Oracle’s Kris Rice Talks AI, MCP Integration, and the Future of Cloud | Cloud Wars Live

In today's special edition of Cloud Wars Live, Bob Evans talks
with Kris Rice, Senior Vice President, Software Development,
Oracle Database, about the rapid rise of AI, the strategic impact
of the new MCP Server, Oracle’s unique approach to integrating
LLMs with private data, and what to expect at this year’s
CloudWorld. Rice shares how Oracle is meeting developers where
they are, enabling seamless AI-powered interactions with
enterprise data.


Inside Oracle’s MCP Strategy


The Big Themes:



Oracle’s Strategic Integration of MCP:
Oracle’s implementation of the Model Context Protocol (MCP)
represents more than a technical upgrade. Rice explains that
MCP, though technically simple, becomes powerful because of how
it’s supported across AI agents, Copilots, cloud desktops, and
IDEs. Oracle’s distinctive approach lies in integrating MCP
directly into its existing developer environments rather than
layering on new tools.


Oracle Marries AI with Data Sovereignty:
Oracle has the unique ability to merge large language models
(LLMs) with enterprise-grade data privacy and sovereignty.
While many companies hesitate to use public AI platforms for
sensitive queries, Oracle’s approach — running LLMs on private
GPUs in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) — lets customers
leverage cutting-edge AI while keeping data entirely within
their own virtual cloud networks.


Oracle CloudWorld 2025: Looking ahead to
CloudWorld, Rice promises more than vision — he promises
practical value. Attendees can expect hands-on labs, demos, and
real-world use cases showing exactly how Oracle’s MCP server
and GenAI services can be applied immediately. From natural
language-driven infrastructure provisioning using Terraform MCP
to business logic queries run autonomously by AI agents, the
event will be centered on tangible outcomes, not speculative
futures.



The Big Quote: “I saw the other day that the Google AI Studio
supports MCP. So you could literally go to the Google AI studio,
drop in your Oracle Database MCP support, and talk to your Oracle
database that's on GCP, and never leave the boundaries of
Google."


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