AI cloud provider Nscale files for IPO on $140.6M revenue, $1.02B net loss
The net loss over the same time period a year earlier was $368.9 million, while revenue was up 1,252% from $10.4 million. Nscale pointed to $56.4 billion in remaining performance obligations.Competitors include market-leading cloud providers such as Amazon, as well as younger AI-centric suppliers like CoreWeave and Nebius that are known as neoclouds. OpenAI, Anthropic and other labs have had seemingly endless thirst for more computing capacity since the release of ChatGPT in 2022, as people tap generative AI products for coding, productivity and general chat.
- ▪The net loss over the same time period a year earlier was $368.9 million, while revenue was up 1,252% from $10.4 million.
- ▪Nscale pointed to $56.4 billion in remaining performance obligations.Competitors include market-leading cloud providers such as Amazon, as well as younger AI-centric suppliers like CoreWeave and Nebius that are known as neoclouds.
- ▪OpenAI, Anthropic and other labs have had seemingly endless thirst for more computing capacity since the release of ChatGPT in 2022, as people tap generative AI products for coding, productivity and general chat.
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Nscale, a cloud provider specializing in infrastructure for artificial intelligence models, has filed to go public on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "NSCL." The company had a $1.02 billion net loss on $140.6 million in revenue in the six months ended June 30, 2026, according to its prospectus for an initial public offering. The net loss over the same time period a year earlier was $368.9 million, while revenue was up 1,252% from $10.4 million. Nscale pointed to $56.4 billion in remaining performance obligations.Competitors include market-leading cloud providers such as Amazon, as well as younger AI-centric suppliers like CoreWeave and Nebius that are known as neoclouds.
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