IBM announced on Monday it is acquiring Confluent for $11 billion, sending shares of the data streaming platform up about 29% in morning trading. By midday trading, at the time of this writing, ...

IBM has announced on Monday, 8 December that it will acquire Confluent in a $11 billion deal, aiming to expand its footprint in Artificial Intelligence footprint, the tech giant said in a press ...

IBM boosts AI portfolio with Confluent deal Offer price at 34% premium to Confluent's last close Deal to be funded with cash on hand, expected to close mid-2026 Acquisition will boost IBM's recurring ...

There is an old saying: “Nobody ever got fired for buying IBM.” For decades, this phrase was more than a wry joke—it was a reflection of the near-mythic status of Big Blue in the world of business ...

IBM has agreed to acquire cloud-native enterprise data streaming platform Confluent in a move designed to expand its portfolio of tools for building AI applications The company said Monday in a ...

IBM is buying data infrastructure company Confluent for $11 billion in cash in a bid to bolster its data and automation products as ever more companies move their tech operations to the cloud and ...

IBM just acquired Confluent for $11 billion. When I was at IBM, I watched enterprises struggle with the same problem over and over again. Their data was always a step behind their decisions. This ...

IBM announced it would buy data streaming firm Confluent for $11 billion, the companies said in a statement on Monday morning, marking a major acquisition as the legacy tech company pushes to expand ...

IBM is close to finalizing a deal to buy Confluent, a company that provides technology for managing real-time data streams used in large artificial intelligence models, reported The Wall Street ...

The move reflects a rapidly intensifying race among technology giants to strengthen the data foundations required for generative and agentic AI. Source: IBM IBM has AI on its mind with plans to ...

Inside IBM’s main research center rises a maze of silver towers, each 22 feet tall. Through their vented flanks, you catch glimpses of blinking lights and the shadows of wires. The machine’s ...

This year has seen a variety of changes in the AI landscape, from the proliferation of agents to major questions around AI’s true return on investment. In the end, it’s all about the data. Below, IBM ...