Releases
67 matching — model launches, API releases, product updates, financial events and news.
October 20261
Oct 2, 2026
IBM market capitalization reaches $209.67BValuation
IBM's closing equity market capitalization was approximately $209.67 billion on the latest completed U.S. trading day.
June 20263
Jun 4, 2026
Project Granite Switch releasedResearch paper
IBM introduced a system for composing model adapters into deployable specialized models.
Jun 4, 2026
Granite Libraries releasedProduct launch
IBM released modular adapter functions for RAG, safety and core model capabilities.
Jun 4, 2026
Mellea integrated into IBM's composable AI approachFeature update
IBM positioned its open Mellea generative-programming library as the runtime for modular Granite adapters.
May 20261
May 5, 2026
Next-generation watsonx Orchestrate announcedAnnouncedFeature update
IBM announced an agentic control plane for deploying and governing agents from multiple sources.
April 20264
Apr 29, 2026
Granite 4.1 8B weights releasedOpen weights
IBM published the 8B base and instruct Granite 4.1 models.
Apr 29, 2026
Granite 4.1 30B weights releasedOpen weights
IBM published the 30B base and instruct Granite 4.1 models.
Apr 29, 2026
Granite 4.1 3B weights releasedOpen weights
IBM published the 3B base and instruct Granite 4.1 models.
Apr 29, 2026
Granite 4.1 collection releasedOpen weights
IBM released Granite 4.1 language, vision, speech, embedding and Guardian models under Apache 2.0.
October 20254
Oct 7, 2025
AgentOps added to watsonx OrchestrateFeature update
IBM added lifecycle observability, monitoring and policy controls for enterprise agents.
Oct 7, 2025
Red Hat AI 3 introducedProduct launch
Red Hat introduced a unified platform generation for model training, inference and agent workloads.
Oct 2, 2025
Granite 4.0 open models releasedOpen weights
IBM launched hybrid Mamba/transformer Granite 4.0 models optimized for efficient agentic workloads.
Oct 2025
IBM Spyre Accelerator becomes availableProduct launch
IBM introduced commercial Spyre accelerator availability for generative and high-volume inference.
August 20251
Aug 2025
Granite Speech models releasedOpen weights
IBM expanded Granite with open speech-recognition models for enterprise transcription.
May 20254
May 20, 2025
Red Hat AI Inference Server introducedProduct launch
Red Hat introduced an enterprise inference stack based on vLLM for hybrid deployments.
May 6, 2025
watsonx BI announcedAnnouncedProduct launch
IBM introduced a conversational business-intelligence product grounded in enterprise semantics.
May 6, 2025
watsonx Agent Catalog introducedProduct launch
IBM introduced a catalog with more than 150 partner and IBM agents and tools.
May 6, 2025
watsonx Orchestrate gains enterprise agent platformFeature update
IBM expanded watsonx Orchestrate with agent creation, multi-agent orchestration and integrations across business applications.
April 20253
Apr 16, 2025
Granite 3.3 8B becomes availableOpen weights
IBM added the Granite 3.3 8B instruction model to watsonx.ai and open distribution channels.
Apr 16, 2025
Granite 3.3 2B becomes availableOpen weights
IBM added the Granite 3.3 2B instruction model to watsonx.ai and open distribution channels.
Apr 8, 2025
IBM z17 launches as AI-optimized mainframeProduct launch
IBM introduced z17 with Telum II and support for accelerated enterprise inference.
February 20257
Feb 27, 2025
IBM completes $6.4B HashiCorp acquisitionAcquisition
IBM completed the HashiCorp acquisition, adding Terraform and Vault to its hybrid-cloud and AI platform.
Feb 26, 2025
Granite TinyTimeMixer models updatedOpen weights
IBM released updated compact time-series models for long-range forecasting.
Feb 26, 2025
Granite Guardian 3.2 releasedOpen weights
IBM updated its open safety model for detecting risks in prompts and responses.
Feb 26, 2025
Granite Vision 3.2 2B releasedOpen weights
IBM released a compact vision-language model for document and chart understanding.
