Company Overview - Cisco Systems has agreed to invest in CoreWeave, a prominent AI startup valued at 23billion[1]−CoreWeaveisplanningasecondarytransactionallowingexistingshareholderstosell400 to 500millioninshares[1]−CoreWeaveisconsideringanIPOasearlyasnextyear[1]−CoreWeave′sinvestorsincludeNvidia,MagnetarCapital,CoatueManagement,JaneStreet,andFidelity[1]−CoreWeaveisanearlyadopterofNvidia′sdatacentergraphicchipsandisbuildingdatacentersbasedonthesechipstosupportAI−relatedcomputingtasks[1]IndustryDynamics−Ciscoaimstoensureamajorroleforitstechnologyintherapidlyexpandingdatacentersector,whichitbelieveswillboostdemandforitsnetworkingproducts[2]−CoreWeaveinitiallystartedasacryptocurrencyminingcompanybuttransitionedtocloudcomputingservicesbyleveraginglargepurchasesofNvidiagraphiccards,strengtheningitsrelationshipwithNvidiaovertime[2]−Nvidia′ssupportforCoreWeavecoulddisruptthecurrentcloudcomputingmarketdominatedbygiantslikeAmazonAWS,MicrosoftAzure,andGoogleCloud,reflectingNvidia′spotentialtoinfluencethe2 trillion market [2]