---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-092223"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DVLT"
cik: "0001682149"
company_name: "Datavault AI Inc."
filed_at: "2023-08-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T08:33:44.587247+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# WiSA Q2 rev $0.4M, gross margin neg 47%; guides Q3 $450-600k, Q4 $1.0-1.4M; 5 top soundbar customers onboard WiSA E

## Summary
- Q2 2023 revenue $0.4M (down 56% YoY from $0.9M); gross margin negative 47% due to $169k inventory reserves.
- Cash $2.0M at June 30; subsequent warrant exercise in Aug 2023 raised ~$678k.
- Five Tier-1 HDTV/audio customers (50% of global soundbar share) received WiSA E dev kits; each may generate $5-15M revenue annually starting H2 2024.
- Expects sequential revenue growth: Q3 2023 $450k-600k, Q4 2023 $1.0M-1.4M.
- Plans to cut operating expenses: $500k less H2 2023 vs H2 2022, $2M lower in 2024 vs 2023 plan.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-092223
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DVLT
- cik: 0001682149
- company_name: Datavault AI Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-08-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1682149/000110465923092223/0001104659-23-092223-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1682149/000110465923092223/tm2323908d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Datavault AI Inc. reported Q2 2023 results: revenue $0.4 million. Guidance initiated.
  - Period: Q2 2023
  - Revenue: $0.4 million
  - Guidance: initiated
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Q2 2023 Financial Highlights · Q2 2023 revenue was $0.4 million, compared to $0.9 million in Q2 2022 and $0.5 million in Q1 2023. · Q2 2023 gross margin as a percentage of sales was negative 47%, compared to 20% in Q2 2022 and negative
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1682149/000110465923092223/0001104659-23-092223-index.htm

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