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SoundHound Stock Slides After $8 Million in Executive Share Sales

Investor reaction contrasts with a new Red Lobster rollout of the company’s AI phone-ordering agent.

Overview

  • Regulatory filings show six senior SoundHound executives sold shares between September 22 and 24 worth more than $8 million.
  • The sellers included CEO Keyvan Mohajer and CFO Nitesh Sharan, with disclosed proceeds of about $2.2 million and $2.09 million.
  • Shares fell 8.04% on Thursday to close at $16.35.
  • Earlier in the week the company announced a Red Lobster rollout of its AI phone-ordering agent across all locations.
  • SoundHound says the system answers every call, handles multiple lines, is trained on the full menu, and routes orders directly to the point-of-sale system.