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September 18th

Dear Reader,


Catch what happened early Thursday? Our most recent profile was making moves.


Following a Wednesday close of $.497, it ripped on a green move to a high of $.73 the next day.


That's an approx. 46% run in almost no time at all.


At the same time, something else caught our attention...


Forget the chips for a second.


The bottleneck in artificial intelligence isn't silicon anymore. It's who can put silicon, power, buildings, and capital in the same room on the same timeline.


That job pays, and almost nobody does it well.


This week a company with a market cap around $88Mn stepped into that job twice.


Vertical Data Inc. (OTCQB: VDTA) secured a $192.1Mn, five-year infrastructure commitment from a global AI developer on September 15th.


The Letter of Intent covers a dedicated, single-tenant cluster of 1,024 NVIDIA B300 Blackwell Ultra GPUs running across 128 NVIDIA HGX B300 servers in Western Europe.


Look at the structure, not the headline number.


It's a binding take-or-pay arrangement with contractual deposit requirements, carrying multi-petabyte storage, 24/7 managed support and SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001 and GDPR compliance for sovereign AI workloads. Service is targeted to begin in the first quarter of 2027.


Then came the encore.


Two days later the company structured a separate deployment valued near $189Mn, a single Canadian site built on next-generation NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 infrastructure under a multi-year cloud services agreement for a global cloud provider.


Management is careful here, and so are we: that figure is an estimate of infrastructure and procurement value, not recognized or contracted revenue.


Here's the part that should stop you.


Yahoo Finance puts the public float near 2.03Mn shares. A float of that size marks VDTA as a low float idea, which means the potential for heightened volatility may be significant.

Under The Hood

Vertical Data isn't a hardware reseller wearing an AI badge. It runs three businesses that feed each other, per its company overview.


VerticalData.io provisions enterprise GPUs and manages the estate.


GPUfinancing.com writes the capital structure, using SPV-based, bankruptcy-remote facilities sized from $30Mn to $1Bn and beyond.


Vertical Edge, launched in June, buys and operates the buildings.

Edge data center market projection. Source: MarketsandMarkets


Provision it. Finance it. House it. Most competitors do one of those three and outsource the rest, which is exactly why timelines slip.


VDTA Chief Executive Officer, Deven Soni, came out of Lazard and Goldman Sachs, and the model reads like a banker's answer to an engineering problem.


Distribution is wider than the balance sheet suggests.


A reseller and referral agreement with Ascenty opens a path into 40 Latin American data centers across Brazil, Chile, Mexico and Colombia, 27 live and 13 under construction, tied together by roughly 4,000 km of fiber on renewable power.


This is a small company writing very large contracts.

What They Said


The commitment “proves that our strategy of delivering turnkey capacity is exactly what the market needs,” Soni said when the European deal was announced.


Note the word turnkey. It's the entire pitch.


Days later, on the Canadian deployment, he described function rather than product: bringing together compute, capital and operating partners to execute large-scale builds.


Customers aren't buying GPUs here. They're buying certainty that a cluster turns on when the contract says it will.

The Pivot: From Broker To Owner

The strategic shift landed quietly in the first half of September.


Vertical Data hired Christopher Larsson, who spent nearly seven years building hyperscale data centers at Meta across the United States and Scandinavia, as Head of Infrastructure.


Three days after that, the reason showed up.


The company signed a definitive purchase agreement for a 4.5 MW industrial data center site in Sollefteå Municipality, Central Sweden, through majority-owned Vertical Data Nordic AB, with an application underway to expand it to 100 MW.


Soni shared,This project is one of several in our active conversion pipeline representing 250 MW+ of global data center opp’s that would see us transforming existing industrial sites into institutional grade AI data centers.


Hire the builder, then buy the site. That sequence turns a broker into an owner of the one asset the AI cycle cannot manufacture: powered land.

