OpenAI agreed to pay Oracle $30B a year for data center services | TechCrunch

https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/22/openai-agreed-to-pay-oracle-30b-a-year-for-data-center-services/

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hellothere@sh.itjust.works · 24 pts · 1y

Anyone can agree to spend money, the real question is does OpenAI have 30bn a year to spend.

Me thinks not.

sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works · 20 pts · 1y (1 reply)

making its founder and CTO, Larry Ellison, the second richest person in the world

Ew, I just want him to go away...

AbidanYre@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y

It's One Rich Asshole Called Larry Ellison for a reason

hamsterkill@lemmy.sdf.org · 17 pts · 1y (3 replies)

With how expensive AI seems to be, it's baffling to me how companies expect to turn a profit on it. 30B a year sounds more like the budget for an entire government scientific agency. And if that's just for the data services...

Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 9 pts · 1y (2 replies)

microsoft already admitted it doesnt generate profit, so all these companies, including google, is ramming AI into all thier devices and services to recoup the losses.

demunted@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Even copilot explains that it's answers are crippled by responding faster with less accuracy to reduce resource usage and there's nothing the paying customer can do about it.

Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 1y

thier data centers are expensive to operate, and very costly to the environment.

gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 1y

Holy fuck, whatever sales person closed this doesn’t have to work anymore. Nor does their progeny, in perpetuity.

RagingSnarkasm@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y

“Good news, boys! I found money for one more season of SailGP.”

muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y

Oracle?! You have money and power and everyone hanging on you and you chose ORACLE?!

How can anyone take this seriously?!

vane@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 1y

We all will pay for it to Larry's pocket and then he will pay the 3 letter agency for a favor. That's how Larry is doing business for years.

bigmamoth@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 1y

Wtf, it doesn't make a lot of sens since open ai doesn't have the monopole of ia anymore. Also the only service they found to sell is literally a chatbot wich no company will find interesting if it cost too much