Datavault AI mentioned Thursday it has signed a definitive settlement to accumulate NYIAX, a transfer that offers the corporate management of blockchain-based change 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 shall be mixed with Datavault AI’s Info Information Alternate and its DataScore, DataValue, and Information Vault AI instruments to assist tokenization, valuation, and buying and selling throughout a variety of digital and real-world belongings.
Datavault AI framed the deal as a technique to carry institutional market construction into classes which have traditionally relied on bilateral offers, particularly promoting and proprietary knowledge.
An 8 Ok filed on March 19 exhibits the transaction is structured as an all-stock merger. Datavault AI agreed to situation 78,947,368 frequent shares to NYIAX fairness holders at closing, whereas sure unaccredited traders would obtain money tied to the inventory’s 5 day VWAP as a substitute.
Two NYIAX-nominated administrators are additionally set to affix Datavault AI’s board when the deal closes. Primarily based on Datavault AI’s newest share value of about $0.76, the bottom inventory consideration implies a price of roughly $60 million, although that determine is an inference and might transfer with the inventory.
Datavault AI mentioned the mixed platform is anticipated to assist a number of deliberate marketplaces, together with its flagship Info 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 change for athlete title, picture, and likeness rights and associated digital belongings, which it has focused for a industrial launch within the second half of 2026.
NYIAX has lengthy marketed itself as an change 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 industrial and IP alliance in March 2025, pitching the mix as a technique to flip knowledge and digital rights into extra liquid and tradable belongings. Thursday’s deal exhibits Datavault AI is now attempting to personal that infrastructure outright reasonably than simply accomplice 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.
