Datavault AI Appoints Frank Deo as CTO of Acoustic Sciences Division, Signaling Strategic Growth

Datavault AI (NASDAQ: DVLT) has appointed Frank Deo as chief technology officer of its Acoustic Sciences Division, a move that underscores the company's commitment to scaling its spatial audio and data transmission technologies and advancing toward a potential spinout. Deo, a Technical Emmy Award winner and inventor on 31 issued U.S. and international patents, brings more than 30 years of experience in building media, data, and platform technologies.

In his new role, Deo will lead efforts to unify the division's engineering stack across acquired operations, expand the use of artificial intelligence-assisted development tools, standardize engineering processes, and simplify the underlying architecture to reduce operating costs as the business scales. The appointment expands the leadership of the Acoustic Sciences Division as Datavault AI evaluates a potential dividend spinout into a stand-alone public company. The proposed transaction remains subject to board approval, a definitive agreement, closing conditions, and any required regulatory approvals.

Deo previously served as vice president of new media technology at API Media, where he led product engineering for the ADIO platform, a key technology within the Acoustic Sciences Division. The division develops the company's ADIO, WiSA, Event Citadel, and API Media technologies for spatial audio, data-over-sound signaling, and live-event systems. These technologies are foundational for wireless, high-definition sound transmission, with intellectual property covering audio timing, synchronization, and multi-channel interference cancellation.

The appointment signals Datavault AI's strategic focus on operational efficiency and growth in its Acoustic Sciences Division, which is part of a broader push to monetize its technologies across multiple industries, including sports and entertainment, events, biotech, education, fintech, real estate, healthcare, and energy. The company's platform also supports Digital Twins and the licensing of name, image, and likeness through its Information Data Exchange.

Datavault AI is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA, and its technology suite is fully customizable, offering AI- and machine-learning-based automation, third-party integration, detailed analytics, marketing automation, and advertising monitoring. The company's forward-looking statements, as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, involve risks and uncertainties, including those set forth in its filings with the SEC. For more information, visit the company's newsroom at https://ibn.fm/DVLT. The full press release is available at https://ibn.fm/EYWVu.

This appointment is a critical step for Datavault AI as it seeks to streamline operations and enhance its competitive position in the growing market for spatial audio and data-over-sound technologies. The potential spinout of the Acoustic Sciences Division into a stand-alone public company could unlock shareholder value and allow the division to focus more intently on its core technologies and market opportunities.