# Michael Intrator

> Michael Intrator is the co-founder, chairman and CEO of CoreWeave, an AI cloud company he helped build from a cryptocurrency-mining venture founded in 2017. Previously a commodities investor at Natsource and co-founder of natural gas hedge fund Hudson Ridge, he brought an energy-and-finance background to GPU infrastructure, debt financing and CoreWeave’s March 2025 Nasdaq listing.

- **Role:** Co-founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at CoreWeave
- **Organizations:** CoreWeave, Hudson Ridge Asset Management, Natsource Asset Management
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.A., Political Science, Binghamton University, Master of Public Administration, Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs
- **Known for:** Led CoreWeave from a 2017 startup to a Nasdaq-listed AI cloud business in March 2025., Helped secure GPU-backed financing, including a $2.3 billion debt facility announced in August 2023., EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2024 award winner in Technology Infrastructure.

## Career timeline

- **1998-2014** — Worked at Natsource Asset Management, including as principal portfolio manager in environmental and energy markets.
- **2013-2018** — Co-founder and CEO of natural gas hedge fund Hudson Ridge Asset Management.
- **2016** — Began experimenting with Ethereum mining using a GPU on a Manhattan office pool table.
- **2017** — Co-founded the venture initially called Atlantic Crypto; CEO, president and board chairman since September 2017.
- **2019** — The venture became CoreWeave and expanded into GPU computing and rendering; acquired Leonardo Render.
- **2020** — CoreWeave Cloud Platform launched.
- **2021** — CoreWeave built an A100 cluster and collaborated with EleutherAI on language-model training.
- **2023** — CoreWeave secured a $2.3 billion debt facility backed by NVIDIA chips.
- **2025** — Led CoreWeave through its March Nasdaq listing and testified at a May Senate hearing on AI infrastructure.
- **2026** — CoreWeave expanded its NVIDIA partnership and introduced Forge.

## Achievements

- Led CoreWeave from a 2017 startup to a Nasdaq-listed AI cloud business in March 2025.
- Helped secure GPU-backed financing, including a $2.3 billion debt facility announced in August 2023.
- EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2024 award winner in Technology Infrastructure.
- CoreWeave reported $5.131 billion in 2025 annual revenue; it also reported a $1.167 billion net loss.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Defended CoreWeave’s business model in an internal memo amid bond-market selling pressure, as reported October 15 by Axios.
- **2026-09** — CoreWeave introduced Forge at Fully Connected 2026, expanding its AI development environment.
- **2026-01** — NVIDIA invested $2 billion in CoreWeave as the companies expanded their infrastructure and software collaboration.

## Links

- Website: https://www.coreweave.com/leadership/mike-intrator
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-intrator-2383aa57

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Last updated: 2026-10-25