Datavault AI mentioned Thursday it has signed a definitive settlement to accumulate NYIAX, a transfer that provides the corporate management of blockchain-based trade know-how it says will underpin a broader push into institutional buying and selling venues for knowledge and different tokenized real-world belongings.
The announcement converts an October 13, 2025 letter of intent into a proper merger settlement and deepens a relationship that already included licensing agreements and a know-how alliance introduced in March 2025.
The corporate mentioned NYIAX’s infrastructure might be mixed with Datavault AI’s Data Information Alternate and its DataScore, DataValue, and Information Vault AI instruments to help tokenization, valuation, and buying and selling throughout a spread of digital and real-world belongings.
Datavault AI framed the deal as a approach to carry institutional market construction into classes which have traditionally relied on bilateral offers, particularly promoting and proprietary knowledge.
An 8 Okay filed on March 19 reveals the transaction is structured as an all-stock merger. Datavault AI agreed to problem 78,947,368 widespread shares to NYIAX fairness holders at closing, whereas sure unaccredited buyers would obtain money tied to the inventory’s 5 day VWAP as an alternative.
Two NYIAX-nominated administrators are additionally set to hitch Datavault AI’s board when the deal closes. Based mostly on Datavault AI’s newest share value of about $0.76, the bottom inventory consideration implies a worth of roughly $60 million, although that determine is an inference and may transfer with the inventory.
Datavault AI mentioned the mixed platform is predicted to help a number of deliberate marketplaces, together with its flagship Data Information Alternate, an Worldwide Parts Alternate for tokenized commodities and industrial belongings, an American Political Alternate, and NYIAX’s promoting market.
The corporate additionally tied the acquisition to its January 28 settlement with Sports activities Illustrated to discover a sports-focused trade for athlete identify, picture, and likeness rights and associated digital belongings, which it has focused for a business launch within the second half of 2026.
NYIAX has lengthy marketed itself as an trade constructed on Nasdaq Monetary Framework know-how for assured promoting contracts, aiming to carry extra standardized pricing, transparency, and operational effectivity to media transactions.
Datavault AI and NYIAX first introduced a business and IP alliance in March 2025, pitching the mixture as a approach to flip knowledge and digital rights into extra liquid and tradable belongings. Thursday’s deal reveals Datavault AI is now making an attempt to personal that infrastructure outright slightly than simply associate round it.
Datavault AI shares have been final buying and selling close to $0.78, down roughly 14% on Thursday, giving the corporate a market capitalization of about $462 million.
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