From Legacy to AI Leviathan: Inside Oracle’s Unlikely Run
Oracle’s fiscal Q1 2026 cloud backlog surged 359% year-over-year to $455 billion after landing four multi-billion-dollar AI cloud contracts, including a $300 billion deal with OpenAI. Oracle stock jumped nearly 40%, its biggest one-day gain since 1992, as management forecasted 77% OCI revenue growth and a backlog topping $500 billion within months.