Six Potential Catalysts Put (VDTA) On Our Watchlist For Friday


#1. A Float That Sits Near 2Mn Shares. Yahoo Finance data of that kind marks VDTA as a low float idea where the potential for heightened volatility may be significant.


#2. Two Contracts Announced Within A Single Week. Deals of $192.1Mn and roughly $189Mn arrived three days apart, which is uncommon cadence for a company the size of VDTA.


#3. A Meta Hyperscale Program Leader Now Runs Builds. Christopher Larsson's seven years of Meta data center experience arrived at VDTA the same month construction plans did.


#4. Nordic Site Carries A 100 MW Expansion Application. Powered land is the scarcest asset in this cycle, and VDTA now holds a claim on some of it.


#5. Financing Arm Sized From $30Mn To $1Bn. GPUfinancing.com lets VDTA fund the hardware it sells instead of waiting on a customer's bank.


#6. Data Center Spending Outlook Doubled In Eight Months. Dell'Oro Group now projects 2030 data center capital spending above $3Tn, the wave VDTA is positioning inside.

Final Thoughts


There’s a lot cooking here for Vertical Data, Inc. (OTCQB: VDTA).


A global cloud provider and a foundation model developer both handed structuring work to a company this small in the same week, while Dell'Oro Group was lifting its 2030 data center spending outlook above $3Tn.


Read the filings, watch the Sweden permit, and track whether that first quarter 2027 start date holds.


Coverage is officially initiated on Vertical Data, Inc. (OTCQB: VDTA).


Be on the lookout for our updates coming your way soon.


Sincerely,

FierceAnalyst | Jaks Swift

Editorial Writer



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September 18th

Greetings, Friend!


Happening rapidly, American aviation is experiencing something significant.


In March, the Secretary of Transportation announced a new federal program to put electric aircraft into real commercial service. He said it will "RADICALLY CHANGE the way people and products move."


Washington does not talk like that about science projects. The government has decided electric aviation is happening now, not someday.


The smart money got the message. Cathie Wood’s ARK In-vest and Ken Griffin’s Citadel have poured Mn’s into the sector’s famous names this year.


But those famous names share one uncomfortable problem. They have never flown a single paying airline passenger.


So ask the obvious question. When a new industry arrives, who actually stands to benefit?


History says it is rarely the companies with the flashiest prototypes. It is the ones already flying.


Now consider what Palantir did. The $300+Bn AI powerhouse behind Pentagon systems took equity as payment from one small aviation company, and featured it at its own AI conference.


That company is Surf Air Mobility (NYSE: SRFM).


While the air-taxi hopefuls burn cash on prototypes, (SRFM) already operates one of the largest commuter airlines in America. Roughly ~300,000 passengers a year and with over $100Mn in revenue over the last twelve months on its existing airline network.


Now the number that should stop you cold. The entire company carries a market cap of roughly $85Mn (9/17/26), less than one single year of its own revenue, while the pre-revenue names command valuations in the Bn’s.


Then came the last week of June, when everything accelerated at once. In seven days: a refinancing that cut convertible debt principal by 64%, an expanded partnership announced by Palantir itself, electric demonstration flights with BETA launching over Hawaii, and a landmark enterprise software deal with Wheels Up.


Four major announcements. Seven days. One tiny company.


And on August 10th, the follow-through arrived. Second quarter revenue came in at $29.5Mn, the high end of guidance and up 8% year-over-year, powered by Surf On Demand private charter revenue that more than doubled (+101%) compared to a year ago.


Adjusted EBITDA loss landed at $10.5Mn, inside the company's guidance range, even through one of the most volatile fuel-cost stretches the industry has faced. Management reaffirmed full-year 2026 revenue guidance of $128Mn to $138Mn.


And the electric story runs deeper. BETA Technologies, Surf Air’s aircraft partner, was chosen in seven of the eight wi-nn-ing federal programs, more than any other electric aircraft maker in the country.


