axios on CoreWeave: "CoreWeave's losses doubled, its spending soared and it devoured almost $6 billion more in cash than it generated last quarter. Investors loved it." Stock still rose 19%
CoreWeave is burning extraordinary amounts of cash, but investors are looking at the $103.7B backlog and seeing demand arriving faster than capacity can be built.
CoreWeave's AI demand remains enormous, Revenue rose 112% year over year, and the company reported about $104B in backlog plus more than $25B of new customer commitments added early in Q3.
Meeting that demand is consuming cash much faster. quarterly free cash flow at -$5.74B while CoreWeave raised 2026 capex guidance to $35 B-$39B.