Oracle slashes cloud roles as it pours billions into AI growth

Oracle has cut jobs across its cloud division, striking teams in the US, India, and Canada while pushing ahead with massive AI data center expansion. In Seattle, more than 150 employees lost their roles, including engineers and AI/ML specialists. At the same time, Oracle is hiring aggressively to support multi-billion-dollar contracts with OpenAI and others, underscoring tech’s tough balancing act: cutting staff while scaling AI infrastructure at breakneck speed.