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Crusoe raises $3 billion at reported $30 billion valuation
The AI infrastructure and data center developer secured funding co-led by Atreides Management and Valor Equity Partners.
The short version
- Crusoe secured a $3 billion funding round that values the data center provider at $30 billion, according to reports.
- The new capital follows an expansion into AI cloud services, including a five-year, $13 billion infrastructure contract with Jane Street.
- The funding triples Crusoe's valuation from $10 billion recorded ten months prior.
- The company has recently engaged investment banks to explore a potential initial public offering.
Key facts
- Crusoe raised a $3 billion financing round at a $30 billion valuation, according to reporting from Bloomberg.[TechCrunch]
- The funding round was co-led by Atreides Management and Valor Equity Partners, with participation from Abu Dhabi's Mubadala Capital.[TechCrunch]
- Crusoe previously raised $1.38 billion at a $10 billion valuation ten months before this round.[TechCrunch]
- The company entered into a five-year, $13 billion cloud deal to provide AI infrastructure and GPUs to quantitative trading firm Jane Street.[TechCrunch]
- Crusoe, which originally launched in 2018 as a flare-gas crypto mining firm, now provides AI cloud services and hyperscale campuses for customers such as Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, and Oracle.[TechCrunch]
What remains uncertain
- The timing and formal plans for a potential initial public offering remain unconfirmed following early discussions with investment bankers.[TechCrunch]