The company raised its 2026 adjusted revenue target to between $940 million and $960 million, up from its prior range of $880 million to $890 million. Growth was reinforced by third-quarter adjusted sales that climbed 70 percent to $230.9 million, exceeding analyst forecasts, while core cloud and services revenue more than tripled. Despite the top-line surge, profitability remains pressured as quarterly net losses expanded to 67 cents per share.
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Cerebras relies on its dinner-plate-sized wafer-scale engines featuring integrated on-chi…: Cerebras relies on its dinner-plate-sized wafer-scale engines featuring integrated on-chip memory to challenge dominant competitor Nvidia.
A strategic partnership will deploy AMD Helios systems into Cerebras data centers to bols…: A strategic partnership will deploy AMD Helios systems into Cerebras data centers to bolster inference capabilities by late 2026.
Massive infrastructure commitments like the $20 billion OpenAI contract provide sustained…: Massive infrastructure commitments like the $20 billion OpenAI contract provide sustained forward visibility despite ongoing quarterly financial losses.
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Nov 12 : Cerebras Systems raised its annual revenue forecast on Thursday, buoyed by surging demand for AI computing capacity as it battles Nvidia and cloud giants, sending its shares nearly 18 per cent higher in extended trading.
The AI boom has spurred demand for chips used to train models and power inference, the data crunching that occurs when a user queries a chatbot, benefiting chip and cloud companies such as Cerebras.
The Sunnyvale, California-based company is racing to expand chip volumes to capture that demand and support a $20 billion multi-year agreement to provide computing power for OpenAI.
The deal, viewed as key to justifying its valuation, underpins Cerebras' remaining performance obligations of $26.1 billion as of September 30.
Cerebras now expects 2026 adjusted revenue of $940 million to $960 million, up from its previous expectations of $880 million to $890 million.
Its adjusted core cloud and services revenue, which reflects the OpenAI deal, more than tripled to $144.9 million for the third quarter.
Cerebras' flagship wafer-scale engine is a single chip the size of a dinner plate containing…
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