Verification result: verified; at least three independent reporting families directly support the central claim, and no validated contradictions were supplied. [S4][S7][S8]
Trump Media announced Truth API on July 16, 2026, as a business-to-business feed giving licensed real-time access to posts from high-ranking Truth Social accounts. [S1]
The company said the product was aimed at organizations affected by information delays, including high-frequency and algorithmic trading firms, and would deliver posts in milliseconds. [S1]
Trump Media said Truth API was expected to be available to institutional customers beginning August 1, 2026. [S1]
The SEC filing record corroborates that Trump Media filed a Form 8-K on July 16, 2026, with an Exhibit 99.1. [S2]
AP reported on August 1 that Truth Social was beginning to offer the posts to Wall Street traders and that the move raised questions about insider trading and private gain from public office. [S4]
The reported price is corroborated but not from the original company announcement: AP referenced a $100,000 monthly fee, the Los Angeles Times cited a Financial Times report of up to $100,000 a month, and the Daily Beast reported $100,000 a month. [S4][S7][S8]
A key limitation is that TMTG’s official announcement did not disclose pricing, and CBS reported on July 16 that the company did not specify how much the service would cost. [S5]
Another limitation is timing: TMTG and defenders framed the feed as real-time or publicly available data, while AP reported Truth Social said traders and the public would receive the information at the same time. [S1][S4]
The strongest supported version is that Trump Media launched a low-latency, paid institutional feed for influential Truth Social posts, with independently reported pricing up to $100,000 per month and documented legal or ethics concerns. [S1][S4][S7][S8]
