Oracle AI World 26 - Larry Ellison on curing cancer, taxing robots, making everyone wealthy and fixing healthcare
Oracle’s Larry Ellison can always be trusted to fill out a conference hall - his reputation for engaging and entertaining keynote addresses is well known throughout the industry. The co-founder is relaxed on stage, happy to take his time, and he runs the gamut of big ideas, without worrying too much about what the current ‘company line’ is. For us journalists and analysts in particular, Ellison’s keynotes are a breath of fresh air amongst a sea of product demonstrations and death by Powerpoint.
Everything Ellison says has to be taken with a slight pinch of salt - the timelines are hugely ambitious, the claims swing big, and the line between company roadmap and personal worldview is somewhat porous to say the least. However, his keynote address also gives those of us in the industry, as well as Oracle’s customers, a unique chance to sit for an hour and listen to...
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