(customer service) λΆ„μ•Όμ—μ„œ μŒ“μ•„μ˜¨ νŒ€λ“€κ³Ό κΈ°μ—…λ“€μ˜ κ²½ν—˜μ΄ κ²°ν•©λœ ν˜•νƒœμž…λ‹ˆλ‹€. λ”°λΌμ„œ μ €ν¬λŠ” 이 λΆ„μ•Όμ—μ„œ μ˜€λž«λ™μ•ˆ ν™œλ™ν•΄ μ™”μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. 그리고 μ €ν¬λŠ” 심측 기술(deep technology)κ³Ό 데이터λ₯Ό λ³΄μœ ν•˜κ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. λ˜ν•œ ν—¬μŠ€μΌ€μ–΄(health care), λ³΄ν—˜(insurance), 은행(banking) λ“± λ‹€μ–‘ν•œ μ‚°μ—… λΆ„μ•Όμ—μ„œ 깊이 μžˆλŠ” 전문성을 κ°€μ§€κ³  있으며, μ΄λŸ¬ν•œ λͺ…μ„±, κ²½ν—˜, 그리고 관계듀이 λͺ¨λ‘ μ €ν¬μ—κ²Œ 큰 도움이 λ©λ‹ˆλ‹€. ν•˜μ§€λ§Œ 더 λ„“κ²Œ 보자면, 이것이 μ•„λ§ˆ 슀콧의 이전 μ§ˆλ¬Έμ— λŒ€ν•œ 닡변이 될 μˆ˜λ„ μžˆκ² λ„€μš”. μ œκ°€ κ·Έλ•Œ 미처 μΆ©λΆ„νžˆ λ‹΅λ³€ λ“œλ¦¬μ§€ λͺ»ν–ˆλ˜ λΆ€λΆ„ λ§μž…λ‹ˆλ‹€. 고객이 ν•˜λ‚˜μ˜ λΉ…ν…Œν¬(Big Tech)와 ν˜‘λ ₯ν•˜κΈ°λ‘œ μ„ νƒν•œλ‹€λ©΄, 그것은 맀우 리슀크(risk)κ°€ 높은 κ²°μ •μž…λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ™œλƒν•˜λ©΄ ꡬ글(Google)μ΄λ‚˜ μ˜€ν”ˆAI(OpenAI)와 같은 νšŒμ‚¬λ₯Ό 벀더(vendor)둜 선택할 λ•Œ, 이 νšŒμ‚¬λ“€μ€ 사싀 고객 μ„œλΉ„μŠ€μ— 깊이 κ΄€μ—¬ν•˜μ§€ μ•ŠμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. 이듀은 μ‚¬μš΄λ“œν•˜μš΄λ“œ(SoundHound)와 같은 λ‹€λ₯Έ κΈ°μ—…λ“€μ—κ²Œ 도ꡬλ₯Ό μ œκ³΅ν•˜λŠ” 역할을 ν•˜μ£ .

ν•˜μ§€λ§Œ λ§Œμ•½ 고객이 ν•˜λ‚˜μ˜ λΉ…ν…Œν¬μ—λ§Œ 깊이 μ˜μ‘΄ν•œλ‹€λ©΄, λ‹€λ₯Έ λΉ…ν…Œν¬μ—μ„œ λ‚˜μ˜¬ 수 μžˆλŠ” ν˜μ‹ μ„ λ†“μΉ˜κ²Œ 될 κ²ƒμž…λ‹ˆλ‹€. 예λ₯Ό λ“€μ–΄, ꡬ글 λͺ¨λΈμ—λ§Œ μ§‘μ€‘ν•˜κ³  μžˆλŠ”λ° μ˜€ν”ˆAIκ°€ 세상에 이둜운 μƒνƒœκ³„λ₯Ό κ΅¬μΆ•ν•œλ‹€λ©΄, κ·Έ 기회λ₯Ό 놓칠 수 있고, κ·Έ λ°˜λŒ€μ˜ κ²½μš°λ„ λ§ˆμ°¬κ°€μ§€μž…λ‹ˆλ‹€. 저희 μ‚¬μš΄λ“œν•˜μš΄λ“œμ˜ 철학은 μΆœμ²˜μ™€ 관계없이 κ³ κ°μ—κ²Œ 졜고의 기술과 졜고의 λͺ¨λΈμ„ μ œκ³΅ν•˜λŠ” κ²ƒμž…λ‹ˆλ‹€.

