SOUN insider ownership: who sold, why, and what they still hold

Who	Shares	Price	% of total stake	Total stake after	Trade date	Filed
Diana Sroka Director	1,552	$6.11	0.9%	172K	Sep 17, 2026	Sep 21, 2026

Who	Shares	Price	% of total stake	Total stake after	Trade date	Filed
Keyvan Mohajer CEO, Director	137,290	$6.33	0.8%	17.82M	Sep 15, 2026	Sep 17, 2026
Michael Zagorsek Chief Operating Officer	71,113	$6.33	2.7%	2.60M	Sep 15, 2026	Sep 17, 2026
Majid Emami CSO & SVP, Engineering	38,730	$6.33	0.2%	17.42M	Sep 15, 2026	Sep 17, 2026
James Hom Chief Product Officer, Director	38,730	$6.33	1.3%	2.92M	Sep 15, 2026	Sep 17, 2026

What stands out

Five insiders sold shares but ended with larger stakes, because more shares came in than were sold: Keyvan Mohajer (sold 533K, 3.2% of starting holdings; 1.88M added), Michael Zagorsek (sold 262K, 14% of starting holdings; 1.00M added) and Majid Emami (sold 174K, 1.0% of starting holdings; 400K added), plus 2 more.Keyvan Mohajer: largest sale, Dec 22, 2025 · Michael Zagorsek: largest sale, Dec 22, 2025 · Majid Emami: largest sale, Dec 22, 2025

Percentages cover 9 of 10 officers and directors. Left out: John Collins (held no vested shares at the start). Disclosed company stock is not an insider's whole wealth.

Who sold, and how much of their stake

Officers and directors, past 12 months. Each bar is the insider's vested stake at the start of the period (Oct 8, 2025). The gold part is what they sold.

SoldRest of starting stakeAdded during the period

Keyvan Mohajer

CEO, Director

3.2% · $4.3MNo plan disclosed

Nitesh Sharan

Chief Financial Officer

9.2% · $2.3M57% planned

Michael Zagorsek

Chief Operating Officer

14% · $2.1MNo plan disclosed

Majid Emami

CSO & SVP, Engineering

1.0% · $1.5M55% planned

James Hom

Chief Product Officer, Director

5.3% · $1.2MNo plan disclosed

All 7 sellers

Selling by month

Officers and directors, Oct 2025 to Oct 2026. Each sale is counted once: under a disclosed plan, else to cover taxes, else no plan disclosed.

Disclosed planTo cover taxesNo plan disclosed

Common questions

Is the SoundHound AI CEO selling stock?

Yes. Keyvan Mohajer sold 533K shares ($4.3M, 3.2% of starting holdings) in the past 12 months, none of it under a trading plan disclosed in the filings.

Why are SoundHound AI insiders selling?

Filings rarely give a reason, and we don't guess at one. What they show is how the sales were made: 23% of sales by value ran under 10b5-1 trading plans disclosed in the filings and 77% were to cover taxes. A trading plan schedules sales in advance.

Are any SoundHound AI insiders buying?

No. Officers and directors reported no purchases in the past 12 months.

How much of their stake did SoundHound AI insiders sell?

About 3.3% overall. As a group they ended with more shares than they started with. That covers the 12 months to Oct 8, 2026 and counts vested shares reported on SEC Forms 3, 4 and 5, which is not an insider's whole wealth.

The evidence

Who sold7 officers and directors: amount, % of holdings, trading plan

Who sold	Amount	% of holdings	Trading plan
Keyvan Mohajer CEO, Director	$4.3M 533K shares	3.2%	No plan disclosed
Nitesh Sharan Chief Financial Officer	$2.3M 165K shares	9.2%	57% under a disclosed plan
Michael Zagorsek Chief Operating Officer	$2.1M 262K shares	14%	No plan disclosed
Majid Emami CSO & SVP, Engineering	$1.5M 174K shares	1.0%	55% under a disclosed plan
James Hom Chief Product Officer, Director	$1.2M 141K shares	5.3%	No plan disclosed
Timothy Stonehocker Chief Technology Officer	$1.0M 105K shares	17%	71% under a disclosed plan
Diana Sroka Director	$60K 6.9K shares	4.5%	Disclosed plan

The full ownership picture10 of 10 insiders fully reconciled · 10 officers and directors

Vested shares across all share classes, held directly and through trusts, LLCs and family members, as reported on SEC Forms 3, 4 and 5. Unvested awards and options are never counted as owned shares.

