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CoreWeave beats quarterly revenue estimates as AI demand defies growing doubts

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The company's third-quarter revenue topped projections at $3.66 billion, leading leadership to raise full-year revenue guidance to between $13.0 billion and $13.3 billion. Investors had grown wary of the firm's $50 billion debt load and lack of profitability amid broader sector infrastructure concerns. However, executive leadership highlighted that customer prepayments and a substantial deal backlog fully cover debt obligations while supporting an active capacity exceeding 1.7 gigawatts across roughly 52 data centers.

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  • Full-year revenue projections were increased to a range between $13.0 billion and $13.3 b…: Full-year revenue projections were increased to a range between $13.0 billion and $13.3 billion.
  • Leadership secures customer contracts and prepayments prior to capital deployments to ens…: Leadership secures customer contracts and prepayments prior to capital deployments to ensure the deal backlog covers debt.
  • The company maintains an active operating capacity topping 1.7 gigawatts across approxima…: The company maintains an active operating capacity topping 1.7 gigawatts across approximately 52 global data centers.

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Nov 10 : CoreWeave beat Wall Street estimates for quarterly revenue on Tuesday, driven by strong demand for its cloud services, easing recent concerns around the durability of AI infrastructure demand amid its mounting debt load.

The company's shares were up more than 7 per cent in extended trading following a sharp slump last month.

CoreWeave reported revenue of $3.66 billion for the third quarter ended September, up from $1.37 billion a year earlier, compared with analysts' average estimate of $3.55 billion, according to data compiled by LSEG.

It also raised its annual revenue forecast to between $13.0 billion and $13.3 billion, from $12.4 billion to $13.2 billion earlier.

"Customer contracts come first, and investment follows," CEO Mike Intrator said in a statement.

"Because CoreWeave's investments are tied to committed demand, lenders have something concrete to lend against and customers typically help fund the buildout through prepayments."

The company's stock has crashed more than 40 per cent in the past month as the company emerged as the focal point of growing fears about a potential AI bubble, with investors fretting…

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