Then, on September 17th, Surf Air Mobility (NYSE: SRFM) signed a definitive agreement with Sprintbach Aviation for OperatorOS, its SurfOS flight operations software for Part 135 operators powered by Palantir Technologies. This contract is the Company’s first commercial OperatorOS agreement and will contribute to the Company's goal of having five operators live on OperatorOS by the end of 2026. Surf Air Mobility will earn a percentage of revenue for all Sprintbach flights managed through the OperatorOS software.


That is why Surf Air Mobility (NYSE: SRFM) will be topping my watchlist - Friday, September 18th, 2026.


Surf Air Mobility (NYSE: SRFM) is a Los Angeles-based air mobility platform and one of the largest commuter airlines in the United States by scheduled departures. Over the last twelve months, the company flew 298,000 passengers on 59,000 scheduled departures, generating over $100Mn in revenue.


For full-year 2025, (SRFM) achieved its stated goal of pro-fit-able airline operations, defined as positive Adjusted EBITDA in its airline operations. And in the second quarter of 2026, the company delivered revenue at the high end of guidance and an Adjusted EBITDA loss within its guidance range, while reaffirming full-year targets.


Beyond flight operations, (SRFM) is building the digital backbone of air mobility. Its AI-enabled SurfOS operating system, powered by Palantir Technologies’ (NASDAQ: PLTR) Foundry and AIP platforms, is designed to run everything from scheduling to compliance to booking, for the entire industry.

SurfOS, powered by Palantir’s Foundry and AIP. BrokerOS is commercially live. OperatorOS launches in Q4 of 2026.


Latest Development: The Six Weeks That Changed the Story



August 10th: Q2 delivered on the promise. Revenue of $29.5Mn beat the high end of guidance, private charter revenue more than doubled year-over-year, and Adjusted EBITDA loss of $10.5Mn landed inside guidance. The company reaffirmed full-year 2026 guidance and issued third-quarter guidance calling for $35.5Mn to $37.5Mn in revenue.


July 1st: The balance sheet got cleaner. (SRFM) refinanced its senior secured convertible note, cutting the principal by 64% and monthly payments by up to half, while adding a $21.6Mn aircraft-backed facility.


June 29th: Palantir doubled down, publicly. Palantir issued its own press release committing additional engineering and go-to-market resources to accelerate OperatorOS, OwnerOS, and the enterprise products.


June 26th: Electric flight went live in Hawaii. BETA’s all-electric ALIA began a weeks-long demonstration campaign across the islands, with Hawaiian Airlines hosting the launch and supporting the program.


June 25th: Wheels Up became customer number one. Wheels Up Experience (NYSE: UP), one of the biggest names in private aviation, signed on as the launch customer for Enterprise BrokerOS under an agreement expected to deliver up to $12Mn in subscription fees.


Management tied it together plainly. CEO Deanna White said the first quarter’s efficiency gains are "a clear indication of the value that SurfOS and our partnership with Palantir delivers." On the Q2 call, White called the quarter "strong," adding that the company delivered results "during one of the most volatile fuel cost environments the industry has experienced" and that it is now positioned to pursue "revenue growth and improved pro-fit-ability simultaneously."


You can even watch Palantir feature (SRFM) at its own AI conference. See the AIPCon session here.

Today’s fleet and tomorrow’s: a Surf Air Mobility Cessna Caravan flying alongside the all-electric BETA ALIA. SRFM has placed a firm order for 25 aircraft with options for up to 75 more.


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8 Reasons Why Surf Air Mobility Inc. (NYSE: SRFM) Just Landed at the Top of Our Watchlist for Friday, September 18th, 2026


1. A Marquee Customer Just Validated The Software: Wheels Up is the first company to deploy Enterprise BrokerOS, in a deal with an initial two-year term plus an option for a third, worth up to $12Mn in subscription fees. At Jefferies’ aerospace summit in early June, management targeted its first multi-year, multi-Mn dollar enterprise contract for 2026. Seventeen days later, Wheels Up signed.


