Boost Run Becomes One of Only a Handful of Cloud Providers Worldwide to Earn NVIDIA's Highest Standard of Cloud Performance Validation

NORTHBROOK, Ill., April 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Boost Run, LLC ("Boost Run"), an NVIDIA Cloud Partner ("NCP") and Preferred Cloud Service Provider that has entered into a definitive agreement to merge with Willow Lane Acquisition Corp. ("Willow Lane") (Nasdaq: WLAC) and is expected to trade on the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC ("Nasdaq") under the symbol "BRUN" upon completion of the transaction, today announced it has achieved NVIDIA Exemplar Cloud on NVIDIA Blackwell$(TM)$ architecture -- one of the most rigorous technical certifications in artificial intelligence infrastructure. With this milestone, Boost Run joins an exclusive group of cloud providers globally to earn this designation, including CoreWeave, Nebius, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, and Microsoft Azure.

The NVIDIA Exemplar Cloud program recognizes cloud platforms that demonstrate reproducible, world-class AI workload performance at scale using NVIDIA Performance Benchmarking. To achieve validation, a provider must demonstrate that its infrastructure delivers results within 5% of NVIDIA's own reference performance targets -- across real-world training workloads, production-grade software stacks, and massive multi-GPU configurations.

"Achieving NVIDIA Exemplar Cloud is validation of what we are committed to delivering the highest caliber of performance for our enterprise users -- infrastructure that doesn't just promise performance, it proves it," said Andy Karos, Founder and CEO of Boost Run. "Our customers in regulated industries -- finance, healthcare and amongst others -- demand the highest levels of performance predictability, security, and compliance. NVIDIA Exemplar Cloud validation gives them independent, reproducible confirmation that Boost Run delivers. It is a distinction to stand alongside some of the largest cloud providers in the world to earn this distinction."

"The NVIDIA Exemplar Cloud achievement is a testament to Boost Run's commitment to delivering leading AI infrastructure," said Warren Barkley, Vice President of Product Management at NVIDIA. "The Exemplar Clouds initiative sets a transparent standard for performance and resiliency, and we congratulate Boost Run for embracing a high standard of workload performance in their infrastructure."

What NVIDIA Exemplar Cloud Means

The NVIDIA Exemplar Cloud initiative was established to bring transparency and accountability to AI cloud performance -- cutting through subjective claims with standardized, reproducible benchmarks. Rather than relying on synthetic microbenchmarks, the initiative evaluates real AI training workloads using large-scale LLM scenarios, production-grade software stacks, and workload-centric metrics including throughput and time-to-train. Exemplar-validated providers must demonstrate:

   -- Reproducible performance on NVIDIA Blackwell benchmarking recipes across 
      large-scale LLM training and inference workloads 
 
   -- Infrastructure consistency from single nodes to multi-thousand GPU 
      configurations 
 
   -- Full-stack optimization across compute, networking, and system software 
      aligned to NVIDIA Enterprise Reference Architectures 
 
   -- Performance within 5% of NVIDIA's own target results 

Fewer than a handful of cloud providers worldwide have achieved this validation. Boost Run is now among them.

Purpose-Built for the Most Demanding Workloads

Boost Run's Exemplar Cloud validation was achieved on its NVIDIA HGX(TM) B300 infrastructure, which operates out of secure and certified data centers. Boost Run's purpose-built colocation footprint -- spanning Charlotte, Raleigh, Dallas, Seattle, and Eagan -- provides the foundation for AI infrastructure that performs at the highest levels while meeting the compliance requirements of the world's most regulated industries.

A Defining Moment for Enterprise AI Infrastructure

NVIDIA Exemplar Cloud carries particular significance for enterprise and regulated-industry customers who cannot afford unpredictable performance or unverified infrastructure. For Boost Run's customer base -- which spans financial services, healthcare, defense, and frontier AI research -- this certification provides an independently verified performance baseline that no marketing material can replicate.

"This is about accountability," Karos continued. "The benchmarks are public. The results are reproducible. Customers can run NVIDIA's own tests on our infrastructure and see for themselves. That level of transparency is the standard we have always held ourselves to, and now NVIDIA has confirmed it."

About Boost Run

Boost Run is a leading provider of scalable cloud infrastructure purpose-built for enterprise AI and high-performance computing workloads. The platform delivers GPU compute, CPU nodes, managed Kubernetes orchestration, and shared storage through an intuitive management console and a robust API layer, enabling organizations to provision and scale resources across thousands of nodes in minutes. Organizations rely on Boost Run to power their most demanding AI workloads with the performance, security, and reliability their operations require. Boost Run maintains SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA, ISO 27001, and ISO 27701 certifications at the operator level, and partners with data center facilities that uphold equivalent security and compliance standards.

About Willow Lane

Willow Lane is a blank check company formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, amalgamation, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. Willow Lane's team has broad sector knowledge and brings a combination of operating, investing, financial and transactional experience. Willow Lane team has collectively identified and closed five previous SPAC business combinations, creating value for shareholders.

Additional Information and Where to Find It

Willow Lane, Boost Run and Boost Run Inc. ("Pubco"), have filed relevant materials with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), including the Registration Statement on Form S-4, which includes the proxy statement of Willow Lane and a prospectus in connection with the proposed business combination (the "Business Combination"), referred to as a proxy statement/prospectus. The definitive proxy statement and other relevant documents will be mailed to shareholders of Willow Lane as of a record date established for voting on Willow Lane's proposed Business Combination with Boost Run. SHAREHOLDERS OF WILLOW LANE AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES ARE URGED TO READ, WHEN AVAILABLE, THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT, THE DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT AND ALL OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED OR THAT WILL BE FILED WITH THE SEC IN CONNECTION WITH WILLOW LANE'S SOLICITATION OF PROXIES FOR THE EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF ITS SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD TO APPROVE THE BUSINESS COMBINATION BECAUSE THESE DOCUMENTS CONTAIN OR WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT WILLOW LANE, BOOST RUN, PUBCO AND THE BUSINESS COMBINATION. Shareholders will be able to obtain copies of the Registration Statement and the proxy statement/prospectus, without charge, once available, on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov or by directing a request to: Willow Lane Acquisition Corp, 250 West 57th Street, Suite 415, New York, NY 10107; or Boost Run, LLC, 5 Revere Drive, Suite 200 Northbrook, IL 60062.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws with respect to the Business Combination, including expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions, plans, prospects, financial results or strategies regarding Boost Run and the Business Combination. Forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of words such as "estimate," "plan," "project," "forecast," "intend," "may," "will," "expect," "continue," "should," "would," "anticipate," "believe," "seek," "target," "predict," "potential," "seem, " "future," "outlook" or other similar expressions that predict or indicate future events or trends or that are not statements of historical matters, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, references with respect to the anticipated benefits and timing of the completion of the Business Combination; statements about Boost Run's new and expanded commercial relationships; statements about Boost Run's market opportunity and the potential growth of that market; Boost Run's strategy, outcomes and growth prospects; trends in Boost Run's industry and markets; the competitive environment in which Boost Run operates; and the ability for Boost Run to raise funds to support its business. These statements are based on various assumptions, whether or not identified in this press release, and on the current expectations of Boost Run's and Willow Lane's management and are not predictions of actual performance. These forward-looking statements are provided for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to serve as, and must not be relied on by any investor as, a guarantee, an assurance, a prediction or a definitive statement of fact or probability. Actual events and circumstances are difficult or impossible to predict and will differ from assumptions. Many actual events and circumstances are beyond the control of Boost Run and Willow Lane.

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