[8-K] Datavault AI Inc. Reports Material Event
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Datavault AI Inc. entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement for a registered direct offering of 109,090,910 shares of common stock at $0.55 per share, generating approximately $60.0 million in gross proceeds before fees and expenses.
The company plans to use the net proceeds mainly to deploy its quantum-ready GPU edge network, including build-out and equipment, and for working capital and general corporate purposes. The closing is expected on or about May 5, 2026, subject to customary conditions.
Titan Partners Group, a division of American Capital Partners, is acting as sole placement agent and will receive a $4.2 million cash fee and warrants to purchase up to 5,454,545 shares at $0.6325 per share, exercisable for five years.
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Datavault AI raises $60M via a discounted direct stock sale to fund GPU edge expansion.
Datavault AI is raising new equity by selling 109,090,910 common shares at $0.55 each in a registered direct offering for gross proceeds of about $60.0 million. This is primary capital to the company, not a secondary sale by existing holders.
The company plans to allocate proceeds to deploy its quantum-ready GPU edge network and for working capital and general corporate purposes, linking the raise directly to its AI infrastructure build-out. Titan Partners earns a $4.2 million cash fee plus warrants for 5,454,545 shares at $0.6325, aligning compensation with future equity value.
Existing shareholders face dilution from the new shares and potential future dilution from the placement agent warrants. The Purchase Agreement restricts additional equity issuance, new registration statements, and Variable Rate Transactions for 45 days after closing, temporarily limiting further equity financing routes while this capital is deployed.
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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On May 3, 2026, Datavault AI Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with certain institutional investors, pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell and issue, in a registered direct offering (the “Offering”) an aggregate of 109,090,910 shares (the “Shares”) of its common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”). The offering price per Share is $0.55, for aggregate gross proceeds to the Company from the Offering of approximately $60.0 million, before deducting the Placement Agent’s (as defined below) fees and offering expenses payable by the Company. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the Offering for the deployment of its quantum-ready graphics processing unit edge network, including build-out and equipment, as well as working capital and general corporate purposes. The closing of the Offering is expected to occur on or about May 5, 2026, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.
Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Company has agreed that, subject to certain exceptions, from the date of the prospectus supplement until forty-five (45) days after the closing of the Offering, (i) neither it nor any of its subsidiaries shall (a) issue, enter into any agreement to issue or announce the issuance or proposed issuance of any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) or (b) file any registration statement or any amendment or supplement thereto, and (ii) it shall not enter into a Variable Rate Transaction (as defined in the Purchase Agreement).
The Purchase Agreement contains customary representations and warranties, agreements and obligations, conditions to closing and termination provisions.
The representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Purchase Agreement were made only for purposes of such agreement and as of specific dates, were solely for the benefit of the parties to the Purchase Agreement and may be subject to limitations agreed upon by the contracting parties. Accordingly, the Purchase Agreement is incorporated herein by reference only to provide investors with information regarding the terms of the Purchase Agreement, and not to provide investors with any other factual information regarding the Company or its business, and should be read in conjunction with the disclosures in the Company’s periodic reports and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).
In connection with the Offering, the Company entered into a Placement Agency Agreement, dated as of May 3, 2026, with Titan Partners Group LLC, a division of American Capital Partners, LLC (the “Placement Agent”), pursuant to which the Placement Agent agreed to serve as the sole placement agent for the issuance and sale of securities of the Company pursuant to the Purchase Agreement. As compensation for such services, the Company agreed to pay the Placement Agent a cash fee of $4.2 million and issue to the Placement Agent, or its designees, warrants to purchase up to 5,454,545 shares of Common Stock (the “Placement Agent Warrants”) at the closing of the Offering. The Placement Agent Warrants have a term of five years from the date of the prospectus supplement and have an exercise price of $0.6325 per share. The Company also agreed to reimburse the Placement Agent for legal and other expenses incurred by it in connection with the offering in an aggregate amount up to $60,000. The Placement Agent Warrants and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Placement Agent Warrants have been deemed compensation by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”), and therefore are subject to a 180-day lock-up pursuant to Rule 5110(e)(1) of FINRA, subject to certain exceptions set forth in FINRA Rule 5110(e)(2).
