AlphaTON Capital Corp. (NASDAQ:ATON) ("AlphaTON"), a leader in human-centric AI and confidential compute, today announced a strategic AI hardware and financing agreement with Vertical Data Inc. ("Vertical Data"). The transaction, valued at approximately $43 million, is a cornerstone of AlphaTON's mission to scale its privacy-preserving AI infrastructure. The deal is expected to close in Q2-2026, subject to customary closing conditions.

Strengthening the Foundation for Confidential Compute

This agreement marks a significant expansion of the existing collaboration between AlphaTON and Vertical Data. By leveraging Vertical Data's expertise in high-performance compute and capital-efficient deployment, AlphaTON will accelerate the build-out of its sovereign AI capabilities.

The partnership focuses on the deployment of a high-performance GPU cluster featuring the cutting-edge NVIDIA B300 architecture. Financing for the initiative will be facilitated through Vertical Data's GPUfinancing.com platform, providing AlphaTON with a streamlined, asset-backed approach to infrastructure growth with non-recourse financing.