2. The Palantir Moat Keeps Getting Deeper: (SRFM) holds an exclusive agreement with Palantir for the configuration and sale of software to the Part 135 regional air mobility market. Palantir holds equity, featured the company at AIPCon, expanded the partnership on June 29th, and former Palantir dealmaker Shawn Pelsinger became Chairman of the Board.


3. Guidance Is Moving the Right Way: Management improved 2026 Adjusted EBITDA loss guidance by approximately 40% earlier this year, to $30-$25Mn, while maintaining revenue guidance of $128-$138Mn, reflecting 20-30% growth over 2025.


4. Q2 Proved the Model Out: Second quarter revenue of $29.5Mn came in at the high end of guidance, an 8% year-over-year increase, with Surf On Demand private charter revenue up 101% year-over-year and revenue per flight up 25% on continued mix shift to larger aircraft and longer flights. Adjusted EBITDA loss of $10.5Mn landed within guidance despite elevated fuel costs and weather-related cancellations in Hawaii.


5. SurfOS Is Live And Producing Real Numbers: BrokerOS has been commercially live since December 2025. Internal results comparing Q1 2026 to Q1 2025: 32% more bookings for top brokers, 57% faster quote-to-close, and 40% more payments processed on-platform, with 29 independent brokers enrolled and a target of 100 by year-end with its charter broker business.


6. Electric Aviation Is Happening on Its Runways First: (SRFM) has a firm order for 25 all-electric BETA ALIA aircraft with options for up to 75 more, demonstration flights are already underway in Hawaii operated by BETA, and BETA was selected in seven of eight federal eIPP launch programs. Management notes the electric aircraft needs scheduled maintenance about twice a year versus 24 times for its current fleet of aircrafts, on top of estimated roughly 30% lower operating costs.


7. The Balance Sheet Just Got Dramatically Cleaner: The July 1st refinancing cut convertible note principal by 64% and monthly payments by up to half, shifting debt away from dilutive instruments. Subsidiaries also secured a $21.6Mn aircraft-backed loan to boost liquidity with a second $14Mn funding tranche expected in August 2026. The company has reduced total debt by approximately 50% over the last year.


8. A Massive Market Tailwind Is Forming: The regional air mobility market is anticipated to expand to $75-$115Bn globally by 2035. The global eVTOL aircraft market is forecast to grow from around $5Bn in 2026 to roughly $216Bn by 2035, an increase of more than 4,000%. Management sizes the full SurfOS opp. at an estimated $156Bn.

The Mokulele interisland network in Hawaii: nine airports, ten routes, and an average flight of just 56 miles.


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Final Thoughts


Before you call it, I think it is worth taking one more look at why (SRFM) has stayed front and center.


The last six weeks tie the whole story together. A marquee enterprise customer in Wheels Up worth up to $12Mn. Palantir expanded the partnership in its own words. Electric aircraft flying real demonstration missions over Hawaii with Hawaiian Airlines supporting. And a refinancing that cut convertible debt by 64%. And now, a second quarter that hit guidance on both revenue and Adjusted EBITDA, with full-year guidance reaffirmed and a third-quarter outlook already on the board.


Add in guidance improved by roughly 40%, BrokerOS producing real internal results, a former Palantir executive becomes board chairman, and analyst coverage that includes HC Wainwright with a $12 target, Northland at a $5 target, and Alliance Global Partners with a $2.75 target, and it becomes clear why this company remains in focus.


For context, this profile recently hovered near $1 at the beginning of July, and all three targets were published before the late-June announcements. Small caps carry real risk, and this one still posts consolidated losses as it in-vests in growth.


Zooming out, the Advanced Air Mobility backdrop keeps expanding. Forecasts project regional air mobility at $75-$115Bn by 2035, and Washington’s new eIPP program is putting electric aircraft into service starting this year.


Our full focus will be on (SRFM) Friday. Also, keep a lookout for updates.


And as always, please remember to do your own research.


All the best,

Dane James

Editor Market Pulse Today


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