CoreWeave pops amid new $14B deal with Meta for AI power

  • CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) shares popped 8.7% in premarket trading on Tuesday amid a new $14.2B deal with Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) for artificial intelligence computing power.
  • Under terms of the deal, which were first reported by Bloomberg, CoreWeave will provide the Mark Zuckerberg-led company with access to Nvidia’s (NASDAQ:NVDA) latest GB300 comments.
  • “They loved our infrastructure in earlier contracts and came back for more,” Chief Executive Officer Michael Intrator told the news outlet.
  • Meta Platforms did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Seeking Alpha.
  • CoreWeave has recently expanded its list of clients beyond Microsoft (MSFT), which was its largest customer. Earlier this month, it expanded an agreement with OpenAI by up to $6.5B to power the training of the AI startup’s most advanced next-generation models through its infrastructure. The new agreement brings the total contract value with Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT)-backed OpenAI up to about $22.4B.
  • Meta shares rose 0.3% in premarket trading, while Nvidia was up 0.5%.

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