SoundHound
SoundHound · Audio and voice · US · www.soundhound.com
Last verified 2026-09-16
Entry
services/soundhound.yamlTraining on your data (default tier)
Information collected through the services may be used to train large language models and SoundHound AI models
Retention
As long as necessary for the stated purposes
Data residency
May be transferred to the United States and other countries; Data Privacy Framework for EU, UK and Swiss data
Vendor data-handling terms
Training on your data (default tier)
Information collected through the services may be used to train large language models and SoundHound AI models
“We may also use information collected from or about you through the Services for the purposes of training large language models. / This information may be recorded and morphed and used to train our AI models or to otherwise improve the Services.”
Retention
As long as necessary for the stated purposes
“We retain information from or about you or your devices for so long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy.”
Data residency
May be transferred to the United States and other countries; Data Privacy Framework for EU, UK and Swiss data
“We may transfer information from or about you or your devices to countries other than the country where you are located (including the United States), which may not have the same data protection laws as your jurisdiction.”
Domains and endpoints
observed means seen in Unseen deployments; vendor-documented means listed by the vendor. Vendors do not publish complete lists.
| Host | Role | Source |
|---|---|---|
| soundhound.com | app | observed |
Assessment
Consumer apps and voice platform: high
Reasoning: A voice AI vendor whose consumer policy states that voice and usage data may be recorded and used to train its models and large language models. Enterprise deployments are contracted separately, but the consumer apps and self-serve voice assistant carry this policy. US processing.
Flags: Voice and usage data used to train models and LLMs · US processing · Assessed 2026-09-16. The assessment is Unseen's; the terms above are the vendor's.
Changelog
- 2026-09-16Documented. Training, retention and transfer terms verified against the SoundHound privacy policy.
- 2026-09-15Listed from the Unseen catalogue with observed domains.
Corrections
Pull request on GitHub, or the form below. Changes are reviewed and recorded in the changelog.