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[–] mirrorwitch@awful.systems 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

"AI bet goes awry: Oracle fires 21,000 employees, then hit a $7 billion power hurdle"
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/ai-spending-spree-hits-600b-as-oracle-fires-21000-employees-to-fund-boom/ar-AA28vWuD

"Oracle’s Worst Stock Crash in 25 Years" "Has Cost Larry Ellison $213 Billion in 10 Months"
https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/oracle-worst-stock-crash-25-113002772.html

It's going to be Oracle to collapse the house of cards, isn't it. Come on Oracle, die and take down the USA economy with you. Make the people happy, Oracle.

"In short, Oracle's 65% decline is historic, but the stock's future depends less on its past and more on whether its AI investments produce durable cash flow"

well good luck with that, Oracle! :D

[–] nfultz@awful.systems 4 points 20 hours ago (2 children)
[–] mirrorwitch@awful.systems 3 points 9 hours ago

"Up to 7 billion" over a period of 10 years can hardly dig Oracle out of the hole it has dug itself into, though...

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 2 points 8 hours ago

they had big corporate contracts for their other, boring and profitable part of the business, but that won't save them from openai going broke. it's like 50x less than they need