CoreWeave Upgraded to Buy at Goldman on Overblown Debt Worries
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If public markets start treating CoreWeave’s leverage as manageable rather than existential, hyperscale AI infra looks more like a durable asset class than a bubble bet. For buyers, that supports multi-year commitments to alt-cloud GPU providers—though you should still price in refinancing and capacity risk, not assume hyperscaler-level stability.
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