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title: "Memo: Nscale CEO Josh Payne says it has \"more than $100B in contracted revenue\"; sources say it still plans to list by the end of 2026 at a $30B-$35B valuation (Kieran Smith/Financial Times)"
type: signal
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/memo-nscale-ceo-josh-payne-says-it-has-more-than-100b-in-contracted-0ada2fd5
published: 2026-10-21T08:00:54.000Z
byline: "Source: TECHMEME"
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# Memo: Nscale CEO Josh Payne says it has "more than $100B in contracted revenue"; sources say it still plans to list by the end of 2026 at a $30B-$35B valuation (Kieran Smith/Financial Times)

Source: TECHMEME · Published 2026-10-21 · Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/memo-nscale-ceo-josh-payne-says-it-has-more-than-100b-in-contracted-0ada2fd5

Kieran Smith / Financial Times : Memo: Nscale CEO Josh Payne says it has "more than $100B in contracted revenue"; sources say it still plans to list by the end of 2026 at a $30B-$35B valuation — Founder Josh Payne says demand remains ‘insatiable’ for the services of Nvidia-backed data centre group

## Sources

- [Read the original at TECHMEME](https://www.techmeme.com/261021/p8#a261021p8)

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