SAIheat strikes merger deal with AI inference platform Canopy Wave in US$60 million pre-money transaction

• SAIheat to merge with AI inference and GPU cloud platform Canopy Wave, creating Canopy Wave Holdings with expected Nasdaq ticker CWAV.
• Deal values Canopy Wave at US$60 million pre-money, SAIheat at US$40 million; Canopy Wave holders to own about 54.19% economic interest.
• Canopy Wave holders to control about 78.44% voting power, factoring in a planned US$4.5 million private placement at US$18.15 per share.
• Combined group to focus on production-scale AI inference for open-weight large language models, retaining SAIheat’s data center infrastructure business.
• Closing targeted by end-2026; combined company to be headquartered in Santa Clara, led by Canopy Wave founders Tao Zhang and James Liao.

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