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CoreWeave strikes $12B contract with OpenAI ahead of IPO, Reuters says

CoreWeave strikes $12B contract with OpenAI ahead of IPO, Reuters says

CoreWeave (CRWV), an artificial intelligence startup backed by Nvidia (NVDA), has signed a five-year contract worth $11.9B with Microsoft (MSFT)-backed OpenAI to provide cloud computing services ahead of its hotly anticipated stock market launch, people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Monday, Echo Wang writes. The deal will give OpenAI a stake in CoreWeave, which will issue shares worth $350M through a private placement at the time of its initial public offering, the sources said. CoreWeave will not receive any IPO proceeds as part of the private placement, the sources added.

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