Datavault AI Inc. (NASDAQ: DVLT) announced that Dream Bowl XV, the 15th anniversary edition of the college football all-star showcase for professional draft-eligible players from all college divisions and NAIA programs, will be held on Jan. 17, 2027, at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, and is planned to be broadcast nationally on ESPN. The company will continue as an intellectual property licensing partner and official sponsor of The Dream Bowl alongside Cutting-Edge Sports Management.

Bowl Combine and Technology Deployment

The anniversary event will introduce a Bowl Combine designed to give eligible student-athletes a direct path onto the game roster. To support event registration, credentialing and verifiable athlete performance records, Datavault AI plans to deploy Event Citadel™, VerifyU™, API Media and ADIO® technologies, along with DataScore®, DataValue®, the Information Data Exchange® ("IDE®") and the NIL Vault™ ("NILv™") platform. The four-day weekend is scheduled to include practices, the Bowl Combine, professional scouting sessions and the game, placing on-field evaluation, credentialing and athlete data systems in a single venue. College athletes have been able to monetize their name, image and likeness since NCAA rules changed in 2021, and platforms that can verify performance records alongside licensing rights have since become a focus area in sports technology.

Transparency for Athlete Evaluation and Branding

The initiative represents a significant step in integrating advanced data technologies into college sports, particularly within the evolving landscape of name, image and likeness (NIL) rights. By providing verifiable athlete performance records and secure NIL monetization, Datavault AI aims to bring transparency and efficiency to athlete evaluation and branding. Supported by these technologies, the Bowl Combine could become a model for how student-athletes showcase their talents while maintaining control over their personal data and NIL assets. Because the event pools draft-eligible players from every college division alongside NAIA programs, performance records captured to a common verifiable standard give scouts a consistent reference point across levels of competition. How the registration and credentialing stack is rolled out ahead of the planned national broadcast will be one implementation detail to watch on the road to Jan. 17, 2027.

About Datavault AI

Datavault AI™ is leading the way in AI-driven data experiences and the valuation and monetization of assets in the Web 3.0 environment. The company's cloud-based platform provides comprehensive solutions with a collaborative focus across its Acoustic Sciences and Data Sciences divisions. The Acoustic Sciences division features WiSA®, ADIO® and Sumerian® patented technologies and industry-first foundational spatial and multichannel wireless, high-definition sound transmission technologies, with intellectual property covering audio timing, synchronization and multi-channel interference cancellation. The Data Sciences division leverages the power of Web 3.0 and high-performance computing to provide solutions for experiential data perception, valuation and secure monetization.

The platform serves multiple industries through high-performance computing software licensing, including sports & entertainment, events & venues, biotech, education, fintech, real estate, healthcare, energy and more. The Information Data Exchange® enables Digital Twins and the licensing of name, image and likeness by securely attaching physical real-world objects to immutable metadata, fostering responsible AI with integrity. The company's technology suite is fully customizable and offers AI- and machine-learning-based automation, third-party integration, detailed analytics and data, marketing automation and advertising monitoring.

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