λŒ€λΆ€λΆ„μ˜ 경우, 저희가 였랜 κΈ°κ°„ λ™μ•ˆ λ°©λŒ€ν•œ 데이터λ₯Ό ν™œμš©ν•˜μ—¬ 자체적으둜 κ°œλ°œν•œ λͺ¨λΈμ—μ„œ λΉ„λ‘―λ©λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ €ν¬λŠ” 이 λͺ¨λΈλ“€μ„ λΉ…ν…Œν¬(Big Tech) κΈ°μ—…μ˜ λͺ¨λΈλ“€κ³Ό λΉ„κ΅ν–ˆμ„ λ•Œ, 정확도(accuracy), 속도(speed), λΉ„μš©(cost) μΈ‘λ©΄μ—μ„œ μš°μœ„λ₯Ό μ ν•˜κ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.

ν•˜μ§€λ§Œ νŠΉμ • μ˜ˆμ™Έμ μΈ 경우(edge cases)λ‚˜ μ‚¬μš© 사둀(use cases), ν˜Ήμ€ μ‹œλ‚˜λ¦¬μ˜€μ— 따라 λΉ…ν…Œν¬ λͺ¨λΈμ΄ 더 λ‚˜μ€ μ„±λŠ₯을 보인닀면, μ €ν¬λŠ” ν•΄λ‹Ή λͺ¨λΈμ„ 저희 ν”Œλž«νΌμœΌλ‘œ 가져와 고객을 μœ„ν•΄ ν™œμš©ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€.

λ”°λΌμ„œ μ‚¬μš΄λ“œν•˜μš΄λ“œλ₯Ό μ„ νƒν•˜μ‹œλ©΄, μΆœμ²˜μ™€ 관계없이 졜고의 μ†”λ£¨μ…˜μ΄ λ‚˜μ˜€λŠ” μ¦‰μ‹œ 이λ₯Ό ν™œμš©ν•  수 μžˆλ‹€λŠ” 점이 λ”μš± ν™•μ‹€ν•˜κ²Œ 보μž₯λ©λ‹ˆλ‹€. 반면, λΉ…ν…Œν¬ 기업에 μ˜μ‘΄ν•˜κ²Œ 되면 맀우 κ°’λΉ„μ‹Ό μœ„ν—˜μ„ κ°μˆ˜ν•΄μ•Ό ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€.

그리고 λΉ…ν…Œν¬ κΈ°μ—…λ“€ 외에도 λͺ‡λͺ‡ 신생 기업듀이 μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. λŒ€λΆ€λΆ„μ€ μ•„λ§ˆ 2λ…„ 정도 된 νšŒμ‚¬λ“€μΌ κ²λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ–΄λ–€ 곳은 λ‹€λ₯Έ 곳보닀 더 μž˜ν•˜κ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. ν•˜μ§€λ§Œ 저희가 그듀을 λ°”λΌλ³΄λŠ” 관점은, 마치 레고(LEGO) 블둝을 μ‘°λ¦½ν•˜λŠ” ν”Œλ ˆμ΄μ–΄μ™€ κ°™λ‹€λŠ” κ²ƒμž…λ‹ˆλ‹€. 이듀은 사업을 μ‹œμž‘ν•œ μ§€ 1~2년밖에 λ˜μ§€ μ•Šμ•„ 자체적인 κΈ°μˆ μ„ λ³΄μœ ν•˜κ³  μžˆμ§€ μ•ŠμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. κ·Έλž˜μ„œ μŒμ„± 인식(speech recognition)을 μœ„ν•΄ ν•œ κ³³μ—μ„œ APIλ₯Ό κ°€μ Έμ˜€κ³ , ν…μŠ€νŠΈ μŒμ„± λ³€ν™˜(text-to-speech)을 μœ„ν•΄ 또 λ‹€λ₯Έ κ³³μ—μ„œ APIλ₯Ό κ°€μ Έμ˜€λ©°, λŒ€κ·œλͺ¨ μ–Έμ–΄ λͺ¨λΈ(LLMs)은 또 λ‹€λ₯Έ μΆœμ²˜μ—μ„œ ν™•λ³΄ν•˜λŠ” λ“±, μ—¬λŸ¬ 쑰각듀을 κΈ‰ν•˜κ²Œ λͺ¨μ•„ κ΅¬μΆ•ν•˜κ³  μžˆλŠ” μƒν™©μž…λ‹ˆλ‹€. 말 κ·ΈλŒ€λ‘œ 레고처럼 μ‘°λ¦½ν•˜κ³  있으며, 이 뢄야에 λ›°μ–΄λ“  μ§€λŠ” 뢈과 λͺ‡ 년밖에 λ˜μ§€ μ•Šμ•˜μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.

