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CoreWeave credit default swaps widened sharply as investors reassessed risk in AI-related debt

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Reports say CoreWeave’s credit risk deteriorated and its five-year credit default swaps rose to nearly 1,038 basis points amid a broader sell-off in AI-linked stocks. The increase was framed as reflecting investor concern over the sustainability of CoreWeave’s debt and lease obligations and related “neocloud” operating risk.

CoreWeave Evan Schlossman CoreWeave credit default swaps Neostellar Capital Neostellar Capital Corp.

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16 Oct, 10:50 CoreWeave credit default swaps hit distress levels as investors sour on AI debt CNBC newsletter 16 Oct, 13:20 CoreWeave investor explains how the loss-making AI ‘neocloud’ provider will claw its way out of debt Fortune independent

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