Oct 18 (Reuters) - AI infrastructure firm Nebius Group
expects to make annual recurring revenue of $500
million to $1 billion in 2025, the company said on Friday before
trading of its shares resumes on Nasdaq on Monday after a
lengthy suspension.
Trading was suspended soon after Russia's February 2022
invasion of Ukraine, when the stock was traded under the
ticker of Russian internet giant Yandex
through its Amsterdam-based parent company. In July, Nebius
emerged following a $5.4 billion deal to split Yandex's Russian
and international assets.
Yandex, Russia's equivalent of Google, was valued at more
than $30 billion before the war, but Nebius is now a fledgling
European tech company focused on AI infrastructure, data
labelling and self-driving technology.
A key unknown is what price the company's shares will
trade at after such a long trading hiatus and company
transformation, especially as some investors have already
written off the investment.
The 98-page document published on Friday, accompanied by a
video presentation, is by far the most detailed insight the
company has given since emerging from the split.
"We are at the very beginning of the AI revolution,"
Nebius Chairman John Boynton said in a video presentation.
"Nobody can be sure which business models or underlying
technologies will prevail, but we can be sure of one thing: the
demand for AI infrastructure will be massive and sustained.
"This is the market space where Nebius will play."