US tech titans Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos are taking a prominent place in the new Trump era, but another player from another era -- Oracle boss Larry Ellison -- is making a surprise return.

The American markets were spooked by the DeepSeek AI storm on Monday, January 27. While Dow Jones closed in green with minor gains, the tech-heavy Nasdaq closed with colossal losses of 612.47 points,

Oracle chairman Larry Ellison and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang lost tens of billions on paper as shares of their AI-focused companies suffered as DeepSeek sent a chill through Silicon Valley.

Apple Inc. and Oracle Corp. have reacted differently to President Donald Trump’s pledge that the U.S. government won’t enforce a national security law that raised potential penalties for U.S. partners of the popular video app TikTok.

At a press briefing on Tuesday, President Trump suggested that he’s open to the idea of Elon Musk or Larry Ellison buying TikTok.

During a press conference on Tuesday afternoon, President Donald Trump floated the idea of Elon Musk or Larry Ellison purchasing TikTok, while also proposing that the U.S. government take a significant share of the transaction.