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IBM
PublicRank #10 by valueUnited StatesFounded 1911ibm.com/artificial-intelligence

International Business Machines Corporation is a public technology company whose AI portfolio spans IBM Research, Watson, watsonx, open Granite models, Red Hat AI, enterprise agents, governance software, consulting, and purpose-built AI infrastructure. This profile focuses on IBM's AI products, models, platforms, research systems and major AI corporate events.

AI market cap
$210B*
Oct 2, 2026 · MarketBeat

October 20261

Oct 2, 2026IBM market capitalization reaches $209.67B$210B* valuation

IBM's closing equity market capitalization was approximately $209.67 billion on the latest completed U.S. trading day.

June 20263

Jun 4, 2026Project Granite Switch releasedProject Granite Switch

IBM introduced a system for composing model adapters into deployable specialized models.

Jun 4, 2026Granite Libraries releasedGranite Libraries

IBM released modular adapter functions for RAG, safety and core model capabilities.

Jun 4, 2026Mellea integrated into IBM's composable AI approachMellea

IBM positioned its open Mellea generative-programming library as the runtime for modular Granite adapters.

May 20261

May 5, 2026Next-generation watsonx Orchestrate announcedAnnouncedwatsonx Orchestrate

IBM announced an agentic control plane for deploying and governing agents from multiple sources.

April 20264

Apr 29, 2026Granite 4.1 8B weights releasedGranite 4.1 8B

IBM published the 8B base and instruct Granite 4.1 models.

Apr 29, 2026Granite 4.1 30B weights releasedGranite 4.1 30B

IBM published the 30B base and instruct Granite 4.1 models.

Apr 29, 2026Granite 4.1 3B weights releasedGranite 4.1 3B

IBM published the 3B base and instruct Granite 4.1 models.

Apr 29, 2026Granite 4.1 collection releasedGranite 4.1

IBM released Granite 4.1 language, vision, speech, embedding and Guardian models under Apache 2.0.

October 20254

Oct 7, 2025AgentOps added to watsonx Orchestratewatsonx AgentOps

IBM added lifecycle observability, monitoring and policy controls for enterprise agents.

Oct 7, 2025Red Hat AI 3 introducedRed Hat AI 3

Red Hat introduced a unified platform generation for model training, inference and agent workloads.

IBM Product launchIBMRed Hat AI 3
Oct 2, 2025Granite 4.0 open models releasedGranite 4.0

IBM launched hybrid Mamba/transformer Granite 4.0 models optimized for efficient agentic workloads.

IBM Open weightsIBMGranite 4.0
Oct 2025IBM Spyre Accelerator becomes availableIBM Spyre Accelerator

IBM introduced commercial Spyre accelerator availability for generative and high-volume inference.

August 20251

Aug 2025Granite Speech models releasedGranite Speech

IBM expanded Granite with open speech-recognition models for enterprise transcription.

May 20254

May 20, 2025Red Hat AI Inference Server introducedRed Hat AI Inference Server

Red Hat introduced an enterprise inference stack based on vLLM for hybrid deployments.

May 6, 2025watsonx BI announcedAnnouncedwatsonx BI

IBM introduced a conversational business-intelligence product grounded in enterprise semantics.

IBM Product launchIBMwatsonx BI
May 6, 2025watsonx Agent Catalog introducedwatsonx Agent Catalog

IBM introduced a catalog with more than 150 partner and IBM agents and tools.

May 6, 2025watsonx Orchestrate gains enterprise agent platformwatsonx Orchestrate

IBM expanded watsonx Orchestrate with agent creation, multi-agent orchestration and integrations across business applications.

April 20253

Apr 16, 2025Granite 3.3 8B becomes availableGranite 3.3 8B

IBM added the Granite 3.3 8B instruction model to watsonx.ai and open distribution channels.

Apr 16, 2025Granite 3.3 2B becomes availableGranite 3.3 2B

IBM added the Granite 3.3 2B instruction model to watsonx.ai and open distribution channels.

Apr 8, 2025IBM z17 launches as AI-optimized mainframeIBM z17

IBM introduced z17 with Telum II and support for accelerated enterprise inference.

