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.

SoundHound AI (NASDAQ: SOUN) stock was one of the market's biggest winners in 2024. The company's share price skyrocketed 835.8% across last year's trading, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence.

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.

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%.

The rapidly growing artificial intelligence (AI) market fueled a surge in the price of many AI-focused stocks. One of these is SoundHound AI (NASDAQ: SOUN). Over the past 12 months, its stock skyrocketed an eye-popping 848% through Jan.