WiSA Technologies to Purchase Datavault Assets, Boosting Web 3.0 and Sound Transmission Solutions For $210M

Author: Benzinga Newsdesk | September 04, 2024 04:09am

WiSA Technologies, Inc. ("WiSA Technologies") (NASDAQ:WISA), announced that it has executed a definitive asset purchase agreement (the "Asset Purchase Agreement") to purchase the Datavault® intellectual property and information technology assets of privately held Data Vault Holdings Inc.® for $210 million, consisting of 40 million shares of common stock of WiSA Technologies to be issued at $5 per share plus a $10 million 3-year Note. Closing, subject to customary conditions and approval by the stockholders of WiSA Technologies, is expected to occur prior to December 31, 2024. The management teams of WiSA Technologies and Data Vault Holdings will host an investor conference call today, September 4, at 8:30 am PT | 11:30 am ET, to discuss the transaction.

The resulting publicly traded data technology and licensing company will enable clients and strategic partners to monetize their Blockchain Data and AI Web 3.0 assets via tokenization, data ownership and digital twins. Following the asset acquisition, the company will include the Datavault and ADIO assets, talent and experience with WiSA Technologies to offer two solutions.

• Data Sciences will license High Performance Computing (HPC) software applications and Web 3.0 data management serving biotech research, energy, education, fintech, real estate, healthcare, among others.
• Acoustic Sciences will license spatial and multichannel HD sound transmission, including ADIO®, WiSA® and Sumerian™, to customers in sports & entertainment, events & venues, restaurants, automotive, finance, and other industries.

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