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Why are profits so tricky?

Even with soaring revenue, CoreWeave remains unprofitable due to high capital spending and debt. Building and maintaining the infrastructure for AI cloud computing requires massive investment in specialised hardware and data centres. These costs, plus interest on borrowed money, can outweigh income in the early stages of rapid growth.

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