The Shares, the Placement Agent Warrants and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Placement Agent Warrants (the “Placement Agent Warrant Shares”) were offered and sold by the Company pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-294502), which was originally filed with the SEC on March 20, 2026, and was declared effective on March 25, 2026, a base prospectus forming a part of the effective registration statement dated March 25, 2026 and a prospectus supplement dated May 3, 2026.
The foregoing summaries of the Purchase Agreement and the Placement Agent Warrants do not purport to be complete and are subject to, and qualified in their entirety by, copies of the forms of such documents attached as Exhibits 10.1 and 4.1, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K, which are incorporated herein by reference.
A copy of the opinion of Paul Hastings LLP, counsel to the Company, relating to the validity of the Shares, the Placement Agent Warrants and the Placement Agent Warrant Shares is attached as Exhibit 5.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This Current Report on Form 8-K contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, statements regarding the completion of the Offering, the satisfaction of customary closing conditions related to the Offering and the amount and the intended use of the net proceeds from the Offering. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements because they contain words such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “projects,” “potential,” or “continue,” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. The absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. Such forward-looking statements are necessarily based upon estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable by the Company and its management, are inherently uncertain.
Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by these forward-looking statements as a result of various risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation: the risk that the closing of the Offering is delayed or not completed at all; the risk that the net proceeds from the Offering may be deployed differently than currently anticipated; adverse market or capital-markets conditions; dilution to existing stockholders from the share issuance and the issuance of common stock equivalents; risks associated with the planned launch and deployment of the Company’s quantum-ready graphics processing unit edge network, including timing, cost, partner performance, customer adoption and integration of graphics processing unit infrastructure into existing operations; competitive risk in the artificial intelligence infrastructure and high-performance computing markets; changes in economic, market or regulatory conditions, including evolving regulatory frameworks applicable to securities offerings, artificial intelligence infrastructure and digital assets; risks associated with technological development and integration; and other risks and uncertainties as more fully described in the Company’s filings with the SEC, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, and other filings the Company makes from time to time with the SEC, which are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these and other forward-looking statements contained herein. The forward-looking statements made in this Current Report on Form 8-K relate only to events as of the date on which the statements are made. The Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements made in this Current Report on Form 8-K to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K or to reflect new information or the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as required by law. The Company’s forward-looking statements do not reflect the potential impact of any future acquisitions, mergers, dispositions, joint ventures or investments it may make.
Item 8.01. Other Events.
On May 3, 2026, the Company issued a press release announcing the pricing of the Offering. A copy of this press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
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| 4.1 | Form of Placement Agent Warrant | |
| 5.1 | Opinion of Paul Hastings LLP | |
| 10.1 | Form of Securities Purchase Agreement, dated May 3, 2026, by and between the Company and the purchasers party thereto* | |
| 23.1 | Consent of Paul Hastings LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1) | |
| 99.1 | Press Release, dated May 3, 2026 | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File, formatted in Inline Extensible Business Reporting Language (iXBRL) |
* Non-material schedules and exhibits have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. The Company hereby undertakes to furnish supplemental copies of any of the omitted schedules and exhibits upon request by the SEC.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Date: May 5, 2026 | DATAVAULT AI INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Nathaniel Bradley | ||
| Name: | Nathaniel Bradley | ||
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | ||
Exhibit 99.1
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Datavault AI Announces Pricing of $60.0 Million Offering of Common Stock
The offering was led by several preeminent global investment managers, alongside participation from existing shareholders
PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Datavault AI Inc. (“Datavault AI” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ:DVLT), a provider of data monetization, credentialing, digital engagement, and real-world asset (“RWA”) tokenization technologies, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with certain institutional investors for the purchase and sale of an aggregate of 109,090,910 shares (the “Shares”) of its common stock in a registered direct offering. The offering is expected to result in gross proceeds of approximately $60.0 million, before deducting offering expenses. The closing of the offering is expected to occur on or about May 5, 2026, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for the deployment of the Company’s quantum-ready graphics processing unit edge network, including build-out and equipment, as well as working capital and general corporate purposes.
