May 14 (Reuters) - CoreWeave ( CRWV ) on Wednesday beat

Wall Street estimate for quarterly revenue in its first set of

results as a public company, signaling strength in demand for

the Nvidia ( NVDA )-backed AI cloud computing startup's

services.

The company reported revenue of $981.6 million during the

first quarter, compared with analysts' average estimate of

$852.9 million, according to data compiled by LSEG.