- Stock price: CoreWeave (NASDAQ: CRWV) closed around $139.24 on Oct 15, 2025 [1], after rising about 4% that day. The stock has surged roughly 250% year-to-date, from its ~$40 IPO price in March 2025 [2] [3] (giving CoreWeave a market value near $70 billion). In the past week it rebounded from a dip to ~$134 on Oct 14 back up above $140 on Oct 15 [4]. On Oct 16 intraday, CRWV even traded near $150 before settling higher [5].
- AI partnerships: Late September brought mega-deals for CoreWeave. It announced a $14.2 billion contract to supply Meta (Facebook) with GPU cloud power and a $6.5 billion expansion of its OpenAI deal (raising OpenAI’s total commitment to ~$22.4 billion) [6]. On Oct 15 CoreWeave announced a Nvidia-backed partnership with AI startup Poolside: CoreWeave will provide a cluster of 40,000 high-end Nvidia GPUs for Poolside’s planned 2 GW “Project Horizon” AI data center in West Texas [7] [8].
- New products: On Oct 16, CoreWeave launched its AI Object Storage service, a cloud storage designed for AI workloads [9]. The company says this service delivers local-like performance worldwide with no egress or request fees, cutting storage costs for AI projects by over 75% [10] [11]. CoreWeave also recently rolled out Serverless RL, a managed reinforcement-learning platform for AI agent training [12].
- Analyst outlook: Wall Street remains bullish on CRWV. Most analysts rate it a Buy or Hold, with a Moderate Buy consensus overall [13]. The average price target is about $152–$153 [14], implying roughly 10% upside. Evercore ISI’s Amit Daryanani reiterated an “Outperform” rating with a $175 target [15] [16] (over 25% above current levels). Daryanani noted the Poolside deal adds a “larger order backlog, a wider customer base, and more room to grow its data center capacity” [17]. However, some analysts warn that CoreWeave’s valuation is high (trading at 10–12× forward revenues) given its current losses [18] [19].
- Financials & growth: CoreWeave’s sales are exploding. In Q2 2025 it reported $1.212 billion revenue (up 207% year-on-year) with a backlog over $30 billion [20]. The company raised its 2025 revenue forecast above $5 billion [21]. It remains unprofitable (Q2 loss of $0.60/share) due to heavy expansion costs. The firm claims long-term “take-or-pay” GPU contracts are now extending multiple years [22]. Even after its latest deals, CoreWeave’s backlog may exceed $55–60 billion, as analysts estimate (the Poolside deal alone could add ~$5 billion to backlog) [23] [24].
- Investor sentiment: CoreWeave’s rise has attracted both excitement and caution. Insiders and investors have taken profits: Magnetar Financial and affiliates sold about $52.2 million of CRWV stock on Oct 13 (around $140/share) [25], though they still hold large positions. Investing.com notes the stock currently trades at a premium to its “fair value” [26]. The upcoming merger vote is another milestone: Core Scientific (CORZ) shareholders will vote on Oct. 30 on CoreWeave’s $9 billion acquisition offer [27], a deal CoreWeave says will add GPU capacity for AI and provide cost synergies [28].
CoreWeave Stock Performance and Recent Moves
CoreWeave’s stock has jumped sharply on AI-driven growth. A booming GPU data center business and new partnerships have pushed CRWV to record highs in 2025. Investors can see the rally of CoreWeave’s shares in recent charts. The stock tripled from its $40 IPO in March 2025 [29], with a roughly 200% gain by late September after the Meta deal news [30]. On Sept. 30, the Meta announcement alone lifted CRWV about 8% in pre-market trading and to a new intraday record [31]. After a brief pullback in mid-October (shares dipped ~5% on Oct. 14 to about $134), renewed deal announcements have sent the price higher again [32]. By Oct. 16 the stock was trading in the mid-$140s, up about 5% for the day [33]. Overall in early October CRWV’s market cap reached roughly $70–75 billion [34] [35], making it one of 2025’s top tech performers.
Mega AI Contracts and Partnerships Fueling the Rally
CoreWeave’s rise has been fueled by big-name AI partnerships. In late September, it landed a $14.2 billion multi-year deal to supply GPU cloud capacity to Meta Platforms (Facebook) [36]. CoreWeave CEO Michael Intrator said Meta “loved our infrastructure in earlier contracts and came back for more,” reflecting confidence in CoreWeave’s technology [37]. Just days earlier (Sept. 25) it expanded its partnership with OpenAI by another $6.5 billion, bringing OpenAI’s total commitments to about $22.4 billion for GPU resources [38]. These blockbuster deals underline CoreWeave’s role as a key supplier of compute for leading AI projects. Industry analysts note that adding Meta (one of tech’s biggest cloud spenders) helps diversify CoreWeave’s client base beyond its earlier reliance on Microsoft/Azure [39].
The momentum continued in mid-October with a high-profile collaboration involving Nvidia. On Oct. 15 CoreWeave announced it will provide over 40,000 Nvidia GB300 GPUs to Poolside, a France-based AI startup, as part of Poolside’s planned 2 gigawatt AI data center campus in the Permian Basin [40] [41]. CoreWeave will act as anchor tenant and operations partner for the first 250 MW phase of this Project Horizon campus [42]. Evercore ISI analyst Amit Daryanani estimates this deal could add roughly $5 billion to CoreWeave’s backlog, giving the stock a further boost [43]. Daryanani noted the partnership “brings several positives” to CoreWeave, including a larger order backlog and a wider customer base [44]. Poolside’s co-CEO Eiso Kant emphasized that the deal gives them “immediate access to next-generation silicon,” enabling the training of very large AI models [45].
