"Ellison, the founder of the tech giant Oracle, is quickly emerging as the new face of oligarchic power in the U.S. Oracle has become an AI powerhouse at the same time Ellison and his son David have acquired Paramount and its vast media empire. With Donald Trump's recent executive order, Ellison and Oracle will also now oversee TikTok's algorithms, shaping a platform that reaches 150 million U.S. users."
"What's more alarming than Ellison's sheer wealth - in September, he briefly surpassed Musk as the world's richest person - is that he's building his concentrated power and control in collaboration with the Trumpian project of attacking so-called "wokeness," all while supercharging the corporate expansion of artificial intelligence and tech surveillance. Moreover, Ellison is a vocal supporter of the Israeli military and a close confidant of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu."
Larry Ellison has amassed concentrated corporate, media, and political influence through Oracle's AI expansion, the acquisition of Paramount with his son David, and new oversight of TikTok algorithms following a presidential executive order. Oracle evolved from database software for government and business—its first customer was the CIA and the company is named after a CIA project—into a cloud and AI powerhouse. Ellison briefly became the world's richest person in September. He aligns with the Trumpian campaign against so-called "wokeness," supports the Israeli military, and maintains close ties to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, amplifying geopolitical and ideological reach.
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