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1. Shard Calculation

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Calculated Shard: 16 (from laksa106)

2. Crawled Status Check

Query:

curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa016.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2rp992y88o\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2rp992y88o\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

Response:

{"found_url":"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cx2rp992y88o","crawl_time":1774373716,"first_indexed_time":1757520687,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"com,bbc!www,\/news\/articles\/cx2rp992y88o s443","src_root_hash":"1643509356818581016","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"Oracle's Larry Ellison briefly surpasses Elon Musk as world's richest man","meta_descriptions":["The Oracle cofounder's wealth temporarily overtook Musk's fortune, propelled by an AI boom."],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"Larry Ellison briefly becomes world's richest person\n10 September 2025\nDanielle Kaye\nBusiness reporter\nGetty Images\nLarry Ellison, pictured at an Oval Office meeting earlier this year, has overtaken Elon Musk in fortune\nElon Musk briefly lost his title as the world's richest person to Larry Ellison, the co-founder of Oracle and an ally of US President Donald Trump.\nEllison's wealth surged to $393bn (£290bn) on Wednesday morning, surpassing Musk's $385bn (£284bn), according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.\nThe jump came after shares in Oracle, which make up a significant part of Ellison's fortune, soared more than 40%, boosted by the database software company's surprisingly rosy outlook for its cloud infrastructure business and artificial intelligence (AI) deals.\nBut the firm's share price had shed some of those gains by the end of the day, putting Musk back on top.\nBefore briefly losing it to Ellison, Musk had held the title of world's richest person for nearly one year.\nHe could receive\na pay package worth over $1tn\n(£740bn) if he hits a list of ambitious targets over the next decade, the board of the electric car firm has proposed.\nBut shares in Musk's most valuable business, Tesla, have fallen this year.\nThe electric vehicle maker has grappled with investor jitters over the Trump administration's rollback of electric vehicle initiatives, on top of consumer backlash to Musk's political involvement.\nOracle has recently been propelled by growing demand for data centre infrastructure.\nThe company projected as part of its quarterly earnings report on Tuesday that revenue from its cloud business will jump 77% this year, to $18bn, with further growth expected in the coming years.\nOracle has reported a surge in demand among AI companies for its data centres, which helped push its stock dramatically higher.\nIt signed four multibillion-dollar contracts with customers in the last quarter and anticipates several more deals in the months ahead, chief executive Safra Catz said on Tuesday.\nTrump ties and media ambitions\nEllison, 81, helped start Oracle in 1977 and rose to prominence in the 1990s, when he became a public figure known as much for his lavish lifestyle as for the database company behind his fortune.\nHe was Oracle's chief executive until 2014 and is now the company's chairman and chief technology officer.\nAnd he has positioned himself as an ally to President Trump.\nWhen Trump returned to the White House in January, Ellison appeared alongside OpenAI's Sam Altman and SoftBank's Masayoshi Son to announce a project called Stargate, to build out AI infrastructure in the US.\nOracle has also emerged as a possible buyer of TikTok, the app owned by the Chinese internet company ByteDance. TikTok is facing a ban in the US unless it divests itself of its ByteDance ownership.\nIn January, when asked whether he was open to Musk buying TikTok, Trump responded: \"I'd like Larry to buy it, too.\"\nEllison's media ambitions extend beyond TikTok.\nHe funded the bulk of a $8bn bid by his son to acquire Paramount, which owns CBS and MTV.\nThat deal between Paramount and the media company Skydance, which is controlled by his son David, closed last month.","attrs_markdown":"[Skip to content](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cx2rp992y88o#main-content)\n\n[Register](https:\/\/session.bbc.com\/session?action=register&userOrigin=BBCS_BBC&ptrt=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2Fnews%2Farticles%2Fcx2rp992y88o)\n\n[Sign