Rumble's Neocloud Pivot Lands $13.7B Compute Deal With Anthropic
andersonbcdefg · x · 2026-09-14
Rumble, the media company backed by Peter Thiel and JD Vance that hosts Trump's Truth Social, transformed itself into a neocloud after acquiring Germany's Northern Data. Months after rebranding as Rum, it signed a $13.7B deal with an unnamed AI customer — revealed to be Anthropic — which also received warrants to buy Rum shares tied to how much compute it eventually purchases.
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