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Goode: CoreWeave uses Nvidia investment money to buy Nvidia chips

Lauren Goode · Big Technology AI Summit (full): Greg Brockman, Mike Krieger, Aaron Levie & Friends of The Podcast · Jun 26, 2026 · at 59:49

Lauren Goode, senior writer at Wired, highlights circular financing dynamics in AI cloud infrastructure providers.

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“They're at the point where they have become a major investor in CoreWeave, and then CoreWeave is using that money to buy NVIDIA chips.”

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The claim, plainly

Nvidia became a major investor in CoreWeave, and CoreWeave is using that investment capital to purchase Nvidia chips.

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Assessment

Both legs of the claim are substantiated by corporate announcements and SEC filings. First, Nvidia became a major equity investor in CoreWeave, participating directly in CoreWeave's April 2023 Series B round (investing approximately $100 million) and executing a $2.0 billion private placement equity purchase in January 2026, alongside reporting equity holdings in CoreWeave valued into the billions on SEC Form 13F filings. Second, CoreWeave's public filings (including its Form S-1 and Form 8-K disclosures) and financing announcements confirm that proceeds from its equity and debt financing facilities have been consistently deployed to purchase Nvidia GPU systems and computing infrastructure (such as H100 and Blackwell platforms).

In April 2023, Nvidia participated directly in CoreWeave's $221 million Series B funding round with an estimated $100 million investment.
On January 23, 2026, CoreWeave entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with Nvidia Corporation, selling $2.0 billion in Class A common stock via private placement.
CoreWeave's SEC filings (including its March 2025 Form S-1 and subsequent Form 8-K filings) disclose that equity and debt proceeds are dedicated to procuring Nvidia GPU infrastructure and platform hardware.

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[1] fierce-network.com [2] ai-techpark.com [3] oneragtime.com [4] facebook.com [5] io-fund.com [6] sec.gov [7] coreweave.com [8] businesswire.com

CoreWeave Nvidia purchase agreement SEC filing "CoreWeave" "purchase" "GPUs" "Nvidia" "circular financing" OR "capital" Nvidia investment in CoreWeave Series B funding "CoreWeave" "Nvidia" "Series B" 2023 "equity" CoreWeave Nvidia chips funding capital purchase H100 CoreWeave S-1 SEC filing Nvidia "GPU" purchase capital

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