μ΄λŸ¬ν•œ 점이 μ‚¬μš΄λ“œν•˜μš΄λ“œ(SoundHound)μ—κ²ŒλŠ” 훨씬 더 큰 κ°•μ μœΌλ‘œ μž‘μš©ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ €ν¬λŠ” 이 λΆ„μ•Όμ—μ„œ μˆ˜μ‹­ λ…„κ°„ κ²½ν—˜μ„ μŒ“μ•„μ™”κΈ° λ•Œλ¬Έμž…λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ €ν¬λŠ” 자체 λͺ¨λΈμ„ λ³΄μœ ν•˜κ³  있으며, κΈ°μ—…(enterprise) μ‹œμž₯μ—μ„œ μž…μ¦λœ 성곡 사둀듀을 κ°€μ§€κ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. μƒμœ„ 10개 은행 쀑 7κ³³μ—μ„œ 저희 μ†”λ£¨μ…˜μ„ μ‚¬μš©ν•˜κ³  있으며, λ§€λ…„ μˆ˜μ‹­μ–΅ 건의 쿼리(query)λ₯Ό μ²˜λ¦¬ν•˜κ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ„œλΉ„μŠ€ ν’ˆμ§ˆ(quality of service)κ³Ό λͺ…μ„±(reputation) μΈ‘λ©΄μ—μ„œλ„ 맀우 μœ λ¦¬ν•œ μœ„μΉ˜μ— μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.
Chief Financial Officer: And maybe I can add one thing, Jim. And I said this in the prepared remarks, but it's salient to your question. I think fundamentally, legacy -- this goes back to the earlier question on, I think, for Brian on disruption in software. Models that were built seat-based pricing that value was on let's get more users using our tool, and it wasn't as directly tied to customer outcomes, that is at risk because the tools are getting so good and we're building those. And our solutions are directly -- our economic model, our pricing model is directly tied to customers achieving or seeing real value. Did a prescription get refilled? Did appointment get booked? Did food get ordered? So I think just architecturally, we're better to Keyvan's point. And I'd say also the economic incentive alignment is also an advantage for us.**Chief Financial Officer:** μ œκ°€ ν•œ κ°€μ§€ 덧뢙여 λ§μ”€λ“œλ¦¬μžλ©΄μš”. μ œκ°€ μ€€λΉ„λœ λ°œμ–Έ(prepared remarks)μ—μ„œλ„ λ§μ”€λ“œλ Έμ§€λ§Œ, 질문의 핡심과도 μ—°κ²°λ˜λŠ” λ‚΄μš©μž…λ‹ˆλ‹€.

근본적으둜, 기쑴의 방식은 β€” μ΄λŠ” 이전에 μ†Œν”„νŠΈμ›¨μ–΄ λΆ„μ•Όμ˜ 파괴적 ν˜μ‹ (disruption)에 λŒ€ν•΄ λ‚˜μ™”λ˜ μ§ˆλ¬Έκ³Όλ„ μ—°κ²°λ˜λŠ”λ°μš” β€” 더 λ§Žμ€ μ‚¬μš©μžκ°€ 우리 도ꡬλ₯Ό μ‚¬μš©ν•˜κ²Œ ν•˜λŠ” 데 κ°€μΉ˜λ₯Ό λ‘μ—ˆλ˜ μ‚¬μš©μž 수 기반 가격 μ±…μ •(seat-based pricing) λͺ¨λΈ, 그리고 고객의 μ„±κ³Ό(outcomes)와 μ§μ ‘μ μœΌλ‘œ μ—°κ²°λ˜μ§€ μ•Šμ•˜λ˜ λͺ¨λΈλ“€μ€ μœ„ν—˜μ— μ²˜ν•΄ μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ™œλƒν•˜λ©΄ 도ꡬ듀이 λ„ˆλ¬΄λ‚˜ λ°œμ „ν•˜κ³  있고, 저희가 λ°”λ‘œ 그런 도ꡬ듀을 λ§Œλ“€κ³  있기 λ•Œλ¬Έμž…λ‹ˆλ‹€.

