CoreWeave (CRWV) AMT + ISO Calculator
Calculator · free · no signup · CRWVPlan your CoreWeave ISO exercise around the AMT bargain element from current trading price.
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Net final value at year 3 sale — optimized plan
$242,783
After-tax dollars at end of year 3, net of all federal + state taxes through the sale.
This year: exercise 2,640 shares (of 10,000 total).
= gross gain at sale − federal + state LTCG − AMT premium above baseline regular tax (time-valued)
AMT premium for exercising: $90,254 (on top of $228,434 regular tax across the horizon)
Optimized plan keeps $57,102 more than lump-sum, $796 more than even split.
Federal AMT crossover this year: 1,271 shares ($57,238 bargain element). Above that, each additional share this year adds federal AMT.
Estimates only. Not financial advice.
Net final value by year
Running tally: NTV from shares exercised through year y, minus AMT premium paid through year y. The last year matches the plan's headline NTV. Hover a year for plan totals.
Optimized exercise schedule
You pay the higher of Regular tax and Tentative AMT per jurisdiction, then subtract Credit recovered. The result is Net tax. Hover any number for the bracket-by-bracket breakdown.
| 1 | 2,640 | |||
| 2 | 2,567 | |||
| 3 | 4,793 |
Federal AMT credit
Earned
$80,681
Recovered
$0
Remaining
$80,681
The AMT credit only recovers in years where regular tax exceeds AMT — typically a year with no ISO exercise. Every year in this schedule has bargain element, so AMT exceeds regular tax in every year and the credit carries forward untouched. Try a longer horizon or fewer total shares to introduce a recovery year.
Plan comparison
Net value at the end of your hold horizon.
Lump-sum
All in Year 1
$185,681
−$57,102
Even split
Equal shares each year
$241,987
−$796
Optimized
Tax-aware schedule
$242,783
Highest
Estimates only. Excludes disqualifying dispositions, NSOs, multi-state moves, and AMT preferences other than ISO bargain elements. Long-term capital gains tax assumes a qualifying disposition (ISO held ≥1 yr from exercise and ≥2 yr from grant); state LTCG follows ordinary brackets except where the state grants preferential treatment (HI, ND, SC, WI, AR, NM) or has a dedicated LTCG-only tax (WA). Assumes you are within the $100K ISO limit (any portion of an annual ISO grant whose FMV at grant exceeds $100K is treated as NSO from the start, §422(d)). State AMT figures are 2025 (next-year values published in late 2026). Not financial advice.
QSBS note. If your shares qualify (typically pre-IPO C-corp grants held 5+ years), a federal rule lets you exclude up to $10M of gain on a future sale from federal tax. That single rule shifts exercise-timing math more than AMT does. (This is §1202 “qualified small-business stock”.) Modeled in beta, not here.
You optimized one grant in isolation. The beta optimizes ISOs alongside your RSUs, NSOs, and stock in one plan.
Request beta access →About CoreWeave
CoreWeave (CRWV) is a public Cloud/SaaS company, incorporated in Delaware and headquartered in Livingston, NJ. IPO'd Mar 28, 2025.
Last close: $117.03 per share (as of 2026-06-17).
AI cloud.
Equity grants at CoreWeave typically include incentive stock options (ISOs), non-qualified stock options (NSOs), and restricted stock units (RSUs).
CoreWeave, Inc. is an American artificial intelligence (AI) cloud-computing company based in Livingston, New Jersey. It specializes in providing cloud-based graphics processing unit (GPU) infrastructure to AI developers and enterprises, and also develops its own chip management software.
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Founders Michael Intrator, Brian Venturo, and Brannin McBee started the business in 2017 as Atlantic Crypto, mining Ethereum on Nvidia GPUs. After the 2018 crypto downturn left the hardware idle, they rebranded to CoreWeave in 2019 and rented the fleet to machine-learning researchers. Headquartered in Roseland, New Jersey, the company now rents Nvidia H100, H200, and GB200 capacity through 32+ data centers. Microsoft drove 62% of 2024 revenue, and a March 2025 OpenAI contract reached $11.9 billion. Nvidia is both investor and supplier. CoreWeave listed on Nasdaq as CRWV on March 28, 2025 at $40.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · fastcompany.com · coreweave.com
Equity comp at CoreWeave
- RSUs use single-trigger vesting: shares become yours as each portion vests on schedule, and the value is taxed as ordinary income at that point. No IPO or acquisition is required.
Researched 2026-05-07.
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Use this calculator to plan a CoreWeave (CRWV) ISO exercise around the AMT bargain element from the current trading price. The math accounts for federal AMT, state AMT (CA, CO, CT, MN where applicable), AMT crossover, and year-over-year credit recovery. Inputs are yours: strike price, share count, FMV at exercise, and your filing-status income.
Example: at CoreWeave (CRWV)'s last close of $117.03, exercising 5,000 ISOs with a $35.11 strike creates a $409,600 bargain element. Above the 2026 federal AMT exemption ($88,100 single, $137,000 married joint), the 28% AMT rate adds roughly $114,688 on top of regular tax before any state AMT (CA, CO, CT, MN). The credit recovers in later years when your regular tax exceeds AMT. The calculator above runs your exact figures.
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CoreWeave equity questions
- How much alternative minimum tax (AMT) will I owe exercising CoreWeave ISOs?
- Exercising incentive stock options (ISOs) does not create regular income tax, but the bargain element (the fair market value at exercise minus your strike price) counts toward the alternative minimum tax (AMT). The amount depends on the bargain element, your other income, your filing status, and your state. The calculator above models federal and state AMT, the AMT crossover point, and how the credit recovers in later years for your exact CoreWeave figures.
- Does CoreWeave grant ISOs, NSOs, or RSUs?
- Equity compensation at CoreWeave typically takes the form of incentive stock options (ISOs), non-qualified stock options (NSOs), and restricted stock units (RSUs). Incentive stock options can trigger the alternative minimum tax (AMT) when you exercise. Restricted stock units are taxed as ordinary income when they vest.
- When did the CoreWeave IPO lockup expire?
- CoreWeave (CRWV) went public on March 28, 2025. The standard post-IPO lockup runs 180 days, so employee and insider shares generally became sellable around September 24, 2025. Confirm against your own grant paperwork, since some lockups release early or in stages.
- Do CoreWeave RSUs use double-trigger vesting?
- No. CoreWeave restricted stock units (RSUs) use single-trigger vesting: each tranche becomes yours as it vests on schedule, taxed as ordinary income at that point, with no liquidity event required.
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