Valued at $1.7 billion by market cap, Soundhound Inc. (SOUN) is a voice AI company that develops automatic speech recognition (ASR) and natural language understanding (NLU) technologies. Its products enable businesses to create customized conversational experiences for their customers with the help of its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered platform. The company offers the Houndify developer app, as well as the SoundHound Music and Chat AI apps. Established in 2005, the small-cap company is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, with its global client list primarily focused in the automoti…