IBM Product launchIBMIBM z17

February 20257

Feb 27, 2025IBM completes $6.4B HashiCorp acquisition$6.4B deal

IBM completed the HashiCorp acquisition, adding Terraform and Vault to its hybrid-cloud and AI platform.

IBM AcquisitionIBM
Feb 26, 2025Granite TinyTimeMixer models updatedGranite TinyTimeMixer

IBM released updated compact time-series models for long-range forecasting.

Feb 26, 2025Granite Guardian 3.2 releasedGranite Guardian 3.2

IBM updated its open safety model for detecting risks in prompts and responses.

Feb 26, 2025Granite Vision 3.2 2B releasedGranite Vision 3.2 2B

IBM released a compact vision-language model for document and chart understanding.

Feb 26, 2025Granite 3.2 8B released with reasoningGranite 3.2 8B

IBM released the 8B Granite 3.2 model with controllable reasoning capabilities.

Feb 26, 2025Granite 3.2 2B released with reasoningGranite 3.2 2B

IBM released the 2B Granite 3.2 model with controllable reasoning capabilities.

Feb 25, 2025IBM announces DataStax acquisitionAnnounced

IBM agreed to acquire DataStax to add vector data, Astra DB and Langflow capabilities to watsonx.

IBM AcquisitionIBM

January 20251

Jan 27, 2025IBM Consulting Advantage launchesIBM Consulting Advantage

IBM launched an AI-powered delivery platform for consultants and client transformation work.

December 20242

Dec 18, 2024Granite Embedding models releasedGranite Embedding

IBM released open embedding models for enterprise retrieval and semantic search.

Dec 18, 2024Granite 3.1 generation releasedGranite 3.1

IBM expanded Granite with improved language, embedding and safety models.

IBM Open weightsIBMGranite 3.1

October 20243

Oct 21, 2024Granite 3.0 8B open weights releasedGranite 3.0 8B

IBM released its Granite 3.0 8B model with enterprise and agentic capabilities under Apache 2.0.

Oct 21, 2024Granite 3.0 2B open weights releasedGranite 3.0 2B

IBM released its compact Granite 3.0 2B enterprise language model under Apache 2.0.

Oct 2024IBM open-sources Docling toolkitDocling

IBM released Docling for converting complex business documents into structured AI-ready formats.

IBM Product launchIBMDocling

August 20241

Aug 27, 2024IBM unveils Telum IIIBM Telum II

IBM unveiled Telum II with upgraded on-chip AI acceleration for next-generation mainframes.

IBM Product launchIBMIBM Telum II

May 20244

May 21, 2024Granite Code models open-sourcedGranite Code

IBM released Granite Code models from 3B to 34B parameters under a permissive open-source license.

May 7, 2024Red Hat OpenShift AI expands generative-AI supportRed Hat OpenShift AI

Red Hat expanded OpenShift AI as the hybrid-cloud operating layer for model development and serving.

May 7, 2024InstructLab open-source project launchesInstructLab

Red Hat and IBM introduced InstructLab for community-driven model skills and alignment.

May 7, 2024Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI announcedRed Hat Enterprise Linux AI

Red Hat introduced RHEL AI as a foundation-model platform for developing, testing and running open models.

April 20241

Apr 24, 2024IBM announces $6.4B HashiCorp acquisitionAnnounced$6.4B deal

IBM agreed to acquire HashiCorp to expand hybrid-cloud automation for infrastructure supporting generative AI.

IBM AcquisitionIBM

December 20232

Dec 5, 2023IBM and Meta launch AI Alliance

IBM and Meta convened the AI Alliance to advance open, safe and responsible AI innovation.

IBM PartnershipIBM
Dec 1, 2023watsonx.governance becomes availablewatsonx.governance

IBM released governance tooling for model risk, transparency, compliance and lifecycle oversight.

October 20232

Oct 26, 2023watsonx Code Assistant reaches general availabilitywatsonx Code Assistant

IBM released generative coding assistants for Red Hat Ansible automation and mainframe application modernization.

Oct 19, 2023IBM Research unveils NorthPole AI chipIBM NorthPole

IBM Research published a memory-centric neural inference chip designed for high energy efficiency.

September 20232

Sep 28, 2023Granite 13B models releasedGranite 13B

IBM made its first 13B Granite enterprise language models available through watsonx.ai.