Insider

Held Oct 8, 2025

Sold

Held Oct 8, 2026

Still held

Majid Emami

Includes unvested RSUs, amount not disclosed. Some sales match sales reported by James Hom exactly (date, shares and price). Possibly the same shares reported by both; the filings don't confirm it.

CSO & SVP, Engineering

17.19M

−174K

17.42M

+1.3%

Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Majid Emami

0shares vested or exercised

0gifted (net of own trusts)

none reportedunvested awards, start → end

Includes unvested RSUs, amount not disclosed.
Some sales match sales reported by James Hom exactly (date, shares and price). Possibly the same shares reported by both; the filings don't confirm it.

Held through	Share class	Oct 8, 2025	Oct 8, 2026
Direct includes unvested RSUs, amount not disclosed	Class A Common Stock	608,186	834,253
Direct	Class B Common Stock	16,583,756	16,583,756

Keyvan Mohajer

Includes unvested RSUs, amount not disclosed.

CEO, Director

16.48M

−533K

17.82M

+8.1%

Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Keyvan Mohajer

0shares vested or exercised

0gifted (net of own trusts)

none reportedunvested awards, start → end

Includes unvested RSUs, amount not disclosed.

Held through	Share class	Oct 8, 2025	Oct 8, 2026
Direct includes unvested RSUs, amount not disclosed	Class A Common Stock	2,342,613	3,684,947
Direct	Class B Common Stock	14,139,064	14,139,064

James Hom

Minor difference of 1,306 shares. Difference is stated in footnotes (unreported vesting, exempt acquisition or transfer). Includes unvested RSUs, amount not disclosed. Some sales match sales reported by Majid Emami exactly (date, shares and price). Possibly the same shares reported by both; the filings don't confirm it.

Chief Product Officer, Director

2.66M

−141K

2.92M

+9.8%

Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for James Hom

0shares vested or exercised

0gifted (net of own trusts)

none reportedunvested awards, start → end

Includes unvested RSUs, amount not disclosed.
Some sales match sales reported by Majid Emami exactly (date, shares and price). Possibly the same shares reported by both; the filings don't confirm it.

Held through	Share class	Oct 8, 2025	Oct 8, 2026
Direct includes unvested RSUs, amount not disclosed	Class A Common Stock	845,441	1,105,555
Direct	Class B Common Stock	1,812,588	1,812,588

Reconciliation: minor difference of 1,306 shares. Difference is stated in footnotes (unreported vesting, exempt acquisition or transfer).

Michael Zagorsek

Minor difference of 1,922 shares. Difference is stated in footnotes (unreported vesting, exempt acquisition or transfer). Includes unvested RSUs, amount not disclosed.

Chief Operating Officer

1.86M

−262K

2.60M

+40%

Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Michael Zagorsek

0shares vested or exercised

0gifted (net of own trusts)

none reportedunvested awards, start → end

Includes unvested RSUs, amount not disclosed.

Held through	Share class	Oct 8, 2025	Oct 8, 2026
Direct includes unvested RSUs, amount not disclosed	Class A Common Stock	1,860,790	2,600,231

Stock options (not counted as shares):

Options held	Strike price	Expires	Intrinsic value (estimate)
115,753	$2.18	Sep 6, 2027	$455K
64,136	$2.90	Aug 15, 2029	$206K
408,250	$3.67	Oct 26, 2030	$998K

Estimate: options held × ($6.11 − strike price), using the most recent insider trade price on Form 4 (Sep 17, 2026), not a market close.

Reconciliation: minor difference of 1,922 shares. Difference is stated in footnotes (unreported vesting, exempt acquisition or transfer).

Nitesh Sharan

Includes unvested RSUs, amount not disclosed.

Chief Financial Officer

1.80M

−165K

1.66M

92%

Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Nitesh Sharan

+30Kshares vested or exercised

0gifted (net of own trusts)

none reportedunvested awards, start → end

Includes unvested RSUs, amount not disclosed.

Held through	Share class	Oct 8, 2025	Oct 8, 2026
Direct includes unvested RSUs, amount not disclosed	Class A Common Stock	1,796,304	1,661,121

Stock options (not counted as shares):

Options held	Strike price	Expires	Intrinsic value (estimate)
248,677	$7.51	Sep 26, 2031	$0

Estimate: options held × ($6.11 − strike price), using the most recent insider trade price on Form 4 (Sep 17, 2026), not a market close.

Eric Ball

Includes unvested RSUs, amount not disclosed. An owner entity could not be identified from the footnotes.

Director

1.03M

1.06M

no sales

Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Eric Ball

0shares vested or exercised

0gifted (net of own trusts)

none reportedunvested awards, start → end

Includes unvested RSUs, amount not disclosed.
An owner entity could not be identified from the footnotes.

