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At its Think 2026 conference on May 5, 2026, IBM announced a broad expansion of its AI portfolio, including an 'AI operating model' centered on agents, data, automation and hybrid cloud. New products include next‑gen watsonx Orchestrate as an agent control plane, the IBM Concert operations platform, and general availability of IBM Sovereign Core for regulated, AI‑ready environments.
On May 5, 2026, IBM used its Think 2026 conference to announce a broad expansion of its enterprise AI stack, including multi‑agent orchestration, AI‑ready data, and an AI‑powered operations platform. IBM also made its Sovereign Core platform generally available to help enterprises and governments run AI in regulated, sovereignty‑constrained environments. ([newsroom.ibm.com](https://newsroom.ibm.com/2026-05-05-Think-2026-IBM-Delivers-the-Blueprint-for-the-AI-Operating-Model-as-the-AI-Divide-Widens))
IBM announced a definitive agreement to acquire data streaming company Confluent for $31 per share in cash, valuing the deal at $11 billion and making it IBM’s largest software acquisition since Red Hat. The company says Confluent’s Kafka-based real-time data streaming will be integrated with its hybrid cloud and watsonx stack to provide an end-to-end 'smart data platform' for generative and agentic AI applications, with the deal expected to close by mid‑2026 pending shareholder and regulatory approvals.