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SoundHound AI Stock Sinks 8% as Revenue Misses Wall Street's Estimate. Is SOUN Stock a Buy?

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SoundHound AI (NASDAQ: SOUN) stock declined 7.8% on Friday following the company's release of its first-quarter 2025 report.

First-quarter revenue increased 151% year over year , missing the 162% Wall Street expectation.

Management reaffirmed its previously issued full-year 2025 revenue guidance of $157 million to $177 million .

The company ended the quarter with cash and cash equivalents of $246 million and no long-term debt.

SoundHound AI's cash will last about 12.7 quarters , or just over three years , at its current cash burn rate.

The company initially guided for positive adjusted EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization) in the fourth quarter of 2023 .

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