AlphaTON Capital Corp. (“AlphaTON”), a leader in human-centered AI and confidential computing, today announced a strategic AI hardware and financing agreement with Vertical Data Inc. (“Vertical Data”). The transaction, valued at approximately $43 millionis the cornerstone of AlphaTON’s mission to scale its privacy-preserving AI infrastructure. The deal is expected to close in the second quarter of 2026, subject to customary closing conditions.
Strengthen the basics of confidential calculation
This agreement marks a significant expansion of the existing collaboration between AlphaTON and Vertical Data. By leveraging Vertical Data’s expertise in high-performance computing and capital-efficient deployment, AlphaTON will accelerate the development of its sovereign AI capabilities.
Partnership focuses on deploying high-performance GPU cluster with cutting-edge technologies NVIDIA B300 Architecture. Funding for the initiative will be facilitated through the Vertical Data program. GPUfinancing.com platform, providing AlphaTON with a streamlined, asset-backed approach to infrastructure growth with non-recourse financing.
Executive commentary
“Vertical Data has been a constant partner throughout multiple phases of this infrastructure project,” said Brittany Kaiser, CEO of AlphaTON Capital. “This agreement constitutes an essential step in increasing our computing capacity. It ensures that the goals of our platform, particularly the convergence of AI, digital assets and confidential computing, are supported by the most advanced hardware and efficient financing models available today.
Deven Soni, CEO of Vertical Dataadded: “We are pleased to continue working with AlphaTON as they expand their AI infrastructure initiatives. This agreement reflects our approach to providing turnkey solutions, including AI infrastructure and financing, to support the development of high-performance computing environments.
Strategic Integration and Managed Services
Beyond the hardware purchase, the agreement encompasses a suite of managed infrastructure services. This allows AlphaTON to remain focused on development privacy-preserving architectures and decentralized AI ecosystems while Vertical Data ensures operational excellence and energy efficiency of underlying data center environments.
This expansion directly supports AlphaTON’s continued work with partners such as Telegram, Gamee, Animoca Brands and Midnight Blockchainproviding the technical foundation required for next-generation secure AI applications.
About AlphaTON Capital Corp.
AlphaTON Capital Corp. (NASDAQ: ATON) is a holding company created to deliver on the promise of human-centered AI. AlphaTON builds and operates businesses at the intersection of confidential computing, artificial intelligence and its convergence with digital assets. As artificial intelligence reshapes the way data is created, stored and processed, the demand for privacy-preserving computation has become structural. Native blockchain architectures offer a fundamentally different model of secure processing: one that protects sensitive information by design, not just policy and promises. AlphaTON’s portfolio is positioned at this threshold, providing its enterprises and customers with the technical foundation for a next-generation privacy infrastructure. The company pursues and manages strategic cash positions in digital assets aligned with its core thesis. AlphaTON supports decentralized blockchain and AI ecosystems that provide decentralized privacy and protections to its users. The company provides AI Confidential Compute through decentralized infrastructure and applications that support partners such as Telegram, Gamee, Animoca Brands, Midnight Blockchain, Vertical Data and others.
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About Vertical Data Inc.
Vertical Data Inc. is an AI infrastructure company building the financial and operational backbone of next-generation computing. Its model encompasses sovereign cloud development, GPU hardware procurement and financing, and edge data center development through its Vertical Edge platform.
Website: https://verticaldata.io/
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Forward-looking statements
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Contact for Vertical Data Investor Relations:
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