SoundHound’s 2027–28 contract minimums reach $100.5 million
SoundHound’s minimum payments for 2027 and 2028 nearly doubled after the LivePerson deal. The two companies’ June filings show how much was already committed.
SoundHound AI (Nasdaq: SOUN) reported about $100.5 million in minimum contract payments for 2027 and 2028 in its November 9 quarterly filing. That is about $49 million more than SoundHound reported for the same years before it bought LivePerson.
The comparison looks different when LivePerson’s own commitments are included. In June, the two companies separately reported about $101.6 million for those years. That rough sum is close to the combined figure SoundHound now reports.
Where the commitments were reported
| Filing snapshot | Two-year total |
|---|---|
| SoundHound at June 30 | $51.5 |
| LivePerson at June 30 | $50.1 |
| SoundHound at September 30, after the deal | $100.5 |
The June SoundHound filing puts its minimum payments at $26.0 million for 2027 and $25.5 million for 2028. Its September schedule puts those figures at $50.528 million and $49.923 million. LivePerson’s June filing lists purchase commitments of $25.1 million and $25.0 million for those same years.
Each company used its own reporting scope in June. Adding the figures gives a sense of scale. Measuring what the deal added or saved would require a contract-by-contract reconciliation. SoundHound says $55.4 million remained under an inherited infrastructure agreement at September 30. That amount sits within the broader $111.1 million schedule, which also includes the remainder of 2026.
What matters for integration
SoundHound closed the acquisition on September 4. LivePerson contributed $13.6 million of SoundHound’s $62.4 million in quarterly revenue between closing and September 30. The payment schedule looks forward across multiple years. The revenue figure covers less than a month of ownership.
In its November 5 results release, SoundHound said it expected to reach sustained adjusted EBITDA profitability within the second half of 2027. That is management’s outlook for an adjusted profit measure. The contractual minimums show a separate part of the integration job: finding enough use for the capacity the company has already committed to buy, or changing those commitments as it combines operations.