QumulusAI Rings the Nasdaq Opening Bell
Photos and video from QMLS's Times Square celebration, Credit: 2026 Nasdaq, Inc. / Vanja Savic
QumulusAI (Nasdaq: QMLS) rang the Nasdaq Stock Market opening bell at the Nasdaq MarketSite in Times Square on Wednesday, July 29, 2026, marking the company's formal welcome to the exchange two weeks after its July 16 direct listing. CEO Michael Maniscalco rang the bell alongside employees, board members, and partners who traveled to New York for the occasion.
David Wicks, Nasdaq's Vice President of Listing, opened the ceremony by welcoming QumulusAI into the exchange's roster of companies. "Today we proudly celebrate QumulusAI's listing on Nasdaq, and we couldn't be more proud to welcome you all to our family of the world's leading companies," said Wicks. "Nasdaq is incredibly proud to be your partner, and we look forward to supporting your continued growth and innovation as a Nasdaq-listed company."
Michael Maniscalco, CEO of QumulusAI, used the moment to thank the people who built the company from its early days to its most recent. "I want to thank our employees who got us to this point; our shareholders who believed in us early; our partners who helped us build the ecosystem and bring the infrastructure to life for our customers; our customers who are trusting us to get their infrastructure online — their critical infrastructure online — and keep it running," said Maniscalco.
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He also made the case for why QumulusAI exists in the first place. "The solutions that we're providing are bringing the AI applications and models to life. We build the infrastructure that powers the AI. And when I look at the space, and I look at all the incredible things happening around it, I can't think of a better space to be in," Maniscalco said.
The weeks around the listing carried their own momentum: QumulusAI announced a $71.9 million, three-year agreement with an AI inference platform provider on July 28, a $32 million Blackwell B300 agreement on July 23, and an $18 million take-or-pay agreement with a GPU marketplace partner on July 22.
