SoundHound AI has built something rare in the voice-AI space: a platform that major automakers, restaurant chains, banks, and smart TV brands all depend on. Now, with shares down sharply and a transformative merger pending, several trillion-dollar companies have real reasons to consider writing a check.
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Momenta’s valuation has reached around $9 billion as it gears up to list in Hong Kong, people familiar with the matter said.
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