CoreWeave stock pops 11% as revenue doubles on accelerating AI infrastructure demand

CoreWeave shares jumped 11% in extended trading on Tuesday after the AI infrastructure provider reported revenue than topped Wall Street expectations. Here's how the company did relative to LSEG consensus: - Earnings per share: Loss of $1.14 - Revenue: $2.58 billion vs. $2.56 billion expected Revenue climbed 112% during the quarter from a year earlier, CoreWeave said in a statement. Net loss of $626 million increased from $290 million, or 60 cents per share, a year ago. The company's revenue backlog now stands at $104 billion, with 1.5 gigawatts of contracted power. The 8-year-old company has been racing cloud market leaders Amazon, Google and Microsoft to open data centers filled with chips that can run generative artificial intelligence models. Unlike them, CoreWeave isn't profitable. As of quarter end, it had $35 billion in debt on its balance sheet to cover the cost of Nvidia graphics processing units and other equipment. During the quarter, Meta said it would spend an additional $21 billion with CoreWeave, which also announced a multi-year agreement with Anthropic and a $6 billion commitment from quantitative trading firm Jane Street. Meanwhile, competition is growing. SpaceX has begun selling excess computing capacity, and Meta has considered launching a cloud business. As of Tuesday's close, CoreWeave shares had gained 26% year to date, while the S&P 500 was up almost 13%. The stock debuted on Nasdaq in March 2025. Executives will discuss the results with analysts and issue guidance on a conference call starting at 5 p.m. ET.