** Cloud infrastructure co CoreWeave's CRWV.O shares up 4.8% at $96.31 premarket after announcing AI deal with Anthropic

** CRWV says entered multi-year agreement to support the development and deployment of Anthropic’s Claude family of AI models

** The agreement will bring compute online starting later this year, CRWV says

** Financial terms of agreement not disclosed

** CRWV shares rose 3.5% on Thurs after fresh $21 bln agreement to provide Facebook-parent Meta Platforms META.O additional computing capacity

** Through Thurs close, CRWV shares up 28.5% YTD, well outperforming Nasdaq's .IXIC 1.8% decline