Debt market starts closing the tap on external financing for the AI buildout
The AI infrastructure buildout faces a new bottleneck: external capital. According to the analysis, CoreWeave's 9.75% notes due 2031 were trading at 79.46 cents on the dollar on October 20, its five-year CDS spread topped 1,140 basis points and the stock fell 36% during the month. Elon Musk said debt markets had almost cut off money to any company without revenue outside AI data centers. Meta, Microsoft and Anthropic turned to equity and debt issuance.
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- CoreWeave's 2031 notes traded at 79.46 cents on the dollar on October 20 and its five-year CDS spread topped 1,140 basis points
- CoreWeave posted $2.575 billion in revenue in the second quarter of 2026, with $640 million in net interest expense and a $626 million loss
- Musk said debt markets almost cut off money to any company without substantial revenue outside AI data centers
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