Soundhound Ai (SOUNW) Operating Expenses (2021 - 2026)
Soundhound Ai's (SOUNW) quarterly Operating Expenses came in at $66.9 million in Q1 2026, up 167.56% year-on-year from $25.0 million in Q1 2025, and up 435.53% quarter-over-quarter from $12.5 million in Q4 2025.
Soundhound Ai (SOUNW) Operating Expenses (2021 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Soundhound Ai has disclosed Operating Expenses across 6 years of filings, most recently posting $66.9 million for Q1 2026.
- Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 came in at $66.9 million, up 167.56% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $358.0 million (up 24.77% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $192.2 million, down 54.89% from the prior year.
- Operating Expenses came in at $66.9 million for Q1 2026 at Soundhound Ai, up from $12.5 million in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of $291.6 million in Q4 2024 to a low of -$99.0 million in Q1 2025.
- The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $35.4 million (2024), against an average of $55.1 million.
- Across the five-year window, Operating Expenses jumped 30605.66% in 2022 and plunged 346.66% in 2025, its largest moves.
- Soundhound Ai's Operating Expenses stood at $38.5 million in 2022, then fell by 23.18% to $29.5 million in 2023, then jumped by 887.19% to $291.6 million in 2024, then sank by 95.72% to $12.5 million in 2025, then soared by 435.53% to $66.9 million in 2026.
- The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $66.9 million (Q1 2026), $12.5 million (Q4 2025), and $157.9 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Opex (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sap Se | 257.53 Bn | 239.56 Bn | 8.16 Bn | -7.98 Bn |
| 2 | Full Truck Alliance | 171.61 Bn | 169.06 Bn | - | -269.42 Mn |
| 3 | Salesforce | 152.15 Bn | 140.31 Bn | 8.56 Bn | 6.22 Bn |
| 4 | Uber Technologies | 144.45 Bn | 143.41 Bn | 11.88 Bn | 11.28 Bn |
| 5 | Shopify | 144.09 Bn | 138.34 Bn | 1.55 Bn | 1.16 Bn |
| 6 | ServiceNow | 110.55 Bn | 105.37 Bn | 2.83 Bn | 2.33 Bn |
| 7 | Cadence Design Systems | 106.32 Bn | 104.91 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 1.04 Bn |
| 8 | Adobe | 97.77 Bn | 90.88 Bn | 5.73 Bn | 3.32 Bn |
| 9 | Automatic Data Processing | 93.39 Bn | 90.16 Bn | 2.87 Bn | 4.23 Bn |
| 10 | Soundhound Ai | - | - | 13.74 Mn | 66.87 Mn |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 66.87 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 12.49 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 157.94 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 120.73 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -98.97 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 291.62 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 58.86 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 35.45 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 40.12 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 29.54 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 27.80 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 25.23 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 31.91 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 38.45 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 38.26 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 35.08 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 25.01 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 24.19 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 21.20 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 20.78 Mn |