저희 μ†”λ£¨μ…˜μ€ μ§μ ‘μ μœΌλ‘œ β€” μ €ν¬μ˜ 경제 λͺ¨λΈ(economic model)κ³Ό 가격 μ±…μ • λͺ¨λΈ(pricing model)은 고객이 μ‹€μ œ κ°€μΉ˜λ₯Ό λ‹¬μ„±ν•˜κ±°λ‚˜ ν™•μΈν•˜λŠ” 것과 μ§μ ‘μ μœΌλ‘œ μ—°κ²°λ˜μ–΄ μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. 예λ₯Ό λ“€μ–΄, μ²˜λ°©μ „μ΄ μž¬λ°œκΈ‰λ˜μ—ˆλŠ”μ§€, μ˜ˆμ•½μ΄ μ™„λ£Œλ˜μ—ˆλŠ”μ§€, μŒμ‹μ΄ μ£Όλ¬Έλ˜μ—ˆλŠ”μ§€μ™€ 같은 ꡬ체적인 μ„±κ³Όλ₯Ό λ§ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€.

κ·Έλž˜μ„œ μ €λŠ” ꡬ쑰적으둜 λ³Ό λ•Œ, λ§μ”€ν•˜μ‹  κ²ƒμ²˜λŸΌ 저희가 더 λ‚«λ‹€κ³  μƒκ°ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€. λ˜ν•œ, 경제적 μΈμ„Όν‹°λΈŒ μ •λ ¬ (economic incentive alignment) μ—­μ‹œ μ €ν¬μ—κ²ŒλŠ” κ°•μ μž…λ‹ˆλ‹€.
James Fish: Piper Sandler & Co., Research Division Got it. Very detailed answer, guys. Appreciate that. Maybe, Nitesh, for you. Just a -- I'm getting it asked here after hours, just to hammer home a fine point. Is there much further M&A included in the annual guide? Obviously, you guys have a ton of opportunity. You guys have a strategic sense of doing acquisitions and folding them in. Just trying to understand if there's further M&A contemplated in the guide. And given the environment, there's a lot of sensitivity to stock-based comp. You guys are a bit of an outlier here. I guess, how are you handling your stock comp going forward and the dilution we've seen historically?**James Fish:** μ•Œκ² μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ•„μ£Ό μƒμ„Έν•œ λ‹΅λ³€ κ°μ‚¬λ“œλ¦½λ‹ˆλ‹€.

λ‚˜μ΄ν…Œμ‰¬λ‹˜κ»˜ μ§ˆλ¬Έλ“œλ¦½λ‹ˆλ‹€. μž₯ 마감 후에도 이 μ§ˆλ¬Έμ„ 많이 λ°›μ•„μ„œ, 핡심을 λ‹€μ‹œ ν•œλ²ˆ λͺ…ν™•νžˆ ν•˜κ³ μž ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ—°κ°„ κ°€μ΄λ˜μŠ€(annual guide)에 좔가적인 M&A(μΈμˆ˜ν•©λ³‘)κ°€ 많이 ν¬ν•¨λ˜μ–΄ μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆκΉŒ? λ¬Όλ‘ , νšŒμ‚¬μ—λŠ” λ§Žμ€ κΈ°νšŒκ°€ 있고, 인수λ₯Ό 톡해 사업을 ν™•μž₯ν•˜κ³  ν†΅ν•©ν•˜λŠ” μ „λž΅μ μΈ 감각을 κ°€μ§€κ³  κ³„μ‹­λ‹ˆλ‹€. κ°€μ΄λ˜μŠ€μ— 좔가적인 M&Aκ°€ κ³ λ €λ˜μ–΄ μžˆλŠ”μ§€ μ•Œκ³  μ‹ΆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.

