SoundHound closes LivePerson deal: $43M in equity for a platform handling 1B messages a month
shashib · x · 2026-09-05
SoundHound completed its acquisition of LivePerson on Sep 4, with LivePerson delisting from Nasdaq the same day.
- The April agreement valued LivePerson equity at $43M (a 22% premium), and SoundHound retired its notes, leaving the combined balance sheet debt-free.
- LivePerson's Conversational Cloud spans web chat, SMS, and social messaging at nearly 1 billion messages/month, bringing 25 Fortune 100 names and 750+ patents to the combined roster.
- LivePerson's John Collins becomes CFO of the combined company; SoundHound targets $500M+ revenue from the installed base.
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