Why Oracle's debt load could be your problem

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  NPR.

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  Oracle is not like the other children in the big tech company classroom.

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  Sure, the software giant is investing in artificial intelligence and the company's revenue is booming.

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  But Oracle has irked the credit market by loading up on loans to make its data center dreams come true.

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  See, Oracle may be the weak link in a crisscrossing daisy chain of businesses that's holding up the AI boom.

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  My biggest concern in all of this is the circular deals.

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  Oracle's a part of circular deals with OpenAI, but they have one with Meta.

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  If you look, NVIDIA's all over the place in these circular deals, Microsoft's in a few.

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  This is the Indicator for Planet Money.

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  I'm Ricky Mulvey.

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  And I'm Adrian Ma.

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  Oracle is a pivotal player in the artificial intelligence story.

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  And whether you're invested in the company or not, its fortunes could affect you.

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  We'll tell you why after the break.

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