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Today is Wednesday, August 12, 2026.

The Early Bird Index today is 86.95.

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Is CoreWeave Too Hot? 🤔

CoreWeave $CRWV ( ▲ 2.42% ) surged 15.72% in after-hours trading on Tuesday. The AI cloud company proved the haters wrong by reporting strong financial results.

Financials: CoreWeave reported a loss of $1.14 per share in the past quarter and revenue of $2.5 billion. Both were better than expected.

Powering the Story: Revenue more than doubled from the same period last year. The revenue backlog reached $104 billion. CoreWeave CEO Michael Intrator said on Tuesday that AI “Customer demand is accelerating.”

Early Bird’s Nest Egg Gains: Some skepticism is warranted. Can CoreWeave’s enormous contracted demand be converted into durable cash flow and attractive returns after the cost of debt, GPUs, power, and data-center buildout?

Final Thoughts: The AI stock is up over 125% since its IPO last year.

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Notables

Notable Earnings Today: Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO), Nebius Group (Nasdaq: NBIS), BETA Technologies (NYSE: BETA), Coherent (NYSE: COHR), Brinker (NYSE: EAT), Jack In The Box (Nasdaq: JACK), StubHub Holdings (NYSE: STUB), Cerebras Systems (Nasdaq: CBRS), Amcor (NYSE: AMCR), Liquidia Technologies (Nasdaq: LQDA), Harmonic (Nasadq: HLIT), WhiteFiber (Nasdaq: WYFI), STAAR Surgical (Nasdaq: STAA), AEVEX (NYSE: AVEX), Allogene Therapeutics (Nasdaq: ALLO), Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (Nasdaq: AOSL), Andersen Group (NYSE: ANDG), BitGo Holdings (NYSE: BTGO), Brainsway (Nasdaq: BWAY), CAE (Nasdaq: CAE), Enersys (NYSE: ENS), Enovix (Nasdaq: ENVX), Fervo Energy (Nasdaq: FRVO), Global-E Online (Nasdaq: GLBE), Grocery Outlet (Nasdaq: GO), Infleqtion (NYSE: INFQ), Kontoor Brands (NYSE: KTB), Kornit Digital (Nasdaq: KRNT), Marex Group (Nasdaq: MRX), National Vision (Nasdaq: EYE), Pan Am Silver (NYSE: PAAS), Performance Food Group (NYSE: PFGC), Radcom (Nasdaq: RDCM), RenovoRx (Nasdaq: RNXT), Resideo Technologies (NYSE: REZI).

Notable IPOs Today: Londian Wason New Energy Tech Inc. (Nasdaq: FOIL), Vogenx Inc Common Stock (Nasdaq: VOGX), Pelican Acquisition II Corporation Ordinary Shares (Nasdaq: PLCI), SunScout Holding Limited (NYSE American: SNSC).

Notable Equity Crowdfunding Campaigns Ending Today: Classic Coffee Tea and Books (Honeycomb Credit).

Notable Economic Events Today: Consumer Price Index / Core CPI (8:30 a.m. ET), Crude Oil Inventories (10:30 a.m. ET), WASDE Report (12:00 a.m. ET), Federal Budget Balance (2:00 p.m. ET).

CAVA’s Same-Restaurant Sales

The fast-casual Mediterranean restaurant chain CAVA Group $CAVA ( ▼ 1.25% ) soared 11.61% in after-hours trading on Tuesday after posting good financial earnings results.

Financials: CAVA reported earnings of 19 cents per share in the past quarter and revenue of $368.4 million. Both were better than expected. And same-restaurant sales jumped 9%.

Final Thoughts: The stock was previously flat in 2026.

Super Micro Computer’s Outlook

Super Micro Computer $SMCI ( ▲ 0.45% ) reported mixed financial earnings results on Tuesday, and the stock still jumped 7.56% in after-hours trading.

Financials: Super Micro reported earnings of $1.70 per share in the past quarter, which were better than expected. But revenue was just $11.1 billion, which was lower than expected.

Final Thoughts: The stock is down 37% since early June.

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