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October 20261

Oct 2, 2026IBM market capitalization reaches $209.67BIBM · $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 releasedIBM · Project Granite Switch

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

Jun 4, 2026Granite Libraries releasedIBM · Granite Libraries

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

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

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

May 20261

May 5, 2026Next-generation watsonx Orchestrate announcedAnnouncedIBM · watsonx Orchestrate

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

April 20264

Apr 29, 2026Granite 4.1 8B weights releasedIBM · Granite 4.1 8B

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

Apr 29, 2026Granite 4.1 30B weights releasedIBM · Granite 4.1 30B

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

Apr 29, 2026Granite 4.1 3B weights releasedIBM · Granite 4.1 3B

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

Apr 29, 2026Granite 4.1 collection releasedIBM · Granite 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 OrchestrateIBM · watsonx AgentOps

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

Oct 7, 2025Red Hat AI 3 introducedIBM · Red 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 releasedIBM · Granite 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 · IBM Spyre Accelerator

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

August 20251

Aug 2025Granite Speech models releasedIBM · Granite Speech

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

May 20254

May 20, 2025Red Hat AI Inference Server introducedIBM · Red Hat AI Inference Server

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

May 6, 2025watsonx BI announcedAnnouncedIBM · watsonx BI

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

IBM Product launchIBMwatsonx BI
May 6, 2025watsonx Agent Catalog introducedIBM · watsonx Agent Catalog

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

May 6, 2025watsonx Orchestrate gains enterprise agent platformIBM · watsonx 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 availableIBM · Granite 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 availableIBM · Granite 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 · IBM 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 acquisitionIBM · $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 updatedIBM · Granite TinyTimeMixer

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

Feb 26, 2025Granite Guardian 3.2 releasedIBM · Granite Guardian 3.2

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

Feb 26, 2025Granite Vision 3.2 2B releasedIBM · Granite Vision 3.2 2B

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

Feb 26, 2025Granite 3.2 8B released with reasoningIBM · Granite 3.2 8B

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

Feb 26, 2025Granite 3.2 2B released with reasoningIBM · Granite 3.2 2B

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

Feb 25, 2025IBM announces DataStax acquisitionAnnouncedIBM

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 · IBM Consulting Advantage

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

December 20242

Dec 18, 2024Granite Embedding models releasedIBM · Granite Embedding

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

Dec 18, 2024Granite 3.1 generation releasedIBM · Granite 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 releasedIBM · Granite 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 releasedIBM · Granite 3.0 2B

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

Oct 2024IBM open-sources Docling toolkitIBM · Docling

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

IBM Product launchIBMDocling

August 20241

Aug 27, 2024IBM unveils Telum IIIBM · IBM 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-sourcedIBM · Granite 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 supportIBM · Red 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 launchesIBM · InstructLab

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

May 7, 2024Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI announcedIBM · Red 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 acquisitionAnnouncedIBM · $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 AllianceIBM

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

IBM PartnershipIBM
Dec 1, 2023watsonx.governance becomes availableIBM · watsonx.governance

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

October 20232

Oct 26, 2023watsonx Code Assistant reaches general availabilityIBM · watsonx Code Assistant

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

Oct 19, 2023IBM Research unveils NorthPole AI chipIBM · IBM NorthPole

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

September 20232

Sep 28, 2023Granite 13B models releasedIBM · Granite 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 · IBM 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 availableIBM · watsonx.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 availableIBM · watsonx.ai

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

IBM Product launchIBMwatsonx.ai

May 20232

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

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

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