Larry Ellison Bet It All on the A.I. Boom. Will He Be the Face of the A.I. Bubble? NYT - Technology By: Jonathan Mahler Β· Jim Rutenberg and Kirsten Grind 2 August 2026 at 16:45 Inside the 81-year-old billionaireβs risky, debt-fueled scramble to transform his data empire into an A.I. juggernaut.