Shares of CoreWeave, Inc. (CRWV) fell 5.00% during intraday trading on Thursday, extending losses from the previous session.
The decline follows a Bloomberg report that Meta Platforms (META) is preparing to launch a cloud infrastructure business to sell its excess artificial-intelligence computing capacity. This news raised significant competitive concerns for CoreWeave, a "neocloud" company that sells AI computing power and counts Meta as a major customer. Analysts noted the report triggered a selloff that wiped out billions in market value from the sector on Wednesday.
Adding to the pressure, Japan's SoftBank separately announced its entry into the U.S. neocloud business. While some analysts, like those at Rosenblatt Securities, view the selloff as a buying opportunity—citing strong industry demand for GPU compute and CoreWeave's long-term contracts—investors reacted negatively to the potential for increased competition from a key client and a new market entrant.
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