Larry Ellison, the Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) co-founder and one of the richest people on the planet, watched $22.6 billion disappear in a single day on January 27—and he didn't even have to lift a finger. The selloff was brutal,
US chip giant Nvidia and its CEO Jensen Huang are set for a record wipeout on Monday after Chinese startup DeepSeek upended the tech sector with its advanced new artificial intelligence model.
Nvidia shares' 9% recovery Tuesday was the second-best day in terms of market cap added for any company ever—but the company faced another selloff Wednesday.
President Donald Trump announced an A.I. initiative called Stargate. During a press conference at the White House attended by SoftBank (SFTBF) CEO Masayoshi Son and Oracle founder Larry Ellison, the returning President told reporters the initiative will invest $500 billion—equivalent to almost 2 percent of the annual U.
The $500 billion Stargate project will be critical to "maintain American leadership in AI," one of the partners said in a statement.
The world’s 500 richest people, led by Nvidia co-founder Jensen Huang, lost a combined $US108 billion ($172 billion) on Monday as a tech-led selloff tied to Chinese AI developer DeepSeek sent major indices plunging.
After a Chinese AI app suddenly overtook the competition from OpenAI at the weekend, the AI sector had a dark day on the stock market.
Larry Ellison unveiled plans for an AI-driven cancer vaccine system that could deliver personalized treatments within 48 hours.
This is a massive head start, and cultural symmetry that seemed to make American AI predestined. Open AI is backed by a US$14 billion investment from Microsoft, and has access to the cloud infrastructure that powers its Large Language Model.
Even so, Mr Ellison remains the world’s fifth-richest man, and Oracle the third-biggest software firm. He has a thing or two to teach fellow tech titans, in particular his friend Elon Musk, about staying power.
Oracle ( ORCL ), fresh off of announcing its part in the massive Stargate Project alongside OpenAI and SoftBank, debuted its latest AI agents aimed at manufacturers during its CloudWorld event in Austin Thursday. Scott Bessent confirmed as Treasury secretary, giving him a key role in extending Trump's tax cuts