COREWEAVE RETURNS TO JUNK MARKET WITH SECOND AI BOND
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CoreWeave Inc., a cloud infrastructure provider focused on AI workloads, is issuing bonds in the US junk-debt market for the second time in a week, capitalizing on robust investor appetite.
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