New AI Services and Expansion Moves
CoreWeave is also expanding its product lineup and infrastructure. On Oct. 16 it unveiled CoreWeave AI Object Storage, a cloud storage service engineered for AI data [46]. This new offering uses CoreWeave’s proprietary LOTA technology to deliver dataset access worldwide “without any egress charges or request/transaction fees” [47]. By removing traditional cloud storage fees, CoreWeave claims customers can achieve over 75% lower costs for typical AI workloads [48] [49]. CTO Peter Salanki said this “rethinking” of storage lifts geographic constraints on data, giving developers “the freedom to innovate without friction or hidden costs” [50]. A principal engineer at AI platform Replicate confirmed the benefits: with CoreWeave’s “cross-cloud capabilities” and a single unified dataset, Replicate avoids expensive data transfers and always has high-performance access to its data [51].
Earlier in October, CoreWeave moved into new markets by acquisition. On Oct. 6 it announced a deal to acquire Monolith AI, a UK startup specializing in AI-driven engineering and simulation software [52]. Monolith’s physics and manufacturing simulation tools (used by companies like Nissan and BMW) will integrate with CoreWeave’s GPU cloud to offer full-stack solutions for industrial R&D. CoreWeave’s Chief Strategy Officer Brian Venturo said the goal is to help manufacturers “use AI to solve intractable physics and engineering problems” and speed up product design [53]. This follows CoreWeave’s earlier acquisitions of AI software firms (like OpenPipe for reinforcement learning and Weights & Biases for ML experiment tracking) to broaden its technology ecosystem [54] [55]. The company is even branching into new verticals – for example, it became the official AI cloud partner of the Aston Martin F1 racing team this year [56] – highlighting CoreWeave’s strategy to embed its GPU platform across diverse industries.
Analyst Ratings and Stock Forecasts
Most analysts have positive outlooks on CoreWeave. According to TipRanks, out of 27 analysts covering CRWV, 14 rate it a Buy and 11 a Hold [57]. The consensus price target is roughly $152–$153 per share [58], implying about 10% upside from current levels. Evercore ISI has been especially bullish: its top analyst Amit Daryanani reiterated an Outperform rating with a $175 target [59] [60]. Daryanani highlights CoreWeave’s growing take-or-pay GPU contracts and longer-term deals, factors he sees driving sustained growth [61]. Similarly, other research notes CoreWeave’s “durable GPU cloud business model” and multi-year contracts as reasons for confidence [62].
In technical terms, CoreWeave’s stock has shown strong momentum. After the late-September deal announcements, CRWV was trading well above its 50-day moving average (around $110) and pushed to record highs [63]. Over the past month (mid-Sep to mid-Oct) the shares jumped roughly 45–50% [64]. However, some traders caution the stock is volatile. It sold off after the Q2 earnings release in August despite strong revenue growth (the market focused on losses) [65]. Now trading near $140–150, CRWV is “not far below analysts’ consensus target (~$146)” [66]. Investors note that at current levels the stock trades at a premium to its “fair value” according to some models [67], reflecting the high expectations baked into the price.
Financial Outlook and Investor Sentiment
CoreWeave’s underlying business is scaling rapidly but still unprofitable today. In Q2 2025 the company earned $1.212 billion in revenue (up 207% YoY) with a forward order backlog over $30 billion [68]. It remains in a net loss (–$0.60 per share in Q2) due to heavy investment in new data centers and hiring. Management says these long-term GPU contracts will drive profitability over time. The company has raised its full-year sales guidance above $5 billion on what it describes as “unprecedented” AI demand [69]. On Oct. 13 the company reported updated backlog figures, which analysts like Evercore peg at roughly $50 billion by the end of Q3 (with more deals in the pipeline) [70].
Investor sentiment remains excited but mixed with profit-taking. The recent insider selling by Magnetar Financial (reported Oct. 15) coincided with CoreWeave’s gains – insiders said they still hold large stakes despite the sale [71]. The planned acquisition of Core Scientific adds another element: if approved by shareholders on Oct. 30, CoreWeave will gain access to extensive data center space (former Bitcoin mines) for AI expansion. Core Scientific’s board strongly recommends the $9 billion all-stock deal, calling it the best option for unlocking value [72]. Activist investor Two Seas has objected to the deal price as too low, reflecting some debate over the transaction.
Overall, CoreWeave’s stock story is a blend of transformational AI-driven growth and high expectations. As one industry analyst put it, the company is at the “heart of the AI arms race,” supplying key infrastructure for major AI players [73]. With Nvidia backing and a pure-play GPU-cloud focus, CoreWeave has carved out a niche distinct from general cloud giants. Investors and analysts see a path to continued gains if AI demand holds up: CoreWeave CEO Michael Intrator says they are “building the performance layer that will define how AI research becomes real-world capability” [74]. The key question remains whether the stock’s lofty valuation can be sustained – meaning the coming quarters and the Oct. 30 shareholder vote will be closely watched by the market.
Sources: CoreWeave press releases [75] [76]; Reuters [77]; TipRanks [78] [79]; Investing.com [80] [81] [82]; TechStock² (TS2) [83] [84] [85]; stock history data [86].
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