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Oracle shares fall 4% as concerns about OpenAI growth trigger a selloff in the tech sector

Oracle shares fall 4% as concerns about OpenAI growth trigger a selloff in the tech sector

By Aditya Raghunath
Publication Date: 2026-04-29 09:55:00

Khey statistics for Oracle share

  • Price change for Oracle Share: -4%
  • $ORCL stock price as of April 28: $166
  • 52-week high: $346
  • $ORCL stock price target: $243

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What happened?

oracle (ORCL) The stock fell about 4% on Tuesday after a The Wall Street Journal report warned against OpenAI, one of Oracle’s largest customers.

  • According to the report, OpenAI missed its internal goal of reaching 1 billion weekly active users by the end of 2025.
  • The company also fell short of monthly sales targets earlier this year.
  • Competition from Anthropic and Google’s Gemini has dented ChatGPT’s market share, which has fallen from 86.7% to 64.5% of generative AI web traffic in just one year.

Perhaps the most alarming detail:

OpenAI’s CFO has reportedly expressed internal concerns about whether the company can fulfill its computing contract…

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