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form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DVLT"
cik: "0001682149"
company_name: "Datavault AI Inc."
filed_at: "2025-11-05T23:59:59+00:00"
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# Datavault AI announces $10M exclusive license with Scilex for biotech data tokenization; milestones up to $2.55B

## Summary
- Non-refundable $10M license fee payable in four equal $2.5M quarterly installments from Dec 31, 2025 through Sep 30, 2026.
- Up to $2.55B in aggregate sales milestone payments upon Scilex achieving certain net sales thresholds.
- 5% royalty on net sales of licensed products; minimum $1M annual royalty after 24 months.
- License covers worldwide exclusive rights to tokenize and monetize genomic, DNA, diagnostic, therapeutic, and drug data.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-25-106780
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DVLT
- cik: 0001682149
- company_name: Datavault AI Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-11-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1682149/000110465925106780/0001104659-25-106780-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1682149/000110465925106780/tm2530277d1_8k.htm

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