In](https:\/\/session.bbc.com\/session?userOrigin=BBCS_BBC&ptrt=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2Fnews%2Farticles%2Fcx2rp992y88o)\n\n- [Home](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/)\n- [News](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news)\n- [Sport](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport)\n- [Business](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/business)\n- [Technology](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/technology)\n- [Health](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/health)\n- [Culture](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/culture)\n- [Arts](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/arts)\n- [Travel](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/travel)\n- [Earth](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/future-planet)\n- [Audio](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/audio)\n- [Video](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/video)\n- [Live](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/live)\n\n- [Home](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/home)\n- [News](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news)\n  - [US & Canada](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/us-canada)\n  - [UK](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk)\n    - [UK Politics](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/politics)\n    - [England](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/england)\n    - [N. 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He is wearing a black suit jacket, deep red tie, and has a moustache and goatee.](https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/398b\/live\/d9604380-8e5e-11f0-96e7-475804d250b1.jpg.webp)Getty Images\n\nLarry Ellison, pictured at an Oval Office meeting earlier this year, has overtaken Elon Musk in fortune\n\nElon Musk briefly lost his title as the world's richest person to Larry Ellison, the co-founder of Oracle and an ally of US President Donald Trump.\n\nEllison's wealth surged to \\$393bn (£290bn) on Wednesday morning, surpassing Musk's \\$385bn (£284bn), according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.\n\nThe jump came after shares in Oracle, which make up a significant part of Ellison's fortune, soared more than 40%, boosted by the database software company's surprisingly rosy outlook for its cloud infrastructure business and artificial intelligence (AI) deals.\n\nBut the firm's share price had shed some of those gains by the end of the day, putting Musk back on top.\n\nBefore briefly losing it to Ellison, Musk had held the title of world's richest person for nearly one year.\n\nHe could receive [a pay package worth over \\$1tn](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cdx29qv4nvvo) (£740bn) if he hits a list of ambitious targets over the next decade, the board of the electric car firm has proposed.\n\nBut shares in Musk's most valuable business, Tesla, have fallen this year.\n\nThe electric vehicle maker has grappled with investor jitters over the Trump administration's rollback of electric vehicle initiatives, on top of consumer backlash to Musk's political involvement.\n\nOracle has recently been propelled by growing demand for data centre infrastructure.\n\nThe company projected as part of its quarterly earnings report on Tuesday that revenue from its cloud business will jump 77% this year, to \\$18bn, with further growth expected in the coming years.\n\nOracle has reported a surge in demand among AI companies for its data centres, which helped push its stock dramatically higher.\n\nIt signed four multibillion-dollar contracts with customers in the last quarter and anticipates several more deals in the months ahead, chief executive Safra Catz said on Tuesday.\n\n## Trump ties and media ambitions\nEllison, 81, helped start Oracle in 1977 and rose to prominence in the 1990s, when he became a public figure known as much for his lavish lifestyle as for the database company behind his fortune.\n\nHe was Oracle's chief executive until 2014 and is now the company's chairman and chief technology officer.\n\nAnd he has positioned himself as an ally to President Trump.\n\nWhen Trump returned to the White House in January, Ellison appeared alongside OpenAI's Sam Altman and SoftBank's Masayoshi Son to announce a project called Stargate, to build out AI infrastructure in the US.\n\nOracle has also emerged as a possible buyer of TikTok, the app owned by the Chinese internet company ByteDance. TikTok is facing a ban in the US unless it divests itself of its ByteDance ownership.\n\nIn January, when asked whether he was open to Musk buying TikTok, Trump responded: \"I'd like Larry to buy it, too.\"\n\nEllison's media ambitions extend beyond TikTok.\n\nHe funded the bulk of a \\$8bn bid by his son to acquire Paramount, which owns CBS and MTV.\n\nThat deal between Paramount and the media company Skydance, which is controlled by his son David, closed last month.\n\n[Companies](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/business\/companies)\n\n[Elon Musk](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/topics\/c302m85q53mt)\n\n[Artificial intelligence](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/topics\/ce1qrvleleqt)\n\n***\nRelated\n\n[Royal Mail staff say they were told to hide post to look like delivery targets met](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cm2knk5d4deo)\n\n[Fortnite-maker Epic Games lays off 1,000 more staff](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c5yxv5kzlv5o)\n\n[Oil traders bet millions minutes before Trump's Iran talks post](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cg547ljepvzo)\n\n***\nMore from the BBC\n\n[7 hrs ago ![A head shot of CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, South African-Canadian-US businessman Elon Musk, with a blue background](https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/a6ee\/live\/ef12ebc0-2769-11f1-82f7-f757ccb9d4bd.jpg.webp) Elon Musk's Starlink blocked from operating in Namibia Namibia's regulator noted that Starlink's subsidiary is not locally owned. 