> ...an investment that could improve life for billions of people.

This is the problem I have with startups/tech that intend to revolutionize farming: it's rarely to improve life for people, but rather to increase profits. Perhaps Ellison does, indeed, intend to use this farming tech to help bring food to hungry people around the world - and that would be great! But I'm skeptical; Larry's never struck me as an altruistic dude.