CoreWeave Rises 5% on $6.3B Capacity Deal with Nvidia

  • CoreWeave's stock rose by approximately 5% after announcing a $6.3 billion agreement with Nvidia.
  • Nvidia will purchase unused computing resources from CoreWeave through April 2032, securing the latter's server capacity usage.
  • The deal allows CoreWeave to mitigate revenue risks and ensures Nvidia access to cloud-based GPU resources.
  • Nvidia holds an equity stake in CoreWeave, owning 24.3 million shares valued at about $3.96 billion as of Q2.
  • CoreWeave, founded in 2017, specializes in renting access to Nvidia GPUs for AI model training and went public in March.
  • Following its IPO, CoreWeave's stock initially surged five-fold, declined by 50% in the summer, and has since rebounded by 35% post-Labor Day.