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75. 30,000 employees gone overnight: What can we learn from Oracle’s cull?

75. 30,000 employees gone overnight: What can we learn from Oracle’s cull?22 Apr34 min

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Larry Ellison needed to find 8 to 10 billion dollars to fund his AI data centre gamble. So what did he do? On March 31st, without warning, 30,000 Oracle Corporation employees woke up to an email telling them their jobs were gone.

Is this the new reality of pursuing AI innovation in the US? And is it a path the UK should follow?

Also in this episode, we’ll ask if Claude Mythos is the end of the Cyber Security boom, or just fantastic PR?

What to look forward to:

00:33 Collateral Damage: What Oracle’s 30K Layoffs Teach UK Tech

13:39 Is Claude Mythos the end of the Cyber Security boom, or just fantastic PR?

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