Jane Street said it needs GPU-based computing power to keep its trading and research operations competitive amid growing adoption of AI.
CoreWeave, a publicly traded AI cloud infrastructure company, announced on Wednesday a $6 billion deal with quantitative trading firm Jane Street, in which the firm will use CoreWeave’s AI cloud computing infrastructure to power its trading and research operations.
Under the agreement, CoreWeave will provide Jane Street with compute from multiple data center facilities, the company’s announcement said.
Jane Street also purchased $1 billion in CoreWeave Class A Common stock at $109 per share, according to CoreWeave.
