M . Becke is widely ecog ized as a pio ee of the mode i tellectual p ope ty ma ketplace a d has completed billio s i i tellectual p ope ty-based t a sactio s ove a ca ee spa i g mo e tha 30 yea s. He c eated the Ocea Tomo pate t auctio busi ess a d sold it to ICAP plc, at the time a FTSE 100 compa y a d the wo ld’s la gest i te -deale b oke , a d we t o to se ve fo a decade as CEO of ICAP Ocea Tomo Auctio s, ICAP Pate t B oke age, ICAP IP, a d ICAP Media. U de his leade ship, ICAP Pate t B oke age became the wo ld’s la gest i tellectual p ope ty b oke age a d pate t auctio fi m, closi g eco d-setti g t a sactio s ac oss cloud computi g, social etwo ki g, sma t ca ds, a d co sume elect o ics.
Ea lie i his ca ee , M . Becke fou ded 422 I c., a i ovative wi eless di ecto y assista ce se vice, a d se ved as Chai ma a d CEO of eWi eless, a pate t-based abb eviated dial se vice ope ati g ac oss all majo wi eless ca ie s. He also se ved as Chai ma a d CEO of Becke Beepe u til its acquisitio by A ch Telecommu icatio s, a d has se ved as Vice Chai ma of the ROKiT G oup. His expe ie ce i cludes p i cipal oles i ve tu e capital a d p ivate equity-fu ded t a sactio s with a focus o the telecommu icatio s i dust y.
“Datavault AI is exactly the ki d of compa y the i tellectual p ope ty ma ket was built fo : a t ue tech ology lice si g busi ess with fou datio al pate ts ac oss data scie ce a d acoustics,” said Dea Becke , Chief Lice si g Office of Datavault AI. “I have spe t my ca ee p ovi g that i ta gible assets ca be valued, t aded, a d mo etized at scale, a d I look fo wa d to putti g that expe ie ce to wo k buildi g du able lice si g eve ue fo Datavault AI a d its sha eholde s.”
As Chief Lice si g Office , M . Becke will lead lice si g, e fo ceme t st ategy, a d IP-d ive eve ue p og ams ac oss both of the Compa y’s divisio s. I the Data Scie ce Divisio , his ma date i cludes the I fo matio Data Excha ge® (IDE), the Compa y’s DataSco e® a d DataValue® age ts, a d its Real-Wo ld Asset (RWA) toke izatio tech ologies. I the Acoustic Scie ce Divisio , he will di ect lice si g of the Compa y’s WiSA®, ADIO®, a d Sume ia ® pate ted tech ologies, which cove fou datio al spatial a d multicha el wi eless HD sou d t a smissio , audio timi g, sy ch o izatio , a d data-ove -sou d applicatio s.
“Dea is o e of the most accomplished dealmake s i the histo y of the i tellectual p ope ty ma ketplace, a d the e is o o e bette suited to lead lice si g at a tech ology lice si g compa y,” said Natha iel T. B adley, CEO of Datavault AI. “Datavault AI ow s pate ted platfo ms that defi e how data is valued, toke ized, a d mo etized, a d Dea ‘s a ival puts the i dust y’s leadi g pate t b oke at the ce te of that st ategy. His eco d of buildi g e ti ely ew ma kets fo i ta gible assets alig s di ectly with ou missio of u locki g the value of data a d i tellectual p ope ty fo ou custome s a d sha eholde s.”
The appoi tme t ei fo ces Datavault AI’s ide tity as a tech ology lice si g compa y whose pate ted, secu e platfo ms a e desig ed to edefi e how data is ma aged, valued, a d mo etized. M . Becke will wo k alo gside the Compa y’s executive team to expa d lice si g p og ams, st uctu e ew i tellectual p ope ty t a sactio s, a d exte d the each of the Compa y’s pate t po tfolio i to additio al i dust ies a d geog aphies.
Datavault AI™ (NASDAQ:DVLT) is leadi g the way i AI-d ive data expe ie ces, asset valuatio , a d mo etizatio i the Web 3.0 e vi o me t. The Compa y’s cloud-based platfo m p ovides comp ehe sive solutio s with a collabo ative focus i its Acoustic Scie ces a d Data Scie ces divisio s.
Datavault AI’s Acoustic Scie ces divisio featu es WiSA®, ADIO®, a d Sume ia ® pate ted tech ologies a d i dust y-fi st fou datio al spatial a d multicha el wi eless high-defi itio sou d t a smissio tech ologies, with i tellectual p ope ty cove i g audio timi g, sy ch o izatio , a d multicha el i te fe e ce ca cellatio . The Data Scie ce divisio leve ages the powe of Web 3.0 a d high-pe fo ma ce computi g to p ovide solutio s fo expe ie tial data pe ceptio , valuatio , a d secu e mo etizatio .