7 hrs ago](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/crl1ny1g6e0o)\n\n[8 hrs ago ![A bus in Nepal picks its way along a road on a hillside that is crumbling away beneath the road (Credit: Getty Images)](https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/images\/ic\/480x270\/p0n8cpg6.jpg.webp) When the Earth moves, AI can spot it Sudden and unexpected, landslides and avalanches claim thousands of lives each year and cause billions of dollars in damage. What if we could see them coming? 8 hrs ago](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/future\/article\/20260323-the-ai-that-warns-people-about-landslides-and-avalanches)\n\n[2 days ago ![A close up picture of a robot hand picking a bright red strawberry while a man with a yellow shirt watches in the background](https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/images\/ic\/1024x1024\/p0hq72jn.png.webp) Fruit-picking robot wins national award The robots can pick, weigh and harvest strawberries in a matter of seconds. 2 days ago](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c9d41n6gv20o)\n\n[3 days ago ![Composite image: On the left it shows a still from video of Riya Ulan. Her left arm is raised touching her head, she is looking straight at the camera with a grey curtain behind her. She has a light \/ olive complexion and dark hair, and is wearing a loose-fitting top with a wide neck. 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He is wearing a black suit jacket, deep red tie, and has a moustache and goatee.](https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/398b\/live\/d9604380-8e5e-11f0-96e7-475804d250b1.jpg.webp)Getty Images\n\nLarry Ellison, pictured at an Oval Office meeting earlier this year, has overtaken Elon Musk in fortune\n\nElon Musk briefly lost his title as the world's richest person to Larry Ellison, the co-founder of Oracle and an ally of US President Donald Trump.\n\nEllison's wealth surged to \\$393bn (£290bn) on Wednesday morning, surpassing Musk's \\$385bn (£284bn), according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.\n\nThe jump came after shares in Oracle, which make up a significant part of Ellison's fortune, soared more than 40%, boosted by the database software company's surprisingly rosy outlook for its cloud infrastructure business and artificial intelligence (AI) deals.\n\nBut the firm's share price had shed some of those gains by the end of the day, putting Musk back on top.\n\nBefore briefly losing it to Ellison, Musk had held the title of world's richest person for nearly one year.\n\nHe could receive [a pay package worth over \\$1tn](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cdx29qv4nvvo) (£740bn) if he hits a list of ambitious targets over the next decade, the board of the electric car firm has proposed.\n\nBut shares in Musk's most valuable business, Tesla, have fallen this year.\n\nThe electric vehicle maker has grappled with investor jitters over the Trump administration's rollback of electric vehicle initiatives, on top of consumer backlash to Musk's political involvement.\n\nOracle has recently been propelled by growing demand for data centre infrastructure.\n\nThe company projected as part of its quarterly earnings report on Tuesday that revenue from its cloud business will jump 77% this year, to \\$18bn, with further growth expected in the coming years.\n\nOracle has reported a surge in demand among AI companies for its data centres, which helped push its stock dramatically higher.\n\nIt signed four multibillion-dollar contracts with customers in the last quarter and anticipates several more deals in the months ahead, chief executive Safra Catz said on Tuesday.\n\nTrump ties and media ambitions\n\nEllison, 81, helped start Oracle in 1977 and rose to prominence in the 1990s, when he became a public figure known as much for his lavish lifestyle as for the database company behind his fortune.\n\nHe was Oracle's chief executive until 2014 and is now the company's chairman and chief technology officer.\n\nAnd he has positioned himself as an ally to President Trump.\n\nWhen Trump returned to the White House in January, Ellison appeared alongside OpenAI's Sam Altman and SoftBank's Masayoshi Son to announce a project called Stargate, to build out AI infrastructure in the US.\n\nOracle has also emerged as a possible buyer of TikTok, the app owned by the Chinese internet company ByteDance. 