HALT · PRE-MARKET · CAPTURED 09:01 ET

Why PAAI was halted on Sep 18 2026: strategic platform agreement

PAAI+62.9%on Fri Sep 18 2026

Paradium.AI, Inc. was up 62.9% on the day at $5.44, ranked #2 on 1062× its usual five-minute volume, when TapeRank recorded this trading halt at 09:01 ET during the pre-market session when it was halted.

WHAT THE ROW LOOKED LIKE

LAST5.44

DAY▲ 62.9%

5 MIN▲ 56.78%

5M RVOL1062×

5M $VOL$7.0M

FLOAT*47.6M

RANK#2

SESSIONPRE-MARKET

* FLOAT IS SHARES OUTSTANDING; TRUE FREE FLOAT IS NOT AVAILABLE

AI VERDICT

STRETCHEDCONFIDENCE5/5

PAAI is up 62.9% to $5.44, with a 56.78% surge in the last five minutes and a T1 halt. The catalyst is a proposed 10-year, $1 billion strategic platform agreement, but it is subject to RTB's $89 million cash-and-stock investment for about 49% of PAAI and includes forecasts rather than realized results.

WHYA 62.9% move is aggressive relative to a contingent agreement with forecast revenue and EBITDA benefits, despite the substantial headline contract value.

ANALYZED 09:01 ET · <1 MIN AGO · OPENAI/GPT-5.6-LUNA

FILINGS · 24H BEFORE THE MOVE

No SEC filings in the 24 hours before this was recorded. A move on an unfiled press release shows nothing here, which is what UNEXPLAINED means.

SESSION LEVELS AT CAPTURE

VWAP4.29

HOD5.89

LOD3.12

OR HIGH—

OR LOW—

PREV CLOSE3.34

PM HIGH5.89

PM LOW3.12

GAP▲ 62.88% (indicated)

— MEANS THE LEVEL DID NOT EXIST YET AT THAT INSTANT, NOT ZERO