IBM (IBM) revealed today it plans to acquire Confluent (CFLT), a pioneer in data streaming, for about $11B, prompting Confluent shares to surge more than 25% during early Monday trading. Confluent ...

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 will pay $11 billion in cash to acquire Confluent. Confluent is a much smaller tech stock, and growing much faster than IBM. In a press release this morning, IBM announced the deal as a signed, ...

Imagine it’s 3 a.m. and your pager goes off. A downstream service is failing, and after an hour of debugging you trace the issue to a tiny, undocumented schema change made by an upstream team. The fix ...

Ever wondered if Confluent’s recent share price gives you a golden opportunity or if you are walking into a value trap? Let’s dive beneath the surface to find out what is really driving the story here ...

IBM (IBM +0.26%) wants to be an artificial intelligence (AI) powerhouse. The tech giant is scooping up data-streaming dynamo Confluent (CFLT +0.30%) to add to its growing collection of AI-enablers.

International Business Machines has agreed to acquire data-infrastructure company Confluent in a deal representing an enterprise value of $11 billion. Under the agreement, IBM would acquire all issued ...

Jackson Peak Capital, an investment management firm, released its third-quarter 2025 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. Q3 saw equities, especially speculative sectors, ...

IBM accelerates cloud drive with $11 billion Confluent deal as AI demand booms Big Blue, under CEO Arvind Krishna, has doubled down on M&A to beef up its cloud and software business.

IBM (IBM) is in advanced negotiations to acquire Confluent (CFLT)— a data infrastructure company, for approximately $11 billion, the WSJ reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The deal ...

IBM has announced on Monday, 8 December that it will acquire Confluent in a $11 billion deal, aiming to expand its footprint ...