Held through	Share class	Oct 8, 2025	Oct 8, 2026
Direct includes unvested RSUs, amount not disclosed	Class A Common Stock	128,806	153,500
Unresolved (see footnote)	Class A Common Stock	571,756	571,756
Ball Axline Living Trust	Class A Common Stock	330,250	330,250

Timothy Stonehocker

Minor difference of 780 shares. Difference is stated in footnotes (unreported vesting, exempt acquisition or transfer). Includes unvested RSUs, amount not disclosed.

Chief Technology Officer

607K

−105K

502K

83%

Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Timothy Stonehocker

0shares vested or exercised

0gifted (net of own trusts)

none reportedunvested awards, start → end

Includes unvested RSUs, amount not disclosed.

Held through	Share class	Oct 8, 2025	Oct 8, 2026
Direct includes unvested RSUs, amount not disclosed	Class A Common Stock	606,525	502,290

Reconciliation: minor difference of 780 shares. Difference is stated in footnotes (unreported vesting, exempt acquisition or transfer).

Lawrence Marcus

Includes unvested RSUs, amount not disclosed.

Director

200K

225K

no sales

Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Lawrence Marcus

0shares vested or exercised

0gifted (net of own trusts)

none reportedunvested awards, start → end

Includes unvested RSUs, amount not disclosed.

Held through	Share class	Oct 8, 2025	Oct 8, 2026
Direct includes unvested RSUs, amount not disclosed	Class A Common Stock	91,937	116,631
Marcus Family Trust, Dated 7/8/04	Class A Common Stock	108,117	108,117

Diana Sroka

Includes unvested RSUs, amount not disclosed.

Director

154K

−6.9K

172K

+12%

Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Diana Sroka

0shares vested or exercised

0gifted (net of own trusts)

none reportedunvested awards, start → end

Includes unvested RSUs, amount not disclosed.

Held through	Share class	Oct 8, 2025	Oct 8, 2026
Direct includes unvested RSUs, amount not disclosed	Class A Common Stock	153,949	171,719

John Collins

Includes unvested RSUs, amount not disclosed.

Chief Financial Officer

1.05M

no sales

Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for John Collins

0shares vested or exercised

0gifted (net of own trusts)

none reportedunvested awards, start → end

Includes unvested RSUs, amount not disclosed.

Held through	Share class	Oct 8, 2025	Oct 8, 2026
Direct includes unvested RSUs, amount not disclosed	Class A Common Stock	0	1,050,573

10 of 10 insiders fully reconciled: starting holdings plus reported transactions match ending holdings (7 exactly, 3 with a minor or footnoted difference). Percentages cover 9 of 10 officers and directors. Left out: John Collins (held no vested shares at the start). "Still held" compares ending with starting vested shares; a plus sign means the holding grew.

What explains the selling$12.4M of sales by plan status, purpose, seller and month

Officer and director open-market sales: $12.4M across 1,387,394 shares. Plan status and stated purpose are separate questions, and a sale can have both.

By plan status

Disclosed plan · $2.9M · 23%

77%

The lighter segment is sales with no plan disclosed in the filing ($9.5M), including tax-related sales outside a plan.

Taxes

$10.3M of sales (83.3%) cite tax obligations in their footnotes, $834K of them also under a plan. Example: Michael Zagorsek, Sep 15, 2026

Seller	Shares sold	Proceeds	Under a disclosed plan	Share of total	Sales dates
Keyvan Mohajer CEO, Director	533K	$4.3M	0%	35%	Dec 22, 2025 to Sep 15, 2026
Nitesh Sharan Chief Financial Officer	165K	$2.3M	57%	18%	Oct 14, 2025 to Mar 20, 2026
Michael Zagorsek Chief Operating Officer	262K	$2.1M	0%	17%	Dec 22, 2025 to Sep 15, 2026
Majid Emami CSO & SVP, Engineering	174K	$1.5M	55%	12%	Dec 22, 2025 to Sep 15, 2026
James Hom Chief Product Officer, Director	141K	$1.2M	0%	9%	Dec 22, 2025 to Sep 15, 2026
Timothy Stonehocker Chief Technology Officer	105K	$1.0M	71%	8%	Dec 22, 2025 to Jun 15, 2026
Diana Sroka Director	6.9K	$60K	100%	0.5%	Nov 13, 2025 to Sep 17, 2026

