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Nvidia turned CoreWeave into a major player in AI years before helping to save its IPO

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CoreWeave pulled off the largest U.S. venture-backed tech IPO in almost four years with help from key supplier Nvidia .

The offering didn't go as planned, with Nvidia stepping in to buy shares at $ 40 , well below the expected price range of $47 to $55 .

The company is generating $2 billion in annual revenue and just raised $1.5 billion in its IPO .

The three founders are worth a combined $5.3 billion on paper.

CoreWeave is a cloud-based company that uses Nvidia 's GPUs to run computing workstations.

Microsoft signed a five-year deal with OpenAI valued at nearly $12 billion .

The company has raised $2.3 billion in debt led by private equity firm Blackstone and hedge fund Magnetar.