SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 17, 2026 (Globe Newswire) — SoundHound AI, Inc. (Nasdaq: SOUN), a global leader in voice and conversational AI, today announced a strategic partnership with. experisa global leader in technology solutions. manpower group (NYSE:MAN)’s family of brands helps large enterprises accelerate the adoption and deployment of advanced AI and intelligent automation solutions.
The partnership coincides with the launch of Experis’ new suite of AI services. Accelerate AIwith SoundHound AI serving as its exclusive conversational AI technology partner. Combining Experis’ technology workforce solutions and digital transformation consulting and delivery expertise with SoundHound AI’s Agent AI and Autonomics platforms enables organizations to deploy agent AI solutions that improve customer and employee experiences while increasing measurable operational efficiencies.
The partnership will extend across industries served by Experis in the U.S., including healthcare. This partnership will enable organizations to modernize service delivery across patient access, contact centers, and IT service desks. All of this is part of a broader evolution toward AI-enabled service models that deliver faster outcomes and higher value per engagement. The offering is led by Experis experts with deep domain knowledge and a proven track record of supporting clients with complex enterprise-scale operations. By combining Experis and SoundHound AI, organizations can improve responsiveness, reduce operational burden, and improve customer experience.
As Experis’ conversational AI technology partner, SoundHound AI plays a key role within the EXCELERATE AI portfolio, positioning its conversational and agentic AI technologies as core enablers within Experis’ broad AI service framework, helping enterprises accelerate time to value through disciplined activation, implementation, and expansion.
“Companies are eager to move beyond experimentation and implement AI solutions that have tangible impact.” said Keyvan Mohajer, co-founder and CEO of SoundHound AI. “By partnering with Experis, we are combining Experis’ deep consulting and implementation expertise with our cutting-edge technology to help organizations deploy enterprise-grade agent AI to drive real-world operational value.”
Through this agreement, Experis will introduce and co-sell SoundHound AI’s agent AI platform and autonomics solutions to enterprise clients, as well as support implementation and deployment to help organizations effectively scale their AI initiatives.
“Organizations everywhere are investing heavily in AI, but the real challenge is not the technology itself, but turning that investment into real business outcomes. That’s what we mean by ‘people first, digital always.’ AI transformation is as much about people, skills and operating models as it is about platforms, and Experis is uniquely positioned to help.” Kai Mitchell, President of Experis US “Through our partnership with SoundHound AI and the launch of EXCELERATE AI, we are combining powerful agent AI capabilities with the deep technical expertise, consulting capabilities, and talent solutions our clients need to put AI into practice. If organizations get that combination right, they have more room to move faster, innovate more effectively, and for their employees to grow with their business.”
Agent AI platform
sound hound’s Next generation agent AI platform By coordinating multiple AI agents with specific capabilities, you can process complex, multi-step user queries, answer questions, perform transactions, and solve problems via text or voice without the need for human intervention.
SoundHound’s work more than a decade ago paved the way for these new agent experiences, pioneering speech recognition technology that combines speech recognition and language understanding in real time for superior speed and accuracy. SoundHound also developed Deep Meaning Understanding and was the first voice technology company to enable the processing of complex and complex speech while other companies still offered simple and limited commands.
As a result, end users of SoundHound’s agent platform can get things done by speaking as naturally as they would speak to a person.
Soundhound’s AI agent also uses Agentic+. It flexibly combines generative AI, multi-agent autonomous orchestration, traditional deterministic models, and human-involved models to complete tasks based on the best path to the appropriate response.
autonomics
Powered by SoundHound’s AI autonomics platform A single pane of glass for end-to-end automation of IT systems powered by AI.
Unlike traditional IT infrastructure monitoring, autonomics enables users to understand why problems occur and quickly resolve them, turning existing IT tools into automated, digital-first, self-healing systems that detect, diagnose, and resolve problems.
Learn more about SoundHound AI’s solutions here .
About SoundHound AI
SoundHound AI (Nasdaq: SOUN) is a global leader in voice and conversational AI, providing solutions that enable businesses to deliver great experiences to their customers. Built on proprietary technology, SoundHound’s voice AI delivers best-in-class speed and accuracy in multiple languages to product creators and service providers in retail, financial services, healthcare, automotive, telecommunications, smart devices, and restaurants. The company’s breakthrough AI-driven products include Smart Answering, Smart Ordering, Dynamic Drive-Thru, and the Amelia Platform, which powers enterprise AI agents. Additionally, SoundHound’s Agentic AI for Automotive and Autonomics, a category-leading operations platform that automates IT processes, enables SoundHound to power millions of products and services and process billions of interactions each year for world-class businesses.
About Experis
experis®is a global leader in technology services, providing the experience and expertise to bridge the distance between innovation and business impact in a digital world. Experis is based on the principle that only human ingenuity can unlock the true potential of advanced technologies such as AI. Experis provides clients with the right combination of people and technology to accelerate progress and deliver real-world results. For individuals, Experis has the insight, size, and scale to help technology professionals expand their skills, increase value, and find the right opportunities. Experis creates a brighter future for everyone by matching talent and technology in innovative ways. Experis is manpower group® (NYSE:MAN) brand family. manpower and Human resources solutions.
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