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Roundtable Signs $1B Agreement with Paradium.AI for 10 Years

Roundtable (RTB) issued clarifying points regarding the company's 10-year, $1B agreement with The Arena Group, now Paradium.AI (PAAI), to migrate, operate and monetize its premium media portfolio on Roundtable's AI/DeFi-powered MediaOS. "The transaction is designed to migrate Paradium.AI's brands, traffic and associated revenue to RTB's full-stack, enterprise media platform, while creating immediate advertising scale for RTB's enterprise customers. It is not an acquisition of Paradium.AI or a tender offer. RTB is not buying Paradium.AI. The companies entered into a 10-year Strategic Platform Agreement only. There is no tender offer or open-market purchase. RTB is not buying shares from the public or company, but a minority interest, direct from the largest shareholder. RTB's investment will remain below control. The shares represent a minority interest, and there are no plans, and does not wish to consolidate or acquire majority control. Closing is conditional and expected Q4 2026. Completion of the minority share purchase, including required capital raise, is a closing condition. The platform agreement includes $11.5 million of RTB stock consideration. In exchange for, technology license transfer and other considerations. Agreement does not add incremental expenses beyond RTB's operating model. The functions RTB will provide Paradium.AI are the same required for other enterprise customers. The agreement simply accelerates required platform operations and staffing, with no added costs. RTB expects payback within two years from Platform margin. RTB expects the premium paid for the shares purchased to be capitalized and amortized over the 10-year agreement, with ROI payback within two years," Roundtable stated.

Paradium.AI Signs Strategic Agreement with Roundtable

Paradium.AI (PAAI) provided an update regarding its signed strategic relationship with RTB Digital (RTB), which operates as Roundtable, following an announcement issued today by Roundtable. "Paradium.AI has entered into a strategic platform agreement with Roundtable agreeing to a strategic operating relationship between the companies. Separately, in a private transaction, Roundtable agreed to acquire a significant equity interest in Paradium.AI from Simplify Inventions, LLC, Paradium.AI's largest shareholder. The transactions remain subject to a number of conditions precedent, including funding requirements to be satisfied by Roundtable, to be satisfied prior to closing. The transaction is scheduled to close prior to the end of Q4 2026. Under the Platform Agreement, Roundtable would provide certain technology, monetization and operating services supporting Paradium.AI's portfolio of media brands. Paradium.AI would retain ownership of its brands, domains, intellectual property and audiences," Paradium stated.

Roundtable Signs $1B Agreement with Paradium.AI

Roundtable (RTB) CEO, James Heckman announced a 10-year, $1B agreement with The Arena Group, now known as Paradium.AI (PAAI), to migrate, operate and monetize Arena's premium media portfolio on Roundtable's AI/DeFi-powered MediaOS. Following deal closure, Roundtable forecasts a $100M annualized revenue and an EBITDA-positive run rate - on a stand-alone basis, with 100 million monthly consumers. "The transaction will deliver global scale and a profitable ecosystem to the world's leading professional media brands and journalists. Roundtable's operating system, powered by AI and DeFi, eliminates publishers' infrastructure and operational costs by replacing antiquated systems with a single unified AI based platform. It encompasses AI-integration, DeFi reporting and payments, on-chain publishing, hosting, monetization, syndication, ad operations, AI-resistance, brand safety, IP and audience security - while publishers remain fully sovereign over their brands, domains, journalism, IP and audiences."