CoreWeave rises 7% to $49.65 in morning trading after Wayve agreement
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CoreWeave shares rose 7.0% to $49.65 in morning trading on November 9 after the company announced a multiyear agreement with Wayve to provide computing infrastructure for developing autonomous-driving technology. Investing.com reported that the stock’s gains followed the agreement announcement, while CoreWeave described it as a multiyear collaboration. The company said Wayve will train its foundation models on CoreWeave’s cloud using NVIDIA Blackwell processors. The use will cover training, evaluation and simulation, extending the workloads handled by an AI-focused cloud provider into automotive applications. The companies did not disclose the agreement’s value or detailed duration.
Wayve is developing an autonomous-driving model that it describes as map-independent and compatible with different hardware configurations, targeting automakers and fleet owners. The company cites privately owned cars and self-driving taxis among its intended applications. Wayve said its system learns from real-world driving data collected in more than 70 countries. Under the agreement, the company will use the cloud to train, evaluate and simulate its models, key stages in the system’s development cycle before improved versions are deployed. Its chief engineering officer said the process involves “collecting real-world driving experience, training on it, evaluating it, and deploying only what outperforms what is already on the road.”
The collaboration extends Wayve’s relationship with model-development tools before its expansion to CoreWeave’s cloud resources; CoreWeave said Wayve began using Weights & Biases and then expanded its reliance on the company’s cloud. CoreWeave linked the announcement to its strategy of serving AI companies, saying it is trusted by 9 of the 10 largest foundation-model providers. The agreement adds an automotive application to the range of workloads the company serves, through models that process real-world driving data. But the announcement included no financial value or detailed spending schedule, so it does not by itself establish the contract’s direct revenue impact. Infrastructure financing and demand remain among the issues investors may monitor as quarterly results are released.
CoreWeave shares had fallen about 3% before the market opened on November 9, according to The Next Web, while Investing.com reported a 7.0% rise to $49.65 in morning trading after the announcement. The two figures reflect different points in the session: the first refers to premarket trading and the second to morning trading. The company reported revenue of $2.575 billion in the second quarter of 2026, compared with $1.212 billion in the same quarter of 2025. It also said its revenue backlog was about $104 billion as of June 30, 2026, and disclosed total debt of $35.6 billion on the same date. These figures provide context for tracking business growth alongside the financing commitments involved in expanding infrastructure.
CoreWeave is scheduled to hold its third-quarter 2026 earnings call on November 10 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The call comes one day after the Wayve agreement announcement, giving the company an opportunity to present quarterly results and discuss its business with investors. The next quarterly figures will be a milestone for assessing revenue growth after the second quarter’s increase from the year-earlier period. Investors will also be watching for updates on revenue backlog and spending tied to expanding computing capacity. The announced agreement did not include an estimate of revenue from Wayve or a specific date for any financial impact to begin.