Michael Intrator, co-founder and CEO of CoreWeave participates in an interview on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York on Sept. 22, 2025.
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Shares of CoreWeave (CRWV) experienced a surge of up to 8% on Wednesday following the announcement of innovative tools designed to empower programmers in the development of AI agents. This move underscores CoreWeave’s commitment to streamlining AI development and solidifying its position in the rapidly evolving AI infrastructure landscape.
The centerpiece of this announcement is a new serverless reinforcement learning service. This service eliminates the complexities traditionally associated with managing computing resources, offering developers an environment where scaling of compute power – both up and down – is handled automatically. This serverless architecture represents a significant advancement in accessibility and efficiency for AI development.
According to internal testing, developers leveraging CoreWeave’s new service can achieve accelerated model training, realizing cost reductions of up to 40% compared to local deployments utilizing Nvidia H100 graphics processing units. Crucially, these cost savings are achieved “with no impact on model quality,” according to a company statement. This efficiency gain is a key differentiator for CoreWeave, providing a compelling value proposition for organizations seeking to optimize their AI development workflows.
Reinforcement learning, a well-established approach in AI, involves iterative system refinement through trial and error. CoreWeave’s implementation offers a readily accessible and scalable platform for deploying this technique.
This launch follows CoreWeave’s acquisition of Weights and Biases five months prior, a strategic move valued at $1 billion. Weights and Biases offers a suite of software tools that cater to AI developers, facilitating model training and evaluation. The acquisition is designed to complement CoreWeave’s core business of providing GPU-based infrastructure to companies requiring robust computational resources for AI model operation.
The market is currently experiencing a rush to secure GPU resources as companies accelerate the implementation of AI-driven initiatives. CoreWeave’s core business is renting out Nvidia graphics processing units to companies that need infrastructure to operate models in the cloud and it directly competes with major cloud providers like Amazon Web Services (AMZN) in the cloud GPU market. However, some companies prefer managing their GPU infrastructure within their own data centers, creating a hybrid cloud environment.
Demand for CoreWeave’s services has been significantly increasing and is reflected in recent customer expansions.
Just two weeks prior, OpenAI agreed to expand its existing multi-year agreement with CoreWeave by as much as $6.5 billion. Last week, Meta (META) committed to a substantial infrastructure investment with CoreWeave, amounting to $14.2 billion. These commitments signal a growing reliance on specialized AI infrastructure providers like CoreWeave by leading players in the AI space.
Adding to its infrastructure portfolio, CoreWeave announced in July its intent to acquire data center provider Core Scientific (CORZQ), a longstanding partner, for $9 billion. This acquisition faces some shareholder opposition, with some Core Scientific shareholders dissenting and seeking more favorable terms. However, CoreWeave CEO Mike Intrator has asserted that the company will not revise its existing offer, according to Bloomberg.
CoreWeave, headquartered in New Jersey, commenced trading on the Nasdaq in March, marking a significant milestone in its growth trajectory. The company’s focus on specialized AI infrastructure positions it as a key player in the evolving AI landscape.
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