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accession: "0001840856-23-000050"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SOUN"
cik: "0001840856"
company_name: "SOUNDHOUND AI, INC."
filed_at: "2023-09-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T19:22:49.265366+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SoundHound AI appoints PwC as new independent auditor; Armanino resigns

## Summary
- Audit Committee appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) as independent registered public accounting firm effective September 13, 2023.
- Predecessor auditor Armanino LLP resigned on September 13, 2023 due to its decision to cease providing services to public companies.
- Armanino previously disclosed in an August 4, 2023 8-K that it would resign upon a new auditor appointment or filing of Q3 10-Q.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001840856-23-000050
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SOUN
- cik: 0001840856
- company_name: SOUNDHOUND AI, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-09-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1840856/000184085623000050/0001840856-23-000050-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1840856/000184085623000050/soun-20230913.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001840856-23-000050.txt

## Key facts
- Auditor Changes
  SOUNDHOUND AI, INC. engaged PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as its auditor.
  - Action: engagement
  - Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
  source text: On September 13, 2023, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of SoundHound AI, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1840856/000184085623000050/0001840856-23-000050-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.