Leopold Aschenbrenner’s Portfolio: 5 Best Stocks to Buy

3. CoreWeave, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWV)

Market value of shares owned: $556.1 Million

% of portfolio: 4.06%

CoreWeave, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWV) is one of the 10 Best Stocks in Leopold Aschenbrenner’s Portfolio.

CoreWeave, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWV) saw its rating downgraded by DA Davidson on May 18, 2026. Assuming coverage of the stock, the firm’s analyst, Gil Luria, downgraded the rating from Buy to Neutral while setting a price target of $100, down from $175. Optimistic about the compute outlook, DA Davidson noted that CoreWeave, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWV) has become a key participant. However, the firm remains skeptical about the company’s ability to generate sufficient returns given its margin profile and high dependence on debt financing.

In another development, on the same day, CoreWeave, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWV) closed a $3.1 billion delayed-draw term loan facility to fund the expansion of its AI cloud platform. The transaction signifies the first publicly syndicated HPC infrastructure-backed financing vehicle and expands the institutional investor base while enabling secondary market trading. The oversubscribed facility secured a Ba2 rating from Moody’s and a BB+ from Fitch. The firm will use the proceeds to purchase GPU infrastructure dedicated to two customer contracts. This brings the company’s total capital raised year-to-date to above $20 billion.

Founded in 2017 and headquartered in New Jersey, CoreWeave Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWV) is a software infrastructure company that offers the CoreWeave Cloud platform to deliver the automation & efficiency needed to manage AI infrastructure at scale.

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