Down 29.4% in the first two-and-a-half weeks of the New Year, SoundHound AI (Nasdaq: SOUN) stock is off to a rocky start in 2025. One thing you cannot say about SoundHound stock though, is that it's been boring ride.

NVIDIA Corporation NVDA has been around for decades. However, with the advent of artificial intelligence (AI), the company has witnessed explosive business growth. In the past year, NVDA stock has surged 149%, becoming one of the top S&P 500 performers of 2024.

Shares of voice artificial intelligence (AI) solutions provider SoundHound AI (SOUN) have dropped 30% in the year-to-date. Further, SOUN stock has lost 48.8% of its value from its 52-week high of $24.

Both Palantir and SoundHound AI boast strong sales and healthy financials that have contributed to their triple-digit percentage share price gains over the past year. Palantir's revenue grew by 30% year over year in the third quarter,

The company's share price was up 11% as of 11 a.m. ET and had been up as much as 14.9% earlier in the daily session. Meanwhile, the S&P 500 index was up 1.6% and the Nasdaq Composite index was up 2.1%.