Getty Images/Justin Sullivan In an effort to recruit top talent in artificial intelligence, Oracle offers pay packages worth $6 million, a source told Business Insider. In at least one instance, this was enough money to convince a job candidate to join the company and turn down other job offers. As the battle for artificial intelligence talent heats up in Silicon Valley, word on the street is that larger tech companies are using enormous pay packages to sway candidates away from less well-healed startups.