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Why the Oracle-OpenAI deal caught Wall Street by surprise

Why the Oracle-OpenAI deal caught Wall Street by surprise
business9/12/2025

The $300B deal is a reminder that despite Oracle’s legacy status, it shouldn’t be overlooked when it comes to AI infrastructure. But key questions around power and how OpenAI will pay for this remain.

This week, OpenAI and Oracle shocked the markets with a surprise $300 billion, five-year agreement, part of a surge of new business that sent the cloud provider’s stock skyrocketing. But maybe the markets shouldn’t have been taken by surprise. The de... [4402 chars]