Feb 26, 2025
Granite 3.2 8B released with reasoningOpen weights
IBM released the 8B Granite 3.2 model with controllable reasoning capabilities.
Feb 26, 2025
Granite 3.2 2B released with reasoningOpen weights
IBM released the 2B Granite 3.2 model with controllable reasoning capabilities.
Feb 25, 2025
IBM announces DataStax acquisitionAnnouncedAcquisition
IBM agreed to acquire DataStax to add vector data, Astra DB and Langflow capabilities to watsonx.
January 20251
Jan 27, 2025
IBM Consulting Advantage launchesProduct launch
IBM launched an AI-powered delivery platform for consultants and client transformation work.
December 20242
Dec 18, 2024
Granite Embedding models releasedOpen weights
IBM released open embedding models for enterprise retrieval and semantic search.
Dec 18, 2024
Granite 3.1 generation releasedOpen weights
IBM expanded Granite with improved language, embedding and safety models.
October 20243
Oct 21, 2024
Granite 3.0 8B open weights releasedOpen weights
IBM released its Granite 3.0 8B model with enterprise and agentic capabilities under Apache 2.0.
Oct 21, 2024
Granite 3.0 2B open weights releasedOpen weights
IBM released its compact Granite 3.0 2B enterprise language model under Apache 2.0.
Oct 2024
IBM open-sources Docling toolkitProduct launch
IBM released Docling for converting complex business documents into structured AI-ready formats.
August 20241
Aug 27, 2024
IBM unveils Telum IIProduct launch
IBM unveiled Telum II with upgraded on-chip AI acceleration for next-generation mainframes.
May 20244
May 21, 2024
Granite Code models open-sourcedOpen weights
IBM released Granite Code models from 3B to 34B parameters under a permissive open-source license.
May 7, 2024
Red Hat OpenShift AI expands generative-AI supportFeature update
Red Hat expanded OpenShift AI as the hybrid-cloud operating layer for model development and serving.
May 7, 2024
InstructLab open-source project launchesProduct launch
Red Hat and IBM introduced InstructLab for community-driven model skills and alignment.
May 7, 2024
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI announcedProduct launch
Red Hat introduced RHEL AI as a foundation-model platform for developing, testing and running open models.
April 20241
Apr 24, 2024
IBM announces $6.4B HashiCorp acquisitionAnnouncedAcquisition
IBM agreed to acquire HashiCorp to expand hybrid-cloud automation for infrastructure supporting generative AI.
December 20232
Dec 5, 2023
IBM and Meta launch AI AlliancePartnership
IBM and Meta convened the AI Alliance to advance open, safe and responsible AI innovation.
Dec 1, 2023
watsonx.governance becomes availableProduct launch
IBM released governance tooling for model risk, transparency, compliance and lifecycle oversight.
October 20232
Oct 26, 2023
watsonx Code Assistant reaches general availabilityProduct launch
IBM released generative coding assistants for Red Hat Ansible automation and mainframe application modernization.
Oct 19, 2023
IBM Research unveils NorthPole AI chipResearch paper
IBM Research published a memory-centric neural inference chip designed for high energy efficiency.
September 20232
Sep 28, 2023
Granite 13B models releasedModel release
IBM made its first 13B Granite enterprise language models available through watsonx.ai.
Sep 28, 2023
IBM Granite model family becomes generally availableModel release
IBM released the first enterprise-focused Granite language and code models in watsonx.
July 20232
Jul 11, 2023
watsonx.data becomes generally availableProduct launch
IBM launched its open lakehouse data store optimized for governed analytics and AI workloads.
Jul 11, 2023
watsonx.ai becomes generally availableProduct launch
IBM began general availability of its foundation-model and machine-learning development studio.
May 20232
May 9, 2023
Generative AI Center of Excellence launchesProduct launch
IBM Consulting launched a center with more than 1,000 specialists to support enterprise generative-AI adoption.
May 9, 2023
IBM Consulting establishes generative AI practiceProduct launch
IBM Consulting announced a dedicated generative-AI center and delivery practice alongside watsonx.

