Nvidia-Backed CoreWeave's CEO Defends Microsoft, OpenAI Revenue Concentration Due To 'Mind-Bendingly Large Deals
Benzinga (Sat, 29-Mar 4:26 AM)
As CoreWeave Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWV) makes its public market debut, CEO Michael Intrator pushes back on concerns over client concentration and insists that investor skepticism is missing the company's long-term value and growth potential.
What Happened: CoreWeave, the AI cloud infrastructure company backed by Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ:NVDA), officially began trading on Friday in one of the year's most anticipated IPOs.
While the company has reported explosive 700% year-over-year revenue growth, much of that success hinges on two major clients: Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) and ChatGPT-maker OpenAI, which together account for the majority of its income.
Critics have raised red flags over this revenue concentration, but CEO Intrator isn't fazed.
"They say that we had 60% of revenue from Microsoft, and then ...