IBM's $11B Confluent acquisition completes its hybrid cloud stack, with Kafka streaming joining Red Hat and HashiCorp for enterprise AI infrastructure.

IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Confluent, Inc. (NASDAQ: CFLT), the data streaming pioneer, today announced they have entered into a definitive agreement ...

While $11 billion is a lot of money to spend, IBM is betting that acquiring Confluent and its popular data streaming platform will generate a superior return compared to the capex-heavy strategies of ...

IBM has announced it's acquiring data streaming platform Confluent in an $11 billion deal IBM said Monday it's buying data streaming platform Confluent in a deal worth $11 billion that will help ...

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 announced the agreement on Monday, Dec. 8, sharing that it will acquire all the issued and outstanding common shares of Confluent for $31 per share, valuing the enterprise at $11 billion.

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The big purchase is intended to help bolster IBM’s AI strategy. IBM said Monday it’s buying data streaming platform Confluent in a deal worth $11 billion that will help bolster the technology ...

The proposed deal will see IBM acquire Confluent for $31 per share, which is a 30% premium over Confluent’s stock price prior to the deal being announced. The deal has garnered support from investors ...

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IBM acquires Confluent for $11B, creating an arbitrage opportunity and boosting data streaming in its AI stack.

Confluent shares surged more than 20% in premarket trading after reports said IBM is nearing an $11 billion acquisition deal for the data streaming company.