그리고 ν˜„μž¬ ν™˜κ²½μ„ κ³ λ €ν•  λ•Œ, 주식 κΈ°μ€€ 보상(stock-based comp)에 λŒ€ν•œ 민감도가 λ†’μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. 이 λΆ€λΆ„μ—μ„œ νšŒμ‚¬λŠ” λ‹€μ†Œ μ˜ˆμ™Έμ μΈ 경우둜 λ³΄μž…λ‹ˆλ‹€. ν–₯ν›„ 주식 보상을 μ–΄λ–»κ²Œ κ΄€λ¦¬ν•˜μ‹€μ§€, 그리고 과거에 λ³΄μ˜€λ˜ 희석(dilution)은 μ–΄λ–»κ²Œ 닀루싀지 κΆκΈˆν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€.
Chief Financial Officer: Sure. Thanks, Jim. For the first part of that, to be very direct, no, our guidance does not contemplate M&A that we haven't done or that is not baked into the outlook. Our outlook reflects the base of business, the pipeline of deals we have in motion, the existing customer activity that's recurring and we're upselling and expanding, and that's what's reflected in the outlook range. Now as I mentioned in an earlier call, certainly, there are M&A ideas out there and conversations we have from time to time and inbounds we receive that if they happen, we will -- if they're meaningful and material and we need to update an outlook, we will certainly do that like we have in the past. Your second question on stock-based comp, yes. So I'll start with this general point at SoundHound, which I think a lot of us internally have a lot of pride around, and I give all credit to Keyvan and the culture he's built. Like this is a company where we want all employees to participate in the full contribution. And so we do distribute equity to our entire company. And I don't think that's the same as every other company. So we feel pride because everybody here is an owner. And we've also seen historically a lot of volatility that makes in some of the math on our P&L, especially with the acquisitions, you get mark-to-market activity that when you have a stock that's so volatile, you'll distribute a grant. By the time it gets valued for P&L purposes, it's at $20 and then that amortizes over 4 years. So that is something that's a little different because we're such a high-vol stock. But I take the general element of your question. We do think of the economic impact certainly of dilution and certainly of where stock comp fits in our overall compensation profile. And we want to be competitive. We want to attract all the right talent and make sure we have the right people. To an earlier question, though, we are always vigilantly looking at our cost structure and can we do things more efficiently. And we have historically taken cost actions, including to our people when we needed to. But -- so I'm mindful of the element of your question. I think we do try to be equitable in our distribution of stock comp. We are mindful of the dilution impact. We are mindful to your point on it is probably a higher percent of revenue than you might see elsewhere. I think as we scale, you will see that normalize certainly as you will with some of the other operating lines. But again, I'll close with what I started with, which is I think we generally do feel a sense of pride that we do distribute equity to all -- everybody at this company, and that makes us all combined owners in the outcome and success of what we build.**Chief Financial Officer:** λ„€, 짐, κ°μ‚¬ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€.

첫 번째 μ§ˆλ¬Έμ— λŒ€ν•΄ μ•„μ£Ό μ†”μ§ν•˜κ²Œ λ§μ”€λ“œλ¦¬μžλ©΄, μ €ν¬μ˜ 싀적 κ°€μ΄λ˜μŠ€(guidance)μ—λŠ” 아직 μ™„λ£Œλ˜μ§€ μ•Šμ•˜κ±°λ‚˜ ν˜„μž¬ 전망(outlook)에 λ°˜μ˜λ˜μ§€ μ•Šμ€ M&AλŠ” ν¬ν•¨λ˜μ–΄ μžˆμ§€ μ•ŠμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ €ν¬μ˜ 전망은 κΈ°λ³Έ 사업(base of business)κ³Ό ν˜„μž¬ μ§„ν–‰ 쀑인 λ”œ νŒŒμ΄ν”„λΌμΈ(pipeline of deals), 그리고 반볡적으둜 λ°œμƒν•˜λ©° 저희가 상ν–₯ 판맀(upselling) 및 ν™•μž₯ν•˜κ³  μžˆλŠ” κΈ°μ‘΄ 고객 ν™œλ™μ„ λ°˜μ˜ν•˜κ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ΄λŸ¬ν•œ μš”μ†Œλ“€μ΄ ν˜„μž¬ μ œμ‹œλœ 전망 λ²”μœ„(outlook range)에 ν¬ν•¨λ˜μ–΄ μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.

