Nebius Stock (NBIS) Skyrockets 20% After Landing $1B AI War Chest—Wall Street Scrambles to Keep Up

Another day, another nine-figure AI moonshot—but this time, traders actually bit. Nebius just turned hype into hard gains with a single billion-dollar funding round.

The market's verdict? A blistering 20% surge for NBIS. Guess even algo-traders get FOMO sometimes.

Behind the numbers: Every VC and their golf buddy suddenly decided machine learning is the new oil. Never mind that most AI startups still burn cash like a meme coin rug pull.

Where's the money going? Nebius stays coy—probably more GPUs and overpriced Silicon Valley talent. But when the ticker's green, who reads the fine print?

One thing's clear: In 2025, you either ride the AI wave or watch from shore. Just don't expect the suits to explain how any of it actually works.

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In addition to this, Nebius recently named Marc Boroditsky as its new Chief Revenue Officer. The company expects his leadership experience to help it with global expansion plans. He helped Twilio (TWLO) sextuple its paying customers and increase revenue more than tenfold over a five-year period.

All of this positive news resulted in updated analyst coverage of NBIS stock. Arete analyst Andrew Beale initiated coverage of the company with a Buy rating and an $84 price target, suggesting a 74.67% upside for the shares. The analyst also highlighted Nebius as his preferred pick over CoreWeave (CRWV), which he rated Neutral with a $130 price target, due to its relatively low valuation.

NBIS Stock Movement Today

All of the attention on Nebius stock has resulted in strong movement on Thursday. Shares of NBIS were up 19.95%, extending a 73.25% year-to-date rally. The company’s stock has also soared 107.97% over the past 12 months.

Retail traders have also taken note of NBIS stock today with heavy trading of the shares. This saw some 28.32 million units traded, compared to a three-month daily average of about 9.99 million.

Is Nebius Stock a Buy, Sell, or Hold?

Turning to Wall Street, the analysts’ consensus rating for Nebius is Strong Buy, based on three Buy ratings over the past three months. With that comes an average NBIS stock price target of $52.33, representing a potential 10.31% upside for the shares. This rating and price target don’t include the new Arete coverage.