Cost of insuring against AI company defaults climbs, with CoreWeave swaps at distress levels

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How coverage differs Semafor frames a broader trend of investors hedging against heavily indebted hyperscalers like CoreWeave and Oracle; CNBC focuses on CoreWeave's swaps reaching distress levels amid souring sentiment on AI debt.

Investors are buying credit default swaps to protect against possible defaults by heavily indebted AI hyperscalers, including CoreWeave and Oracle, pushing up the cost of such insurance. CNBC reports that signs of distress deepened at CoreWeave on Thursday, with its swaps reaching distress levels as investors grow more wary of AI-related debt.

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