Peter Thiel and JD Vance to invest in YouTube alternative Rumble

Published May 19, 2021 12:00am ET



Conservative tech billionaire Peter Thiel and Ohio Republican J.D. Vance on Wednesday invested a large sum into video platform Rumble, giving the website a boost as it tries to compete with Big Tech giants YouTube and Amazon.

Rumble, which has billed itself as a platform for free speech and is popular with conservatives, plans to use the investment to build out its video infrastructure and launch new cloud services in order for businesses to feel stable and secure.

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