March 27 (Reuters) - Nvidia ( NVDA )-backed cloud

computing firm CoreWeave said on Thursday it had priced its

initial public offering at $40 per share, compared with the

earlier range of $47 to $55 per share.

The IPO size was also reduced to about 37.5 million shares,

compared with the 49 million shares that CoreWeave and some

existing investors had planned to sell earlier.