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​On September 10, news broke that OpenAI signed a $300 billion deal to use Oracle’s cloud infrastructure, sending Oracle’s stock price soaring and making Larry Ellison the richest person in the world--for a moment.

​Wait, what just happened? How did a company once known mainly for Relational Database Systems (RDBMS) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) reinvent itself as a cloud powerhouse capable of competing head-to-head with AWS, Azure, and GCP?

​Join us for an exclusive panel discussion co-hosted with Oracle, where leaders of Oracle's cloud infrastructure business will unpack:

• ​The pivotal moments behind Oracle’s cloud transformation

• ​The technology and strategy that make Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) unique and competitive

• ​What this shift means for the future of AI and enterprise computing

​Don’t miss this opportunity to get an insider’s perspective on how Oracle became one of the biggest players in the AI era.

​This event is hosted by Qlay, Oracle and Digital Garage.

​Guest Speakers

​Austin Ford, Senior Manager for Cloud Architecture Solution Engineering at Oracle

​Balraj Kadaikal, Senior Manager for Cloud Engineering at Oracle

Kavita Batra-Sharma, Director of Sales for OCI at Oracle

​Ovais Tariq, Co-Founder & CEO at Tigris Data

​Moderator

​Tom Nakata, Co-founder and CEO of Qlay, an AI Proctor that catches AI-assisted cheating during remote interviews. Previously at McKinsey. B.A. in Statistics from Harvard College.

​Agenda

• ​5​​:30 - 6:15 pm: Registration and Networking w/ Food and Drinks!​

• ​6:15 - 6:30 pm: Host & Sponsor Introductions​

• ​​​6:30 - 7:15 pm: Panel Discussion

• ​7:15 - 8:00 pm: Networking

​Hosts

​​​Qlay is a San Francisco-based tech startup that develops AI-powered proctoring solutions designed to detect cheating and ensure candidate authenticity during online interviews and assessments. Book a quick intro call to learn more and try it out for free!

​Oracle Cloud was launched in 2016 as part of Oracle Corporation’s strategic transformation from on-premises software to a modern cloud infrastructure platform. Since then, it has expanded rapidly across dozens of global regions, offering high-performance infrastructure, autonomous databases, and integrated AI services designed for mission-critical workloads. Its differentiated architecture has made it a preferred choice for companies running large-scale data, analytics, and AI/ML workloads.

​In fiscal 2025, OCI’s revenue grew over 50% year-over-year, driven by strong demand for AI computing capacity and a 336% surge in GPU consumption. The platform now powers some of the world’s leading AI labs - including OpenAI, Meta, xAI, and NVIDIA - supporting massive model training and inference workloads. With total quarterly revenue reaching $15.9 billion and cloud services driving double-digit growth, Oracle Cloud continues to accelerate as a global leader at the intersection of enterprise computing and artificial intelligence.

​Digital Garage US is a technology incubator that bridges global markets and industries. By leveraging its diverse international network, Digital Garage US empowers startups, creators, and businesses to expand and innovate on a worldwide stage.

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