Shares of Oracle ( ORCL -1.54%) flew higher this week. The firm's stock gained 14% as of 4:20 p.m. ET, but was up as much as 17.4% earlier in the week. The surge comes as the S&P 500 ( ^GSPC -0.29%) and Nasdaq Composite ( ^IXIC -0.50%) were up 1.7% and 1.6%, respectively.

Yesterday the world of AI and stocks in the sector changed as President Donald Trump announced the formation of Stargate , a new $500 billion joint venture deal to build artificial intelligence infrastructure in the US, with Oracle ( NYSE:ORCL ), ChatGPT creator OpenAI, and Japanese conglomerate SoftBank all at the table ..

Shares of Oracle ( ORCL 6.75%) are flying higher on Wednesday. The company's stock is up 6.4% as of 11:20 a.m. ET, but gained as much as 11.3% earlier in the day. The sharp move came as the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite gained 0.7% and 1.3%, respectively.

President Donald Trump said he is open to Elon Musk or Oracle (ORCL) Chairman Larry Ellison purchasing TikTok as part of a joint venture with

Microsoft on Tuesday said it has changed some key terms of a deal with OpenAI after the ChatGPT creator announced a joint venture with Oracle and Japan's SoftBank Group to build up to $500 billion of new AI data centers in the United States.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced that three leading companies would make a large investment in artificial intelligence infrastructure. OpenAI, SoftBank (9984.T), and Oracle (

Challenges came in tandem with TikTok’s success. U.S. officials expressed concerns about the company’s roots and ownership, pointing to laws in China that require Chinese companies to hand over data requested by the government. Another concern became the proprietary algorithm that populates what users see on the app.

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In addition to Trump, you can guarantee that virtually every tech company will mention AI revenue and spending. According to Jefferies analyst Brent Thill, Microsoft should report improved AI consumption and continued spending, something investors have been hoping for as the company works to meet customer demand for AI infrastructure.

The United States Supreme Court on Friday ruled against TikTok's bid to avoid a ban that could shut the app down in just two days and impact millions of users who rely on the platform for entertainment,

The ban is the end result of 2024 legislation passed on national security concerns that called for TikTok parent ByteDance to sell the popular short-video app or see it shut in the United States on Jan. 19.

In the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling from Friday the app was to shut down after the court upheld a bipartisan law that banned TikTok nationwide, provided it was still controlled by its Chinese parent company.