λ¬Όλ‘ , 이전 컨퍼런슀 μ½œμ—μ„œλ„ λ§μ”€λ“œλ Έλ“―μ΄, M&A와 κ΄€λ ¨ν•˜μ—¬ λ‹€μ–‘ν•œ 아이디어와 λ…Όμ˜κ°€ μ˜€κ°€κ³  있으며, μ™ΈλΆ€λ‘œλΆ€ν„° μ œμ•ˆλ„ λ°›κ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. λ§Œμ•½ μ΄λŸ¬ν•œ λ…Όμ˜λ‚˜ μ œμ•ˆμ΄ μ‹€ν˜„λ˜μ–΄ 의미 있고 μ€‘μš”ν•˜λ‹€κ³  νŒλ‹¨λ˜μ–΄ 전망을 μ—…λ°μ΄νŠΈν•΄μ•Ό ν•  ν•„μš”κ°€ 생긴닀면, 과거에 그랬던 κ²ƒμ²˜λŸΌ λ‹Ήμ—°νžˆ κ·Έλ ‡κ²Œ ν•  κ²ƒμž…λ‹ˆλ‹€.

두 번째 질문인 주식 κΈ°μ€€ 보상(stock-based compensation)에 λŒ€ν•΄μ„œλŠ”, λ„€. SoundHoundμ—μ„œ 저희 λ‚΄λΆ€μ μœΌλ‘œ λ§Žμ€ μžλΆ€μ‹¬μ„ λŠλΌλŠ” 일반적인 점뢀터 λ§μ”€λ“œλ¦¬κ² μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. 이 λͺ¨λ“  곡은 Keyvanκ³Ό κ·Έκ°€ κ΅¬μΆ•ν•œ 문화에 돌리고 μ‹ΆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ €ν¬λŠ” λͺ¨λ“  직원이 μ˜¨μ „νžˆ κΈ°μ—¬ν•  수 있기λ₯Ό λ°”λΌλŠ” νšŒμ‚¬μž…λ‹ˆλ‹€. κ·Έλž˜μ„œ μ „ μ§μ›μ—κ²Œ 주식 (equity)을 λ°°λΆ„ν•˜κ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. 이것이 λ‹€λ₯Έ λͺ¨λ“  νšŒμ‚¬μ™€ κ°™λ‹€κ³  μƒκ°ν•˜μ§€λŠ” μ•ŠμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. λ”°λΌμ„œ λͺ¨λ“  직원이 μ˜€λ„ˆλΌλŠ” μ μ—μ„œ μ €ν¬λŠ” 큰 μžλΆ€μ‹¬μ„ λŠλ‚λ‹ˆλ‹€.

