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RUM Group Inc.: Q2 FY2026 earnings call

What management said about Q2 FY2026, from the documents filed with the SEC on 10 August 2026: press release. Guidance figures: 3 new. The quarter’s numbers.

Key takeaways

  • Record quarterly revenue of $40.4 million: Revenue was $40.4 million, up 61% year over year and 58% sequentially, a record for the company. Source
  • Northern Data drove Other Initiatives growth: Other Initiatives revenue increased because Northern Data contributed $10.1 million of cloud computing and colocation revenue from the acquisition date. Source
  • Net loss widened versus last year: Net loss attributable to RUM Group was $79.1 million, against $30.2 million a year earlier; loss per share was $0.28. Source
  • Adjusted EBITDA loss was $16.6 million: Adjusted EBITDA was a loss of $16.6 million, compared with a loss of $20.5 million in the second quarter of 2025. Source
  • Unmonetized capacity sized at $3B+: Management put the unmonetized 2027 capacity at a $3B+ annual run rate. Source
  • Liquidity was $220.5 million: Total liquidity was $220.5 million: $203.3 million of cash and cash equivalents plus 293.14 Bitcoin valued at $17.2 million. Source

“This was a transformational quarter for our company.”

Chris Pavlovski, Founder and CEO, RUM Group Inc.

Guidance

AreaPeriodFigureAgainst last quarter
Revenue Sourcethird quarter of 2026$87 million to $93 millionNew
Unmonetized capacity Source2027 (targeted)approximately 250MWNew
Annual run-rate value of 2027 capacity Source2027 (targeted)$3B+New

What changed from last quarter

  • New guidance: Company began formal guidance, starting with third-quarter 2026 revenue. Source
  • New: Northern Data acquisition closed on June 17, 2026, with about 85.2% of its shares secured, up from 81.3% in May. Source
  • New: Parent company renamed RUM Group Inc., with two business units: Rumble (video) and Quake AI (cloud and AI infrastructure). Source
  • New: Signed a multi-year cloud capacity agreement with Together AI using NVIDIA HGX B300 GPUs. Source

Results and growth drivers

  • Record quarterly revenue of $40.4 million: Revenue was $40.4 million, up 61% year over year and 58% sequentially, a record for the company. Source
  • Rumble Video revenue reached a record: Rumble Video revenue was a record $30.3 million, up 19% sequentially and 21% year over year. Source
  • Advertising led Audience Monetization growth: Audience Monetization revenue rose mainly on $5.9 million of advertising and $0.2 million of licensing and platform hosting fees. Source

Segments and Quake AI

  • Northern Data drove Other Initiatives growth: Other Initiatives revenue increased because Northern Data contributed $10.1 million of cloud computing and colocation revenue from the acquisition date. Source
  • Quake AI combines GPU estate with cloud: Quake AI combines Rumble Cloud with Northern Data's GPU estate, described as roughly 22,000 NVIDIA H100/H200 GPUs. Source
  • GPU fleet ran near 85% utilization: Quake AI's existing GPU estate ran at about 85% utilization for the quarter. Source

“Revenue grew 61% year-over-year to $40.4 million, marking another all-time record for our company.”

Chris Pavlovski, Founder and CEO, RUM Group Inc.

Cost lines and operating expenses

  • Cost of services rose 15%: Cost of services rose $4.1 million to $30.6 million compared with the second quarter of 2025. Source
  • Northern Data added to G&A: G&A rose $4.7 million to $16.3 million, with Northern Data adding $5.0 million of payroll and other administrative costs. Source
  • R&D spending rose on payroll and tools: R&D rose $2.0 million to $6.8 million, with payroll up $1.1 million and software and hardware spend up $0.9 million. Source
  • Marketing drove sales and marketing increase: Sales and marketing rose $2.5 million to $10.4 million, led by $1.2 million of higher marketing and public relations spend. Source

Net loss and adjusted EBITDA

  • Net loss widened versus last year: Net loss attributable to RUM Group was $79.1 million, against $30.2 million a year earlier; loss per share was $0.28. Source
  • Adjusted EBITDA loss was $16.6 million: Adjusted EBITDA was a loss of $16.6 million, compared with a loss of $20.5 million in the second quarter of 2025. Source
  • Acquisition costs and D&A increased: Acquisition-related transaction costs were $28.3 million and amortization and depreciation $16.3 million, against $2.4 million and $3.6 million a year earlier. Source

“RUM Group is uniquely positioned to power the coming robotic and agentic AI era”

Chris Pavlovski, Founder and CEO, RUM Group Inc.

Compute services and capacity

  • Quake AI sells compute as a service: Quake AI delivers AI compute as a service from data centers with GPU and CPU compute, storage and networking. Source
  • Video data pairs with compute: Management said Rumble's video data and creator community pair with scaled AI compute, a combination it said neoclouds lack. Source
  • Unmonetized capacity sized at $3B+: Management put the unmonetized 2027 capacity at a $3B+ annual run rate. Source

Liquidity, cash and financing

  • Liquidity was $220.5 million: Total liquidity was $220.5 million: $203.3 million of cash and cash equivalents plus 293.14 Bitcoin valued at $17.2 million. Source
  • Operating cash outflow for six months: Net cash used in operating activities was $66.1 million for the six months, against $30.4 million a year earlier. Source
  • Pre-funded warrants and convertible notes: Pre-funded warrants issued under an equity commitment agreement brought in $36.2 million; convertible notes payable stood at $358.8 million. Source

Coming up, as management said on 10 August 2026

  • Fireside chat on August 11: CEO and CFO Michael Masci take part in an analyst-selected fireside chat at the Oppenheimer conference. Source
  • Canaccord presentation on August 12: CFO Michael Masci is scheduled to present at the Canaccord Genuity growth conference in Boston. Source

Figures management reported

FigureReported
Subscription revenue Sourcedecreased $0.5 million year over year

Risks management discussed

  • Demand: Excluding Northern Data, Other Initiatives revenue fell $0.4 million, which management attributed to less advertising inventory monetized by its publisher network and lower cloud services revenue. Source
  • Operational: Cost of services carried added data center expenses from the Northern Data acquisition. Source

Earlier plans management reported on

  • Not stated: The May release expected a mid-June close; this release reports the acquisition closed on June 17, 2026.

Other quarters

Summarised with AI from the documents the company filed with the SEC. Every point is checked against the filing before it is shown: management’s own words word for word, figures against the line or table row they come from. A point that fails the check is left out. Source opens the filing at that line.