Rumble releases transcript of first-quarter 2026 earnings call

• Rumble’s first-quarter 2026 earnings call drew management including Founder, Chairman and CEO Chris Pavlovski, CFO Mike Masci, Investor Relations lead Shannon Devine, and Strategic Adviser to the CEO Brandon Alexandroff.
• Pavlovski positioned the pending Northern Data deal as a pivot into cloud and agentic AI, with closing targeted for June; he said Rumble has secured about 81% of Northern Data shares and received required regulatory approvals.
• Management highlighted Northern Data’s Q1 revenue of about EUR 43 million, GPU utilization rising to about 85% in March from 62% in December, and a 2026 revenue outlook of EUR 130 million to EUR 150 million; Pavlovski cited about 22,000 GPUs, about nine data centers, and Nashville capacity up to 180 megawatts.
• Masci reported Q1 revenue of USD 25.5 million, adjusted EBITDA loss of USD 21 million, net loss of USD 30.3 million, liquidity of USD 233.4 million, and net cash used in operating activities of USD 16.6 million.
• On strategy, Pavlovski said Tether’s USD 100 million advertising commitment has begun scaling in the current quarter and is not tied to the Northern Data close; he also flagged 56 million monthly active users, records for Rumble Shorts, and plans to start monetizing Shorts in the second half of 2026.

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