Nvidia-backed Nscale seeks ~$30B IPO valuation, but investors push $16-19B
dinabass · x · 2026-10-19
Nvidia-backed AI cloud firm Nscale is facing investor pushback on its IPO valuation. The company has been seeking roughly $30 billion, but an investor cohort recently urged that $16 billion to $19 billion would be more likely to find favor with buyers — a sign of the gap between private-market optimism and public-market pricing for AI infrastructure companies.
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