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Boilerpipe Text	Larry Ellison briefly becomes world's richest person 10 September 2025 Danielle Kaye Business reporter Getty Images Larry Ellison, pictured at an Oval Office meeting earlier this year, has overtaken Elon Musk in fortune Elon Musk briefly lost his title as the world's richest person to Larry Ellison, the co-founder of Oracle and an ally of US President Donald Trump. Ellison's wealth surged to $393bn (£290bn) on Wednesday morning, surpassing Musk's $385bn (£284bn), according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. The jump came after shares in Oracle, which make up a significant part of Ellison's fortune, soared more than 40%, boosted by the database software company's surprisingly rosy outlook for its cloud infrastructure business and artificial intelligence (AI) deals. But the firm's share price had shed some of those gains by the end of the day, putting Musk back on top. Before briefly losing it to Ellison, Musk had held the title of world's richest person for nearly one year. He could receive a pay package worth over $1tn (£740bn) if he hits a list of ambitious targets over the next decade, the board of the electric car firm has proposed. But shares in Musk's most valuable business, Tesla, have fallen this year. The electric vehicle maker has grappled with investor jitters over the Trump administration's rollback of electric vehicle initiatives, on top of consumer backlash to Musk's political involvement. Oracle has recently been propelled by growing demand for data centre infrastructure. The company projected as part of its quarterly earnings report on Tuesday that revenue from its cloud business will jump 77% this year, to $18bn, with further growth expected in the coming years. Oracle has reported a surge in demand among AI companies for its data centres, which helped push its stock dramatically higher. It signed four multibillion-dollar contracts with customers in the last quarter and anticipates several more deals in the months ahead, chief executive Safra Catz said on Tuesday. Trump ties and media ambitions Ellison, 81, helped start Oracle in 1977 and rose to prominence in the 1990s, when he became a public figure known as much for his lavish lifestyle as for the database company behind his fortune. He was Oracle's chief executive until 2014 and is now the company's chairman and chief technology officer. And he has positioned himself as an ally to President Trump. When Trump returned to the White House in January, Ellison appeared alongside OpenAI's Sam Altman and SoftBank's Masayoshi Son to announce a project called Stargate, to build out AI infrastructure in the US. Oracle has also emerged as a possible buyer of TikTok, the app owned by the Chinese internet company ByteDance. TikTok is facing a ban in the US unless it divests itself of its ByteDance ownership. In January, when asked whether he was open to Musk buying TikTok, Trump responded: "I'd like Larry to buy it, too." Ellison's media ambitions extend beyond TikTok. He funded the bulk of a $8bn bid by his son to acquire Paramount, which owns CBS and MTV. That deal between Paramount and the media company Skydance, which is controlled by his son David, closed last month.
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He is wearing a black suit jacket, deep red tie, and has a moustache and goatee.](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/398b/live/d9604380-8e5e-11f0-96e7-475804d250b1.jpg.webp)Getty Images Larry Ellison, pictured at an Oval Office meeting earlier this year, has overtaken Elon Musk in fortune Elon Musk briefly lost his title as the world's richest person to Larry Ellison, the co-founder of Oracle and an ally of US President Donald Trump. Ellison's wealth surged to \$393bn (£290bn) on Wednesday morning, surpassing Musk's \$385bn (£284bn), according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. The jump came after shares in Oracle, which make up a significant part of Ellison's fortune, soared more than 40%, boosted by the database software company's surprisingly rosy outlook for its cloud infrastructure business and artificial intelligence (AI) deals. But the firm's share price had shed some of those gains by the end of the day, putting Musk back on top. Before briefly losing it to Ellison, Musk had held the title of world's richest person for nearly one year. He could receive [a pay package worth over \$1tn](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdx29qv4nvvo) (£740bn) if he hits a list of ambitious targets over the next decade, the board of the electric car firm has proposed. But shares in Musk's most valuable business, Tesla, have fallen this year. The electric vehicle maker has grappled with investor jitters over the Trump administration's rollback of electric vehicle initiatives, on top of consumer backlash to Musk's political involvement. Oracle has recently been propelled by growing demand for data centre infrastructure. The company projected as part of its quarterly earnings report on Tuesday that revenue from its cloud business will jump 77% this year, to \$18bn, with further growth expected in the coming years. Oracle has reported a surge in demand among AI companies for its data centres, which