Datavault AI’s platfo m se ves multiple i dust ies, i cludi g high-pe fo ma ce computi g softwa e lice si g fo spo ts & e te tai me t, eve ts & ve ues, biotech, educatio , fi tech, eal estate, healthca e, e e gy, a d mo e. The I fo matio Data Excha ge® e ables Digital Twi s a d the lice si g of ame, image, a d like ess by secu ely attachi g physical eal-wo ld objects to immutable metadata, foste i g espo sible AI with i teg ity. The Compa y’s tech ology suite is fully customizable a d offe s AI- a d machi e-lea i g-based automatio , thi d-pa ty i teg atio , detailed a alytics a d data, ma keti g automatio , a d adve tisi g mo ito i g.
The Compa y is headqua te ed i Philadelphia, PA. Lea mo e about Datavault AI at https://dvlt.ai.
This p ess elease co tai s “fo wa d-looki g stateme ts” (withi the mea i g of the P ivate Secu ities Litigatio Refo m Act of 1995, as ame ded, a d othe secu ities laws) about Datavault AI I c. (“Datavault AI,” the “Compa y,” “us,” “ou ,” o “we”) a d ou i dust y that i volve isks a d u ce tai ties. I some cases, you ca ide tify fo wa d-looki g stateme ts because they co tai wo ds, such as “may,” “might,” “will,” “shall,” “should,” “expects,” “pla s,” “a ticipates,” “could,” “i te ds,” “ta get,” “p ojects,” “co templates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “p edicts,” “pote tial,” “goal,” “objective,” “seeks,” “likely” o “co ti ue” o the egative of these wo ds o othe simila te ms o exp essio s that co ce ou expectatio s, st ategy, pla s o i te tio s. The abse ce of these wo ds does ot mea that a stateme t is ot fo wa d-looki g. Such fo wa d-looki g stateme ts, i cludi g, but ot limited to, stateme ts ega di g futu e eve ts, stateme ts ega di g the expected co t ibutio s of M . Becke to the Compa y’s lice si g st ategy, the a ticipated expa sio of the Compa y’s i tellectual p ope ty lice si g, e fo ceme t, a d mo etizatio p og ams, the p ojected g owth of lice si g eve ue ac oss the Compa y’s Data Scie ce a d Acoustic Scie ce divisio s, a d the Compa y’s pla s to exte d its pate t po tfolio i to additio al i dust ies a d geog aphies, a e ecessa ily based upo estimates a d assumptio s that, while co side ed easo able by the Compa y a d its ma ageme t, a e i he e tly u ce tai .
Reade s a e cautio ed ot to place u due elia ce o these a d othe fo wa d-looki g stateme ts co tai ed he ei .
Actual esults may diffe mate ially f om those i dicated by these fo wa d-looki g stateme ts as a esult of va ious isks a d u ce tai ties i cludi g, but ot limited to, the followi g: the Compa y’s ability to att act, i teg ate, a d etai key executives; the Compa y’s ability to execute its i tellectual p ope ty lice si g a d mo etizatio st ategy; the timi g a d outcome of lice si g egotiatio s a d e fo ceme t activities; cha ges i ma ket dema d fo Datavault AI’s se vices a d p oducts; cha ges i eco omic, ma ket, o egulato y co ditio s; isks elati g to evolvi g egulato y f amewo ks applicable to toke ized assets; a d othe isks a d u ce tai ties as mo e fully desc ibed i Datavault AI’s fili gs with the SEC, i cludi g its A ual Repo t o Fo m 10-K fo the yea e ded Decembe 31, 2025 a d othe fili gs that Datavault AI makes f om time to time with the SEC, which a e available o the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov, a d could cause actual esults to va y f om expectatio s.
The fo wa d-looki g stateme ts made i this p ess elease elate o ly to eve ts as of the date o which the stateme ts a e made. Datavault AI u de takes o obligatio to update a y fo wa d-looki g stateme ts made i this p ess elease to eflect eve ts o ci cumsta ces afte the date of this p ess elease o to eflect ew i fo matio o the occu e ce of u a ticipated eve ts, except as equi ed by law.
Datavault AI may ot actually achieve the pla s, i te tio s, o expectatio s disclosed i its fo wa d-looki g stateme ts, a d you should ot place u due elia ce o such fo wa d-looki g stateme ts. Datavault AI’s fo wa d-looki g stateme ts do ot eflect the pote tial impact of a y futu e acquisitio s, me ge s, dispositio s, joi t ve tu es, o i vestme ts it may make.
We ow o have ights to use va ious t adema ks, t ade ames, se vice ma ks a d copy ights, which a e p otected u de applicable i tellectual p ope ty laws. This p ess elease also co tai s t adema ks, t ade ames, se vice ma ks a d copy ights of othe compa ies, which a e, to ou k owledge, the p ope ty of thei espective ow e s. Solely fo co ve ie ce, ce tai t adema ks, t ade ames, se vice ma ks a d copy ights efe ed to i this p ess elease may appea without the ©, ®, a d ™ symbols, but such efe e ces a e ot i te ded to i dicate, i a y way, that we will ot asse t, to the fullest exte t u de applicable law, ou ights o the ights of the applicable lice so s to these t adema ks, t ade ames, se vice ma ks a d copy ights. We do ot i te d ou use o display of othe pa ties’ t adema ks, t ade ames, se vice ma ks o copy ights to imply, a d such use o display should ot be co st ued to imply a elatio ship with, o e do seme t o spo so ship of us by, these othe pa ties.
