A.I. Is Running on Borrowed Money

Risk is rising as big tech companies like Oracle — the ultimate financial source of the Ellison media empire — need to turn ...

Oracle’s stock buybacks: History & investor impact explained

Oracle was founded in 1986 and began its stock repurchase program six years later. Here’s how much Oracle has spent to buy ...
24/7 Wall St

Is Oracle’s Debt Simply Too Much to Justify the Risk?

Oracle carries a $638 billion AI backlog but funds expansion through debt, unlike cash-rich rivals Microsoft, Amazon, and Alphabet. More than half of Oracle's backlog ties to OpenAI alone, creating ...
Forbes

Oracle Targets AI Security With Database-First Protection Strategy

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. AI is dramatically accelerating cyber threats, with attack breakout times now averaging just ...
Fast Company

Oracle layoffs: 21,000 jobs cut, software giant trades human talent for AI tech amid the SaaSpocalypse

Oracle is spending big on artificial intelligence—to the tune of $70 billion this year alone—in order to build data centers and AI-capable servers. But that AI expansion hasn’t come without a human ...
TechRepublic

Oracle Cuts 21,000 Jobs as It Rebuilds Around AI

Oracle CTO and Executive Chairman Larry Ellison. Source: The Globe and Mail Oracle cut about 21,000 jobs in fiscal 2026 as it restructures around AI and cloud infrastructure, raising questions for ...
Ars Technica

Oracle’s 21,000 layoffs help drive its debt-fueled AI investments

The growing use of AI contributed to Oracle laying off 21,000 workers in a year, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing on Monday. In its annual regulatory filing for the fiscal year ...
Engadget

Oracle laid off 21,000 employees over the past year, citing AI as one of the reasons

Back in March, it was widely reported that Oracle had sent anywhere between 10,000 and 30,000 employees an email, notifying them that it was their last day with the company. Now, we have a more ...
The Next Web

Microsoft’s talks to lease Oracle cloud capacity have collapsed, report says

A reported deal worth more than $3bn fell apart over a US-government security framework Oracle was unwilling to add, according to Business Insider. Oracle calls the account inaccurate. The story of ...
Seeking Alpha

Oracle sees higher capex, 'step down' in gross margin in fiscal '27; shares tumble

Shares of Oracle (ORCL) tumbled about 8% premarket on Thursday after the company forecast higher capital expenditure for fiscal 2027 than analysts' estimates and said it expects to raise about $40B in ...
The Next Web

Oracle spent $55.7 billion on data centres in a single year, beat its own guidance by $5.7 billion, and wants to raise another $40 billion

Oracle spent $55.7 billion on data centres in FY2026, overshooting its own $50 billion guidance. Revenue and cloud bookings beat estimates, but the stock fell 7% after hours on capex concerns and ...
CNBC

Oracle earnings: What to watch

CNBC's Seema Mody reports on Oracle as the tech giant reports after the bell on Wednesday. Got a confidential news tip? We want to hear from you. Sign up for free newsletters and get more CNBC ...