IBM News & Events

Aramco and IBM announced their intended collaboration on opportunities to advance artificial intelligence, agentic AI, automation, material science and other mutually agreed domains in the industrial sector. The collaboration builds on a longstanding relationship and strong alignment around innovation, operational excellence, and solving complex, large-scale challenges, they said in a statement. The planned collaboration is subject to the parties reaching definitive agreements.

At its annual Think conference, IBM announced an expansion of enterprise AI and hybrid cloud management capabilities. Products and capabilities unveiled include the next generation of IBM watsonx Orchestrate for multi-agent orchestration, IBM Confluent to bring real-time data to AI, IBM Concert platform for intelligent operations, and IBM Sovereign Core for operational independence. "The enterprises pulling ahead are not deploying more AI - they're redesigning how their business operates," said Arvind Krishna, chairman and CEO, IBM. "Running AI in the enterprise requires a new operating model, and IBM is enabling organizations to manage AI-driven systems with the same rigor, governance, and scale as their most critical infrastructure."