helped push its stock dramatically higher. It signed four multibillion-dollar contracts with customers in the last quarter and anticipates several more deals in the months ahead, chief executive Safra Catz said on Tuesday. ## Trump ties and media ambitions Ellison, 81, helped start Oracle in 1977 and rose to prominence in the 1990s, when he became a public figure known as much for his lavish lifestyle as for the database company behind his fortune. He was Oracle's chief executive until 2014 and is now the company's chairman and chief technology officer. And he has positioned himself as an ally to President Trump. When Trump returned to the White House in January, Ellison appeared alongside OpenAI's Sam Altman and SoftBank's Masayoshi Son to announce a project called Stargate, to build out AI infrastructure in the US. Oracle has also emerged as a possible buyer of TikTok, the app owned by the Chinese internet company ByteDance. TikTok is facing a ban in the US unless it divests itself of its ByteDance ownership. In January, when asked whether he was open to Musk buying TikTok, Trump responded: "I'd like Larry to buy it, too." Ellison's media ambitions extend beyond TikTok. He funded the bulk of a \$8bn bid by his son to acquire Paramount, which owns CBS and MTV. That deal between Paramount and the media company Skydance, which is controlled by his son David, closed last month. 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Readable Markdown	Larry Ellison briefly becomes world's richest person 10 September 2025 Danielle KayeBusiness reporter ![Getty Images Larry's head and shoulders can be seen as he sits in the Oval Office, in front of a shelf with trophies and a decorative plate. He is wearing a black suit jacket, deep red tie, and has a moustache and goatee.](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/398b/live/d9604380-8e5e-11f0-96e7-475804d250b1.jpg.webp)Getty Images Larry Ellison, pictured at an Oval Office meeting earlier this year, has overtaken Elon Musk in fortune Elon Musk briefly lost his title as the world's richest person to Larry Ellison, the co-founder of Oracle and an ally of US President Donald Trump. Ellison's wealth surged to \$393bn (£290bn) on Wednesday morning, surpassing Musk's \$385bn (£284bn), according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. The jump came after shares in Oracle, which make up a significant part of Ellison's fortune, soared more than 40%, boosted by the database software company's surprisingly rosy outlook for its cloud infrastructure business and artificial intelligence (AI) deals. But the firm's share price had shed some of those gains by the end of the day, putting Musk back on top. Before briefly losing it to Ellison, Musk had held the title of world's richest person for nearly one year. He could receive [a pay package worth over \$1tn](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdx29qv4nvvo) (£740bn) if he hits a list of ambitious targets over the next decade, the board of the electric car firm has proposed. But shares in Musk's most valuable business, Tesla, have fallen this year. The electric vehicle maker has grappled with investor jitters over the Trump administration's rollback of electric vehicle initiatives, on top of consumer backlash to Musk's political involvement. Oracle has recently been propelled by growing demand for data centre infrastructure. The company projected as part of its quarterly earnings report on Tuesday that revenue from its cloud business will jump 77% this year, to \$18bn, with further growth expected in the coming years. Oracle has reported a surge in demand among AI companies for its data centres, which helped push its stock dramatically higher. It signed four multibillion-dollar contracts with customers in the last quarter and anticipates several more deals in the months ahead, chief executive Safra Catz said on Tuesday. Trump ties and media ambitions Ellison, 81, helped start Oracle in 1977 and rose to prominence in the 1990s, when he became a public figure known as much for his lavish lifestyle as for the database company behind his fortune. He was Oracle's chief executive until 2014 and is now the company's chairman and chief technology officer. And he has positioned himself as an ally to President Trump. When Trump returned to the White House in January, Ellison appeared alongside OpenAI's Sam Altman and SoftBank's Masayoshi Son to announce a project called Stargate, to build out AI infrastructure in the US. Oracle has also emerged as a possible buyer of TikTok, the app owned by the Chinese internet company ByteDance. TikTok is facing a ban in the US unless it divests itself of its ByteDance ownership. In January, when asked whether he was open to Musk buying TikTok, Trump responded: "I'd like Larry to buy it, too." Ellison's media ambitions extend beyond TikTok. He funded the bulk of a \$8bn bid by his son to acquire Paramount, which owns CBS and MTV. That deal between Paramount and the media company Skydance, which is controlled by his son David, closed last month.
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