그리고 μ €ν¬λŠ” μ—­μ‚¬μ μœΌλ‘œ λ§Žμ€ 변동성 (volatility)을 κ²½ν—˜ν–ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. 특히 인수 (acquisitions)와 κ΄€λ ¨ν•˜μ—¬ μ†μ΅κ³„μ‚°μ„œ (P&L)μƒμ˜ 일뢀 계산에 영ν–₯을 λ―ΈμΉ˜λŠ”λ°, μ£Όκ°€κ°€ 맀우 변동성이 클 λ•Œ μ‹œκ°€ν‰κ°€ (mark-to-market) ν™œλ™μ΄ λ°œμƒν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€. 예λ₯Ό λ“€μ–΄, 주식 λΆ€μ—¬ (grant)λ₯Ό λ°°λΆ„ν•˜λ©΄, μ†μ΅κ³„μ‚°μ„œ λͺ©μ μœΌλ‘œ 평가될 λ•Œμ―€μ΄λ©΄ μ£Όκ°€κ°€ 20λ‹¬λŸ¬κ°€ 되고, 그것이 4년에 걸쳐 상각 (amortizes)λ©λ‹ˆλ‹€. 저희 주식은 변동성이 맀우 큰 주식(high-vol stock)이기 λ•Œλ¬Έμ— μ•½κ°„ λ‹€λ₯Έ 츑면이 μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. ν•˜μ§€λ§Œ 질문의 핡심적인 뢀뢄은 μΆ©λΆ„νžˆ μ΄ν•΄ν•˜κ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ €ν¬λŠ” 희석(dilution)으둜 μΈν•œ 경제적 영ν–₯κ³Ό 주식 보상(stock compensation)이 μ „λ°˜μ μΈ 보상 μ²΄κ³„μ—μ„œ μ°¨μ§€ν•˜λŠ” 비쀑에 λŒ€ν•΄ 깊이 κ³ λ €ν•˜κ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ €ν¬λŠ” 경쟁λ ₯을 μœ μ§€ν•˜κ³ , μ ν•©ν•œ 인재λ₯Ό μœ μΉ˜ν•˜λ©°, ν•„μš”ν•œ 인λ ₯을 ν™•λ³΄ν•˜κ³ μž ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ•žμ„  μ§ˆλ¬Έμ—μ„œλ„ λ§μ”€λ“œλ Έλ“―μ΄, μ €ν¬λŠ” 항상 λΉ„μš© ꡬ쑰λ₯Ό λ©΄λ°€νžˆ κ²€ν† ν•˜κ³  있으며, μ–΄λ–»κ²Œ ν•˜λ©΄ 더 효율적으둜 μš΄μ˜ν•  수 μžˆμ„μ§€ λŠμž„μ—†μ΄ κ³ λ―Όν•˜κ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. 그리고 과거에도 ν•„μš”ν•  λ•ŒλŠ” 인λ ₯ κ΄€λ ¨ 쑰치λ₯Ό ν¬ν•¨ν•˜μ—¬ λΉ„μš© 절감 λ…Έλ ₯을 ν•΄μ™”μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. λ”°λΌμ„œ 질문의 μ·¨μ§€λ₯Ό μΆ©λΆ„νžˆ μΈμ§€ν•˜κ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ €ν¬λŠ” 주식 보상 배뢄에 μžˆμ–΄μ„œ ν˜•ν‰μ„±μ„ μœ μ§€ν•˜λ €κ³  λ…Έλ ₯ν•˜κ³  있으며, 희석 νš¨κ³Όμ— λŒ€ν•΄μ„œλ„ μΆ©λΆ„νžˆ μΈμ§€ν•˜κ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. 맀좜(revenue)μ—μ„œ μ°¨μ§€ν•˜λŠ” 비쀑이 λ‹€λ₯Έ 곳보닀 높을 수 μžˆλ‹€λŠ” 점에 λŒ€ν•΄ 저희도 잘 μΈμ§€ν•˜κ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. 사업 규λͺ¨κ°€ μ»€μ§€λ©΄μ„œ λ‹€λ₯Έ μ˜μ—… λΉ„μš©(operating lines) ν•­λͺ©λ“€κ³Ό λ§ˆμ°¬κ°€μ§€λ‘œ 이 뢀뢄도 정상화될 κ²ƒμœΌλ‘œ μƒκ°ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€.

ν•˜μ§€λ§Œ λ‹€μ‹œ ν•œλ²ˆ, μ œκ°€ 처음 λ§μ”€λ“œλ Έλ˜ 점을 κ°•μ‘°ν•˜λ©° λ§ˆλ¬΄λ¦¬ν•˜κ² μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ €ν¬λŠ” 이 νšŒμ‚¬ λͺ¨λ“  μ§μ›μ—κ²Œ 주식(equity)을 λ°°λΆ„ν•œλ‹€λŠ” 점에 λŒ€ν•΄ 큰 μžλΆ€μ‹¬μ„ 느끼고 있으며, μ΄λŠ” μš°λ¦¬κ°€ λ§Œλ“€μ–΄κ°€λŠ” λͺ¨λ“  결과와 성곡에 λŒ€ν•΄ 우리 λͺ¨λ‘λ₯Ό 곡동 μ†Œμœ μ£Όλ‘œ λ§Œλ“­λ‹ˆλ‹€.
Operator: Thank you. I'm showing no further questions at this time. Thank you for your participation in today's conference. This does conclude the program, and you may now disconnect.**Operator:** κ°μ‚¬ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€. ν˜„μž¬ μΆ”κ°€ μ§ˆλ¬Έμ€ μ—†λŠ” 것 κ°™μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. 였늘 μ»¨νΌλŸ°μŠ€μ— μ°Έμ—¬ν•΄ μ£Όμ…”μ„œ κ°μ‚¬ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ΄κ²ƒμœΌλ‘œ 였늘의 μˆœμ„œλ₯Ό λͺ¨λ‘ λ§ˆμΉ˜κ² μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. 이제 접속을 μ’…λ£Œν•˜μ…”λ„ λ©λ‹ˆλ‹€.

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