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CoreWeave beats on revenue and lifts guidance, easing AI slowdown concerns

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In short

Strong quarterly top-line expansion and raised multi-year forecasts arrive as welcome relief after the company's shares plunged over 40% in the preceding month. To maintain its growth trajectory, the provider is establishing its first Asian data centers and targeting 1.85 gigawatts of active power by the end of 2026. This ambitious expansion requires significant funding, leaving the business managing nearly $47 billion in debt with some bond yields recently surpassing 16%.

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CoreWeave shares climbed in extended trading on Tuesday after the neocloud reported higher quarterly revenue than expected.

The earnings announcement lands at a particularly volatile moment for CoreWeave and its neocloud peers, as the market sours on the artificial intelligence trade and as Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, the central figure in the AI buildout, faces a scandal tied to an affair with an alleged Chinese spy.

Here's how the company performed relative to LSEG consensus:

- Loss: Adjusted loss of $1.27

- Revenue: $3.66 billion vs. $3.55 billion expected

It is not immediately clear if the loss per share is comparable with the LSEG consensus loss of $1.16

CoreWeave's revenue soared 168% from $1.36 billion a year earlier, according to a statement. The company recorded a net loss of $709 million, or $1.27 per share, compared to a net loss of $110 million a year earlier. Adjusted earnings exclude stock-based compensation.

Executives pushed up their forecast for all of 2026. They now see $1.275 billion to $1.375 billion in adjusted operating income on $13.0 billion to $13.3 billion in revenue.…

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