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Virtual Grid Announces Strategic Investment from Aether Holdings and Commercial Partnership to Launch AetherPod™ AI Factories

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  • Virtual Grid Inc. completed a strategic investment & commercial transaction with Aether Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHR) on July 20, 2026.
  • The deal establishes a framework for launching AetherPod, an Aether-branded modular AI infrastructure platform based on Virtual Grid's NovaPod 2.1 technology.
  • Aether received exclusive rights to market, distribute, deploy, & support AetherPod throughout Southeast Asia.
  • Aether holds non-exclusive rights to the platform within the United States for approved opportunities.
  • Virtual Grid retains ownership of the underlying NovaPod 2.1 technology, deployment architecture, FOMA fleet-orchestration platform, product roadmap, quality controls, & related intellectual property.
  • Aether will lead customer acquisition, commercialization strategy, deployment coordination, & first-line regional support in designated territories.
  • AetherPod serves as a white-labelled AI infrastructure offering for Aether's customers while Virtual Grid focuses on technology & platform operations.
  • Virtual Grid is building a distributed network of GPU-powered, battery-backed compute nodes across Western Canada.
  • Aether Holdings Inc. operates as a financial technology holding company providing market intelligence & data analytics solutions.
  • The press release includes standard forward-looking statements & disclaimers regarding risks such as deployment delays, market demand, & regulatory developments.