Correspondence 0001213900-22-074640 from SOUNDHOUND AI, INC. (SOUN)
SOUNDHOUND AI, INC.
Date: Nov. 22, 2022 · CIK: 0001840856 · Accession: 0001213900-22-074640
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File numbers found in text: 333-267501
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VIA EDGAR Division of Corporation Finance Office of Technology SoundHound AI, Inc. Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on S-1 Filed October 17, 2022 File No. 333-267501
Dear Ms. Krebs:
SoundHound AI, Inc. (the “Company,” “we,” “our” or “us”) hereby transmits the Company’s response to the comment received from the staff (the “Staff”) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on November 10, 2022 regarding Amendment No. 1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (the “Registration Statement”) initially filed with the Commission on September 19, 2022.
For the Staff’s convenience, we have repeated below the Staff’s comment in bold, and have followed the comment with the Company’s response.
Amendment No. 1 to Form S-1
General
1.
We note your response to prior comment 2 regarding the 250,000 commitment shares you are registering for resale by CF Principal Investments LLC. We have considered the terms of these commitment shares under the purchase agreement, as revised by the side letter agreement entered into between the company and CF Principal Investments on the same date. As structured, CF Principal Investments is acting as an underwriter of the commitment shares in a primary, at-the-market offering of the shares. Since the company is not eligible to conduct a primary, at-the-marketing offering, provide a fixed price at which CF Principal Investments will offer the commitment shares and identify CF Principal Investments as an underwriter of these shares.
In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company and CF Principal Investments LLC (“CFPI”) amended the terms of the side letter agreement (the “Amended and Restated Side Letter Agreement”) to remove the potential payment by CFPI to the Company of proceeds from sales of commitment shares by CFPI.
Contemporaneously with the submission of this response, the Company has filed Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement to reflect the amended terms of the side letter agreement and the Company has attached the Amended and Restated Side Letter Agreement as an exhibit thereto.
We thank the Staff for its review of the foregoing and the Registration Statement. If you have further comments, please feel free to contact to our counsel, Matthew Bernstein, Esq., at mbernstein@egsllp.com or by telephone at (212) 370-1300.
Sincerely,
/s/ Keyvan Mohajer
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SoundHound AI, Inc.
5400 Betsy Ross Drive
Santa Clara, CA 95054
VIA EDGAR
November 22, 2022
U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Technology
100 F Street, NE
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attn: Kathleen Krebs
Re:
SoundHound AI, Inc.
Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on S-1
Filed October 17, 2022
File No. 333-267501
Dear Ms. Krebs:
SoundHound AI, Inc. (the “Company,”
“we,” “our” or “us”) hereby transmits the Company’s response to the comment
received from the staff (the “Staff”) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”)
on November 10, 2022 regarding Amendment No. 1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (the “Registration Statement”)
initially filed with the Commission on September 19, 2022.
For the Staff’s convenience,
we have repeated below the Staff’s comment in bold, and have followed the comment with the Company’s response.
Amendment No. 1 to Form S-1
General
1.
We note your response to prior comment 2 regarding
the 250,000 commitment shares you are registering for resale by CF Principal Investments LLC. We have considered the terms of these commitment
shares under the purchase agreement, as revised by the side letter agreement entered into between the company and CF Principal Investments
on the same date. As structured, CF Principal Investments is acting as an underwriter of the commitment shares in a primary, at-the-market
offering of the shares. Since the company is not eligible to conduct a primary, at-the-marketing offering, provide a fixed price at which
CF Principal Investments will offer the commitment shares and identify CF Principal Investments as an underwriter of these shares.
In response to the Staff’s comment, the
Company and CF Principal Investments LLC (“CFPI”) amended the terms of the side letter agreement (the “Amended and Restated
Side Letter Agreement”) to remove the potential payment by CFPI to the Company of proceeds from sales of commitment shares by CFPI.
Contemporaneously with the submission of this response, the Company has filed Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement to reflect the amended terms of the side letter agreement and the Company has attached the Amended and Restated Side Letter Agreement as an exhibit thereto.
We thank the Staff for its
review of the foregoing and the Registration Statement. If you have further comments, please feel free to contact to our counsel, Matthew
Bernstein, Esq., at mbernstein@egsllp.com or by telephone at (212) 370-1300.
Sincerely,
/s/ Keyvan Mohajer
Keyvan Mohajer, Chief Executive Officer and Director
cc:
Matthew Bernstein, Esq.
Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP