Voice AI Company SoundHound Lays Off Nearly Half Its Staff and Offers 'Pitiful' Severance

SoundHound, a voice AI company, laid off nearly half of its remaining staff last week--roughly 200 people--in a major company-wide downsizing, according to three employees who lost their jobs and an email from the CEO viewed by Gizmodo. What's more, the former SoundHound employees are in for a rough landing. Their...