Larry Ellison, the Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) co-founder and one of the richest people on the planet, watched $22.6 billion disappear in a single day on January 27—and he didn't even have to lift a finger. The selloff was brutal,

The American markets were spooked by the DeepSeek AI storm on Monday, January 27. While Dow Jones closed in green with minor gains, the tech-heavy Nasdaq closed with colossal losses of 612.47 points,

President Donald Trump announced an A.I. initiative called Stargate. During a press conference at the White House attended by SoftBank (SFTBF) CEO Masayoshi Son and Oracle founder Larry Ellison, the returning President told reporters the initiative will invest $500 billion—equivalent to almost 2 percent of the annual U.

The $500 billion Stargate project will be critical to "maintain American leadership in AI," one of the partners said in a statement.

A tech selloff led by Chinese AI developer DeepSeek erased $108 billion from the wealth of the world’s richest, with Nvidia’s Jensen Huang losing $20.1 billion. Despite losses, some like Zuckerberg and Bezos saw their fortunes rise significantly amid the AI boom.

OpenAI, Oracle, SoftBank, and MGX are the lead partners in Stargate, according to OpenAI.

The world’s 500 richest people, led by Nvidia co-founder Jensen Huang, lost a combined $US108 billion ($172 billion) on Monday as a tech-led selloff tied to Chinese AI developer DeepSeek sent major indices plunging.

Yes, that's the name of a 1994 Roland Emmerich movie. It's now a big infrastructure project to help power tech giants' foray into AI.

Nvidia co-founder Jensen Huang's wealth dropped $20.1 billion as Nvidia shares fell 17% amid fears that DeepSeek's low-cost AI model could disrupt the tech industry. Nvidia lost $593 billion in market value,

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang speaks at CES 2025 ... Rivaling Huang’s drop Monday was a $29.4 billion loss for Oracle chairman Larry Ellison, as Oracle stock tanked 15% — Ellison fell from third ...

Nvidia shares' 9% recovery Tuesday was the second-best day in terms of market cap added for any company ever—but the company faced another selloff Wednesday.