---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-006014"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DVLT"
cik: "0001682149"
company_name: "Datavault AI Inc."
filed_at: "2026-01-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T08:26:46.655292+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Datavault AI completes $14M cash acquisition of API Media Innovations for live event market

## Summary
- Acquisition closed Jan 22, 2026; purchase price $14M in cash.
- API Media provides audio/visual and event tech to sports venues and entertainment clients.
- CEO states acquisition scales proprietary data-monetization ecosystem and enhances enterprise offerings.
- API's client base includes prestigious sports venues; expected to expand Datavault's market share in AI and data verticals.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-006014
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DVLT
- cik: 0001682149
- company_name: Datavault AI Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-01-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1682149/000110465926006014/0001104659-26-006014-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1682149/000110465926006014/tm263891d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-006014.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 34ed5ecdec585038bc8a5af3ef163590429369ff
  claim: Datavault AI Inc. completed an acquisition involving API Media Innovations Inc. for $14,000,000 in cash (closed 2026-01-22).
  evidence_excerpt: to which the Company agreed to purchase from the Sellers all of the outstanding shares of common stock of API Media (the “API Shares”) for an aggregate purchase price of $14,000,000 in cash. On January 22, 2026, the Company completed the purchase of the API Shares pursuant to the Purchase Agreement (the “Closing”). --- EX-99.1 (EXHIBIT 99.1) --- EX-99.1 2
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1682149/000110465926006014/0001104659-26-006014-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.