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Oracle expected to slash thousands of jobs as massive AI spending creates financial cash crisis
- Oracle is reportedly planning to lay off 20,000 to 30,000 employees, possibly 12–18% of its global workforce.
- The layoffs reflect cash-flow pressure from massive AI data-center spending, which could keep Oracle’s cash flow negative for years.
- Lenders have reportedly voiced concerns over Oracle’s ability to repay debt given the AI buildout.
- Oracle aims to become a top-tier AI cloud provider to rival AWS, Microsoft, and Salesforce.
- The proposed cuts would be larger than Oracle’s usual smaller routine layoffs.
- Bloomberg reported that internal teams would reassess open cloud division roles.
- The layoffs could occur as early as March 2026.
- Oracle faces financing constraints as banks scale back AI data-center lending.
- Oracle’s workforce reduction could free up $8 to $10 billion, per TD Cowen.
- Internal re-evaluation follows Oracle’s bid to compete with AWS, Microsoft and Salesforce in AI.
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