“This financing marks an important step in the deployment of our quantum-ready GPU edge network,” said Nathaniel T. Bradley, Chief Executive Officer of Datavault AI. “With this capital, we expect to be able to position Datavault AI to capture growing demand for AI infrastructure, enabling us to potentially scale our footprint across key markets, while supporting our broader strategy of building a scalable, revenue-generating platform.”
Titan Partners, a division of American Capital Partners, is acting as the sole placement agent for the offering.
The Shares are being offered by the Company pursuant to a “shelf” registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-294502), which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on March 20, 2026, and declared effective by the SEC on March 25, 2026. The Shares are being offered only by means of a prospectus, including a prospectus supplement, forming a part of the effective registration statement. A prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to, and describing the terms of, the offering will be filed with the SEC and will be available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. Electronic copies of the prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus may also be obtained, when available, by contacting Titan Partners Group LLC, a division of American Capital Partners, LLC, 4 World Trade Center, 49th Floor, New York, NY 10007, by phone at (929) 833-1246 or by email at prospectus@titanpartnersgrp.com.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any state or other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or other jurisdiction.
About Datavault AI
Datavault AI™ (NASDAQ:DVLT) is a Philadelphia-based artificial intelligence and data infrastructure company building enterprise-grade computing platforms for high-performance data processing, edge GPU deployment, and quantum-ready network architectures. The Company’s quantum-ready edge GPU fleet, running on Available Infrastructure’s SanQtum AI platform, delivers distributed GPU infrastructure across U.S. metropolitan markets, supporting AI inference workloads, real-time data analytics, and secure enterprise computing for customers across financial services, sports, media, and life sciences.
Through its Acoustic Sciences and Data Science divisions, Datavault AI develops patented technologies and applications, including WiSA®, ADIO®, and Sumerian® acoustic infrastructure and a portfolio of data-licensing and analytics solutions. The Company also operates platforms supporting digital asset licensing and data-monetization workflows for enterprise clients.
Datavault AI is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with operations supporting customers across North America. For more information about Datavault AI Inc., visit https://datavaultsite.com/ and the Company’s investor relations site at https://ir.datavaultsite.com/.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, statements regarding the closing of the previously announced registered direct offering, the expected timing of closing on or about May 5, 2026, the satisfaction of customary closing conditions, the expected gross proceeds of approximately $50 million before deducting offering expenses, the anticipated use of net proceeds for the launch of Available Infrastructure SanQtum micro data center sites and for working capital and general corporate purposes, the availability of the Company’s effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-294502), and the Company’s broader strategy of building a scalable, revenue-generating AI infrastructure platform. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements because they contain words such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “projects,” “potential,” or “continue,” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. The absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. Such forward-looking statements are necessarily based upon estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable by the Company and its management, are inherently uncertain.
Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by these forward-looking statements as a result of various risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation: the offering may not close on the contemplated terms or timeline, or at all, due to a failure to satisfy customary closing conditions or other factors; final allocations, share counts, and net proceeds may differ from current expectations; net proceeds may be deployed differently than currently anticipated; adverse market or capital-markets conditions; dilution to existing stockholders from the share issuance and the issuance of common stock equivalents; risks associated with the planned launch and deployment of Available Infrastructure SanQtum micro data center sites, including timing, cost, partner performance, customer adoption, and integration of GPU infrastructure into existing operations; competitive risk in the AI infrastructure and high-performance computing markets; changes in economic, market, or regulatory conditions, including evolving regulatory frameworks applicable to securities offerings, AI infrastructure, and digital assets; risks associated with technological development and integration; and other risks and uncertainties as more fully described in the Company’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, and other filings the Company makes from time to time with the SEC, which are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these and other forward-looking statements contained herein. The forward-looking statements made in this press release relate only to events as of the date on which the statements are made. Datavault AI undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements made in this press release to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this press release or to reflect new information or the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as required by law.
Datavault AI’s forward-looking statements do not reflect the potential impact of any future acquisitions, mergers, dispositions, joint ventures, or investments it may make.
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