Stock Market Today, Jan. 12: CoreWeave Surges After CEO Rebuttal Restores Confidence in AI Cloud Model
Howard Smith, The Motley Fool
Mon, January 12, 2026 at 6:29 PM EST
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CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV), a cloud-based GPU infrastructure provider for AI workloads, closed Monday's session at $89.93, up 12.22%. CoreWeave IPO'd in 2025 and has grown 125% since going public. Trading volume reached 42.1 million shares, coming in about 49% above its three-month average of 28.2 million shares.During Monday's regular session, investors responded to CoreWeave's CEO commentary, new analyst coverage, and fresh AI infrastructure headlines, while watching how sustained GPU demand shapes future guidance.
How the markets moved today
The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX:^GSPC) added 0.15% to close at 6,977, while the Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX:^IXIC) rose 0.26% to finish at 23,734. Within cloud infrastructure services, industry peers Cloudflare (NYSE:NET) and DigitalOcean (NYSE:DOCN) gained 1.96% and 3.97%, respectively, as investors tracked AI-related network demand and evolving cloud pricing power.
What this means for investors
CoreWeave CEO Michael Intrator made headlines after he and another executive spoke on a podcast addressing concerns over the useful life span of graphics processing units (GPUs) the company has accumulated.
That helped push investors back into the stock with analysts backing CoreWeave as it plans to add Nvidia's (NASDAQ:NVDA) next-generation Rubin AI architecture to its infrastructure. Nvidia holds a meaningful minority stake in CoreWeave, which also gives investors confidence in its future growth.
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Howard Smith has positions in Nvidia and has the following options: short February 2026 $170 calls on Nvidia. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Cloudflare, DigitalOcean, and Nvidia. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.
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