Oracle is facing critical scrutiny following the discovery of an unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2026-35273) in its PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools software, forcing the legacy tech giant to play defense on security while aggressively funding its future.
To finance its massive pivot into AI infrastructure, the company is taking on heavy leverage. On We Study Billionaires, host Kyle Grieve detailed how the company is raising capital, pointing out that "Oracle, Meta, and Alphabet just issued thirty-year notes with average coupon rates around five point seven percent" to build out data centers, despite tight spreads over treasury yields.
But while financial analysts focus on bond yields, cultural commentators are sounding the alarm over what this computing power will actually be used for. On This Past Weekend, host Theo Von reacted with alarm to the ambitions of founder Larry Ellison, warning his audience that "tech billionaire Oracle CEO Larry Ellison confesses a dystopian AI, AI mass surveillance network."
As Oracle races to patch its existing corporate software, it remains caught between the cold realities of corporate debt and a growing public anxiety over the dystopian potential of its next-generation cloud infrastructure.