Oracle cost-cutting points to AI infrastructure gamble | Computer Weekly
Oracle invests $533bn in AI infrastructure while facing investor concerns about ROI, planning $45-50bn in 2026 financing and implementing workforce reductions through AI-driven productivity gains.
Q4 2025 in Consumer Finance: Fintechs move from user counts to dollars per engaged customer - Tearsheet
Block and Chime are redefining fintech success through AI-driven efficiency, workforce optimization, and monetization of highly engaged user cohorts rather than raw user growth.
Exclusive: Block's CFO explains the AI leaps over 18 months that led to the decision to slash nearly half its workforce | Fortune
Block cut 4,000 jobs while profitable and growing, leveraging internal AI tools to increase workforce productivity and execute a two-year transformation strategy.