I think the potential of Agenic is to rethink how work gets done overall. It challenges all sorts

of traditional orthodoxies around how organizations execute the work at hand. That's Jason Gersatus,

CEO of Deloitte U.S., talking about the transformational potential of Agenic AI. Join him later to

learn why agents are a game changer for businesses across industries.

Here's your afternoon, TNB Tech Minute, for Tuesday, March 31st. I'm Julie Chang for the Wall Street

Journal. Open AI completed the largest funding round in Silicon Valley history, raising $122 billion. The deal shows how the

Chachipi-T maker is diversifying its shareholder base ahead of its planned IPO, which is expected by

the end of the year. As part of the financing, OpenAI raised more than $3 billion from

wealthy investors through banks and said it would be included in several

exchange traded funds managed by Ark Invest. Amazon, NVIDIA, and SoftBank also committed $110 billion

to the funding round, while additional cash came from Silicon Valley and Wall Street investment firms.

Oracle began to significantly lay off its workforce today.

The cuts come as the cloud and database company invests in costly data centers for AI.

According to employees and several posts on LinkedIn, Oracle is cutting jobs across its business lines.

Some affected staff told the journal they received an early morning

email from Oracle leadership, informing them that it was their last day. The full scope of the

layoffs isn't yet clear, but some employees said internal metrics show reduction so far in the

thousands. Representatives for Oracle declined to comment. Shares in the company are down nearly 50% in the past six months, as investors express concern about its data center financing plan. And Amazon has secured a deal to provide internet access on Delta Airlines flights. Delta said it plans to use Amazon's Leo satellite internet business for in-flight

Wi-Fi on an initial 500 aircraft starting in 2028. Terms of the deal weren't disclosed. Delta's choice

intensifies competition in the satellite internet industry. JetBlue Airways also has an agreement to

use Amazon service on a portion of its fleet,

but SpaceX's Starlink has become a dominant provider for airlines, signing up customers,

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