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Could Investing $10,000 in Nebius Stock Make You a Millionaire?

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Nebius, an AI-first cloud computing provider, is surging with a $26B valuation after pivoting to full-stack AI infrastructure, offering developers end-to-end tools for building AI applications. The company projects explosive growth, with revenue jumping from $1.25B in 2025 to $7B–$9B in 2026, fueled by soaring AI demand and expanded data center capacity. Competing against giants like Amazon’s AWS (129B sales), Nebius faces steep odds in becoming a $2.6T company—the threshold needed to turn a $10K investment into $1M. Despite negative gross margins (-765.63%), Nebius’s aggressive expansion—renting and building data centers with cutting-edge hardware—positions it as a high-risk, high-reward AI infrastructure play. Analysts caution against expecting 100x returns but highlight Nebius as a strong AI-sector contender likely to outperform broader markets in coming years.
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By Keithen Drury – Feb 27, 2026 at 1:00PM ESTKey PointsNebius is an AI-first cloud computing business.Several of the big tech companies are competing against Nebius.Nebius (NBIS 14.53%) is one of the hottest stocks on the market. It expects monster growth in 2026, although that's likely to last far beyond this year. Nebius is an emerging player in the artificial intelligence (AI) computing infrastructure realm, and its product is becoming a popular place to build AI applications on. But does the stock have millionaire-maker potential? Let's take a look. Image source: Getty Images. Turning $10,000 into $1 million is no easy feat While there are several examples of companies turning $10,000 into $1 million, it's not something an ordinary stock accomplishes. The company must start off at a relatively low valuation and operate in a rapidly growing field where it's a top option. Nebius checks the box of a small company, as it's valued at a market cap of about $26 billion. However, that would indicate that the stock would need to become a $2.6 trillion company in order to achieve the feat of transforming $10,000 into $1 million. That would place Nebius among the largest companies in the world, but is that feasible? ExpandNASDAQ: NBISNebius GroupToday's Change(-14.53%) $-15.24Current Price$89.64Key Data PointsMarket Cap$26BDay's Range$88.82 - $99.3552wk Range$18.31 - $141.10Volume695KAvg Vol12MGross Margin-765.63% Nebius has shifted its business mindset to go all-in on AI-first cloud computing. It's renting out space from existing data centers and building its own to satisfy the massive AI computing demand. In these data centers, it's placing cutting-edge computing equipment. It offers this in a full-stack setup, so developers have everything that they need to build and run AI applications. This approach is becoming incredibly popular, and Nebius expects its annual run rate to rise from $1.25 billion in 2025 to between $7 billion to $9 billion by 2026. That's explosive growth that investors are looking for, but is it enough to deliver the lucrative, millionaire-maker returns? Nebius isn't alone in this arena. There are several other cloud computing operations run by some of the largest tech companies in the world, and the cloud computing component is only a fraction of their overall business. Take Amazon, for example.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) generated $129 billion in sales over the past 12 months, producing operating income of $45.6 billion. That dwarfs Nebius' projected 2026 run rate, yet Amazon is valued at $2.2 trillion -- less than the threshold needed for Nebius to turn $10,000 into $1 million. Expecting Nebius to achieve those returns isn't reasonable. However, that doesn't mean you should move on from the stock. Instead, I think it's a worthy option to play the AI race. While it won't have huge, 100x gains, it will likely post respectable results, and I expect it to crush the market over the next few years, making it a great buy now.Read NextFeb 26, 2026 •By Rick OrfordMassive News: Nebius Just Made a Bold AI Acquisition That Could Change EverythingFeb 23, 2026 •By Patrick SandersThe Best Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stocks to Buy With $2,000 Right NowFeb 23, 2026 •By Harsh ChauhanMeta Platforms Just Gave Incredible News for Nebius InvestorsFeb 22, 2026 •By Keithen DruryIs Nebius the Next Amazon?Feb 19, 2026 •By Jose NajarroNebius Gave Amazing News to Nvidia and CoreWeave ShareholdersFeb 18, 2026 •By Harsh Chauhan2 Top Artificial Intelligence Stocks to Buy in FebruaryAbout the AuthorKeithen Drury is a contributing Motley Fool technology analyst covering AI, semiconductors, cybersecurity, and SaaS stocks. In addition to The Motley Fool, Keithen is a mechanical engineer and has held roles at Honeywell and smaller industrial companies like Brand Hydraulics and Lincoln Industries. He holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Dordt University.TMFTripleOptionStocks MentionedNebius GroupNASDAQ: NBIS$90.10(-14.09%)-$14.78*Average returns of all recommendations since inception. Cost basis and return based on previous market day close.

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