Sales by month

Month	Sale proceeds	Disclosed plan	To cover taxes	No plan disclosed
Oct 2025	$1.3M	$1.3M	$0	$0
Nov 2025	$17K	$17K	$0	$0
Dec 2025	$4.8M	$1.2M	$3.6M	$0
Jan 2026	$356K	$356K	$0	$0
Feb 2026	$0	$0	$0	$0
Mar 2026	$2.1M	$9K	$2.1M	$0
Apr 2026	$0	$0	$0	$0
May 2026	$0	$0	$0	$0
Jun 2026	$2.0M	$0	$2.0M	$0
Jul 2026	$0	$0	$0	$0
Aug 2026	$10K	$10K	$0	$0
Sep 2026	$1.8M	$9K	$1.8M	$0
Oct 2026	$0	$0	$0	$0

Is this normal? Selling year by year4 earlier years to compare with

Less than usual: about two-thirds of the 4-year average. 7 insiders sold; the average is 7 a year.

12 months ending	Shares sold	Insiders who sold	Proceeds
Oct 8, 2026 Latest 12 months	1.39M	7	$12.4M
Oct 8, 2025 1 year earlier	5.19M	9	$75.0M
Oct 8, 2024 2 years earlier	2.00M	8	$10.2M
Oct 9, 2023 3 years earlier	2.22M	9	$5.2M
Oct 9, 2022 4 years earlier	19K	1	$64K
Oct 9, 2021 5 years earlier · filings don't cover the whole year	n/a	n/a	n/a

Open-market sales (Form 4 code S) by people who were officers or directors, in split-adjusted shares. Earlier years include people who have since left. A sale that an outside holder also reports (a family trust, a fund) is counted with outside holders in every year. Shares, not dollars, are compared, so a change in the stock price doesn't look like a change in selling. Years the filings don't fully cover are shown but left out of the average.

Known gaps and uncertaintyEvery officer and director reconciles

Every officer and director reconciles for this period.

James Hom: minor difference of 1,306 shares. Difference is stated in footnotes (unreported vesting, exempt acquisition or transfer).

Michael Zagorsek: minor difference of 1,922 shares. Difference is stated in footnotes (unreported vesting, exempt acquisition or transfer).

Timothy Stonehocker: minor difference of 780 shares. Difference is stated in footnotes (unreported vesting, exempt acquisition or transfer).

Inferred rename: the share class "Preferred Stock" is treated as the same class as "Series A Preferred Stock" on 2 holding lines, because the old title was never reported again on those lines and each balance carried over exactly. Example (Eric Ball, 3,334 shares): old title, new title

External context: we only cite outside events when a documented connection exists. None is shown for this period.

Sources and methodology260 filings from SEC EDGAR, and how we read them

All 260 Forms 3, 4 and 5 filed for SoundHound AI (SEC CIK 1840856) from Mar 12, 2021 to Sep 21, 2026, retrieved from SEC EDGAR on Oct 8, 2026. Prices are the ones reported in each filing, often weighted averages.

Holdings. Each holding line (a share class plus an owner, such as a trust or LLC) carries its last reported balance forward. Entities first reported during the period start at zero, so transfers between an insider's own trusts don't count as selling. Lines not reported for three years or more are listed separately and left out of totals.

Sales. A sale counts as under a 10b5-1 plan if its footnote cites one or the filing's Rule 10b5-1 box is checked, and as tax-related if its footnote cites tax obligations or sell-to-cover. Shares withheld by the company for taxes are listed separately. Sales with neither attribute are labeled "no plan disclosed".

Full methodology

Former or inactive filers (8)No filing in 18 months; last reported balances, not in any total

Name	Last filed	Last reported balance
Global Catalyst Partners III L P	Jul 12, 2023	15,150,565 shares, last reported balance as of Jul 10, 2023
Zubin Irani	Sep 9, 2022	525,000 shares, last reported balance as of Sep 7, 2022
Stephen Cannon	Mar 17, 2021	3,705,000 shares, last reported balance as of Mar 15, 2021
Bryant Edwards	Mar 15, 2021	25,000 shares, last reported balance as of Mar 10, 2021
Luc Julia	Mar 12, 2021	25,000 shares, last reported balance as of Mar 10, 2021
Rajan Pai		No balance on record
Daniel Sheehan		No balance on record
Long Long		No balance on record

SoundHound AI insiders sold $12.4M in the past 12 months. How much of their stake is that?

What stands out

Who sold, and how much of their stake

Selling by month

Common questions

Is the SoundHound AI CEO selling stock?

Why are SoundHound AI insiders selling?

Are any SoundHound AI insiders buying?

How much of their stake did SoundHound AI insiders sell?

The evidence

Taxes

Sales by month