CoreWeave

Spot and on-demand GPU hours land builders on a Kubernetes-native AI cloud; reserved capacity (up to 60% off) locks in scale; multi-year take-or-pay contracts with AI labs, enterprises, and hyperscalers drive backlog; storage, networking, and Mission Control attach around the same clusters.

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CoreWeave
Research date: Sep 21, 2026
Evidence-backed · sources in companion brief

Key Partners

  • NVIDIA — GPUs, Exemplar Cloud (GB200 NVL72), collaboration / investment news (FACT — IR + company news).
  • Data-center and power providers for MW-scale AI factories (FACT — IR capacity).
  • AI labs & enterprises: e.g. Cognition, Cursor, Midjourney, Runway, CrowdStrike (FACT — IR).
  • Hyperscaler cloud customers (expanded relationships — FACT IR; Microsoft/OpenAI historically disclosed).
  • Capital / asset-level financing secured by take-or-pay contracts (SECONDARY — investor materials).
  • Platform M&A: OpenPipe, Marimo, Monolith (FACT — FY25 IR highlights).

Key Activities

  • Deploy and operate NVIDIA GPU / CPU clusters at MW scale.
  • Run Kubernetes-native cloud + Mission Control observability.
  • Price and fulfill spot, on-demand, and reserved capacity.
  • Negotiate multi-year take-or-pay enterprise / hyperscaler deals.
  • Attach storage, networking, managed software, Federal.
  • Expand active and contracted power (IR capacity milestones).

Key Resources

  • NVIDIA GPU fleets (H100, H200, B200, GB200 NVL72, etc.).
  • >850 MW active power · ~3.1 GW contracted (YE2025 FACT — IR).
  • Mission Control + Kubernetes-native platform software.
  • AI Object Storage, networking, managed services IP.
  • Revenue backlog $66.8B (FACT — IR YE2025).
  • Public company capital access (Nasdaq CRWV).

Value Propositions

  • Purpose-built AI cloud on latest NVIDIA GPUs.
  • Kubernetes-native DX + Mission Control reliability.
  • Spot / on-demand land → reserved expand.
  • Free egress + AI Object Storage for data gravity relief.
  • Take-or-pay scale for labs and hyperscalers.
  • Federal / managed software for regulated workloads.

Customer Relationships

  • Self-serve Login + published pricing for on-demand/spot.
  • Contact sales for reserved (up to 60% off) and custom.
  • Solutions / field engineering for cluster design.
  • 24/7 support claims for production AI workloads (homepage).
  • Named pioneer accounts as reference relationships (IR).
  • Expand path — hours → reserved → take-or-pay renewals.

Channels

  • Primary — coreweave.com + /pricing rate card.
  • Login / Contact us conversion paths.
  • Direct enterprise & hyperscaler sales.
  • NVIDIA / ISV partner co-sell and announcements.
  • IR + newsroom for procurement credibility.
  • Docs, status, Mission Control for operators.

Customer Segments

  • AI labs / model companies (training + inference at scale).
  • AI-native startups & platforms (Cursor, Midjourney, Runway — IR).
  • Enterprises (e.g. CrowdStrike partnership — IR).
  • Hyperscalers needing supplemental GPU capacity (IR).
  • VFX / rendering and Physical AI workloads (site solutions).
  • Government / CoreWeave Federal buyers.

Cost Structure

  • GPU / server capex and PP&E depreciation (IR).
  • Power, colocation, and DC leases.
  • Technology & infrastructure opex ($2.929B FY2025 FACT).
  • Cost of revenue / delivery ($1.453B FY2025 FACT).
  • Interest on asset-level and parent financing.
  • S&M + G&A (smaller vs infra; FACT IR lines).

Revenue Streams

  • Spot GPU hours — discounted, interruptible (FACT rates).
  • On-demand PAYG — e.g. H100 8× $49.24/hr; B200 $68.80 (FACT).
  • Inference single-GPU lane — e.g. H100 $6.16/hr (FACT).
  • Reserved / committed — up to 60% off on-demand (FACT).
  • Multi-year take-or-pay — backlog $66.8B YE2025 (FACT — IR).
  • Storage (Hot $0.06/GB-mo…) + networking + managed attach (FACT).
  • FY2025 revenue $5.131B (FACT — IR).
Sources: investors.coreweave.com/news/news-details · coreweave.com/news/nvidia-and-coreweave-strengthen-collaboration-to-accelerate-buildout-of-ai-factories · coreweave.com/news/coreweave-announces-agreement-with-openai-to-deliver-ai-infrastructure · coreweave.com · coreweave.com/pricing