Riot Stock Soars 24% on $9.1B Deal with AI Giant Anthropic
Riot Platforms' stock surged 24% in after-hours trading following news that Anthropic agreed to pay $9.1 billion over 20 years for computing capacity at the miner's Rockdale, Texas campus.
This major infrastructure partnership signals a significant move by crypto mining firms into AI compute revenue.
The deal could boost funding and adoption of miners like Riot Platforms and potentially increase their market impact.