IBM Model releaseIBMGranite 13B
Sep 28, 2023IBM Granite model family becomes generally availableIBM Granite

IBM released the first enterprise-focused Granite language and code models in watsonx.

IBM Model releaseIBMIBM Granite

July 20232

Jul 11, 2023watsonx.data becomes generally availablewatsonx.data

IBM launched its open lakehouse data store optimized for governed analytics and AI workloads.

IBM Product launchIBMwatsonx.data
Jul 11, 2023watsonx.ai becomes generally availablewatsonx.ai

IBM began general availability of its foundation-model and machine-learning development studio.

IBM Product launchIBMwatsonx.ai

May 20233

May 9, 2023Generative AI Center of Excellence launchesIBM Consulting Generative AI Center of Excellence

IBM Consulting launched a center with more than 1,000 specialists to support enterprise generative-AI adoption.

May 9, 2023IBM Consulting establishes generative AI practiceIBM Consulting AI

IBM Consulting announced a dedicated generative-AI center and delivery practice alongside watsonx.

May 9, 2023IBM announces watsonxAnnouncedIBM watsonx

IBM announced watsonx as an integrated AI and data platform for enterprise foundation-model development and governance.

IBM Product launchIBMIBM watsonx

October 20221

Oct 18, 2022IBM Research unveils Artificial Intelligence UnitIBM Artificial Intelligence Unit

IBM Research disclosed an AI accelerator built for efficient enterprise inference.

April 20221

Apr 5, 2022IBM z16 launches with on-chip AI inferenceIBM z16

IBM introduced z16 with Telum-powered real-time AI inference for mission-critical transactions.

IBM Product launchIBMIBM z16

January 20221

Jan 21, 2022IBM agrees to sell Watson Health assetsIBM Watson Health

IBM agreed to sell healthcare data and analytics assets from Watson Health to Francisco Partners.

August 20212

Aug 23, 2021IBM expands purpose-built enterprise AI hardwareIBM AI Infrastructure

The Telum announcement established a new generation of IBM infrastructure with integrated AI acceleration.

Aug 23, 2021IBM unveils Telum processorIBM Telum

IBM unveiled Telum with on-chip AI acceleration for high-volume transactional inference.

IBM Product launchIBMIBM Telum

July 20192

Jul 9, 2019Red Hat becomes IBM's hybrid-cloud AI foundationRed Hat AI

The completed Red Hat acquisition established the hybrid-cloud and open-source platform underpinning IBM's later AI portfolio.

Jul 9, 2019IBM completes $34B Red Hat acquisition$34B deal

IBM completed its acquisition of Red Hat to anchor an open hybrid-cloud platform for enterprise software and AI.

IBM AcquisitionIBM

June 20181

Jun 18, 2018Project Debater holds live public debateProject Debater

IBM Research demonstrated an AI system that generated evidence-backed arguments and debated a human expert.

IBM Benchmark resultIBMProject Debater

January 20172

2017Watson Assistant product lineage launcheswatsonx Assistant

IBM commercialized enterprise conversational-AI tooling that evolved into watsonx Assistant.

2017Watson Discovery launcheswatsonx Discovery

IBM launched an AI-powered enterprise search and document-understanding service.

April 20151

Apr 13, 2015IBM launches Watson HealthIBM Watson Health

IBM created Watson Health to apply data and cognitive-computing technologies across healthcare and life sciences.

February 20112

Feb 16, 2011Watson DeepQA system demonstrated publiclyWatson DeepQA

IBM publicly demonstrated its DeepQA question-answering architecture through the Jeopardy! competition.

Feb 16, 2011IBM Watson wins Jeopardy!IBM Watson

IBM Watson defeated champions Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter in the Jeopardy! exhibition, demonstrating large-scale open-domain question answering.

IBM Benchmark resultIBMIBM Watson

May 19971

May 11, 1997Deep Blue defeats Garry KasparovDeep Blue

IBM's Deep Blue defeated world chess champion Garry Kasparov in a six-game match.

IBM Benchmark resultIBMDeep Blue

January 19561

1956IBM establishes enduring AI research programIBM Research AI Systems

IBM researchers began foundational work in machine learning, game-playing systems and artificial intelligence during the field's formative era.

June 19111

Jun 16, 1911Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company founded

The company that became IBM was incorporated as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company.

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