Tracked deals
17
17 tracked deals across 2015-2026.
Public Company
Other
IBM
Armonk, New York, United States
IBM is a multinational technology and consulting company creating software, infrastructure, and services to help organizations run and improve their businesses through AI-ready technology and hybrid cloud.
- Focus Areas
- Hybrid cloud, Enterprise AI, Cybersecurity
- Website
- www.ibm.com
Recent pace
3
3 tracked deals announced in the last 12 months.
Deal mix
Buyout
17 buyout
IBM Acquisition Volume by Year
Last 6 years
Actual
Full-year estimate
Supporting Data
Recent Transactions
Showing the 12 most recent of 17 tracked deals for IBM.
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- Buyer
- IBM
- Target
- HRL Laboratories, LLC (HRL)
- Seller
- Boeing, General Motors
- Industry
- AI & Machine Learning
- Location
- New York, United States
- Type
- Buyout
IBM has completed its acquisition of HRL Laboratories, LLC (HRL), a research and development institution focused on quantum computing, quantum sensing, advanced communications, electronics, manufacturing, and materials science. The deal is intended to strengthen IBM’s quantum hardware roadmap by combining HRL’s silicon-spin qubit and quantum sensing capabilities with IBM’s superconducting quantum leadership.
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July 23, 2026
- Buyer
- IBM
- Target
- HRL Laboratories, LLC (HRL)
- Seller
- Boeing, General Motors
- Industry
- AI & Machine Learning
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
IBM has signed a definitive agreement to acquire HRL Laboratories, LLC (HRL), a research and development institution focused on quantum computing and sensing. HRL is jointly owned by Boeing and General Motors, and both will continue to partner with IBM on quantum applications and advanced technology development after the transaction.
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December 8, 2025
- Buyer
- IBM
- Target
- Confluent
- Industry
- Data & Analytics
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
IBM has agreed to acquire Confluent in an all-cash transaction valuing the data streaming company at approximately $11 billion ($31.00 per share). The deal was completed on March 17, 2026, ending Confluent’s tenure as a public company and integrating Confluent’s Apache Kafka-based platform into IBM’s Data and AI portfolio.
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June 2, 2025
- Buyer
- IBM
- Target
- Seek AI
- Industry
- AI & Machine Learning
- Location
- New York, United States
- Type
- Buyout
IBM has acquired Seek AI, a New York–based startup that provides a natural-language AI platform for querying and analyzing enterprise data, for an undisclosed sum. Seek AI will join IBM’s new Watsonx AI Labs in New York City and relocate its headquarters to One Madison, with the technology integrated into IBM’s enterprise AI offerings to accelerate its AI capabilities.
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October 15, 2024
- Buyer
- IBM
- Target
- Prescinto
- Industry
- Cloud & SaaS
- Location
- Karnataka, India
- Type
- Buyout
IBM has acquired Prescinto, a Bangalore-based provider of AI-driven asset performance management (APM) SaaS for renewable energy assets. The deal will expand IBM Maximo Application Suite's capabilities for monitoring, analytics and automation of wind, solar and storage assets, strengthening IBM's position in the energy and utilities market.
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September 17, 2024
- Buyer
- IBM
- Target
- Kubecost
- Industry
- Cloud & SaaS
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
IBM has acquired Kubecost, a San Francisco–based Kubernetes cost monitoring and optimization software company, to strengthen its FinOps and cloud cost-management capabilities. Kubecost will be integrated into IBM's FinOps Suite alongside Apptio/Cloudability and Turbonomic; financial terms were not disclosed.
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December 7, 2022
- Buyer
- IBM
- Target
- Octo
- Seller
- Arlington Capital Partners
- Industry
- IT Services
- Location
- Virginia, United States
- Type
- Buyout
IBM announced an agreement to acquire Octo, a Reston, Virginia-based IT modernization and digital transformation services provider serving the U.S. federal government. The deal, in which Arlington Capital Partners is selling Octo, will bring roughly 1,500 Octo employees into IBM Consulting's U.S. public and federal market organization to expand IBM's federal capabilities.
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June 27, 2022
- Buyer
- IBM
- Target
- Databand.ai
- Industry
- Data & Analytics
- Location
- Israel
- Type
- Buyout
IBM acquired Databand.ai, a Tel Aviv–based provider of data observability software, to strengthen its data and AI observability capabilities. The acquisition (closed June 27, 2022) integrates Databand.ai’s data-quality and pipeline-monitoring technology into IBM’s Data and AI portfolio; financial terms were not disclosed in the IBM announcement.
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February 15, 2022
- Buyer
- IBM
- Target
- Neudesic
- Industry
- IT Services
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
IBM has acquired Neudesic, a U.S.-based cloud services consultancy specializing in Microsoft Azure and multicloud services, to bolster IBM Consulting's hybrid cloud and AI capabilities. Financial terms were not disclosed; Neudesic's ~1,500 cloud and data experts will join IBM Consulting to accelerate clients' digital transformation across industries including healthcare, financial services and energy.
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April 29, 2021
- Buyer
- IBM
- Target
- Turbonomic
- Industry
- Software
- Location
- Massachusetts, United States
- Type
- Buyout
IBM announced a definitive agreement to acquire Turbonomic, a Boston-based Application Resource Management (ARM) and Network Performance Management (NPM) software provider. The acquisition expands IBM’s hybrid cloud and AI capabilities by adding Turbonomic’s AIOps-driven optimization and observability technology to IBM’s Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps and Instana offerings.
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January 14, 2021
- Buyer
- IBM
- Target
- Taos
- Seller
- Bunker Hill Capital
- Industry
- IT Services
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
IBM agreed to acquire Taos, a multi-cloud consulting and managed services provider headquartered in San Jose, California, to strengthen IBM's hybrid cloud consulting, migration and managed services capabilities. Financial terms were not disclosed; the deal was announced in January 2021 (expected to close Q1 2021). Taos brings deep public-cloud partnerships (AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure) and experience across technology, financial services, healthcare, retail, transportation and education.
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January 11, 2021
- Buyer
- International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)
- Target
- 7Summits, LLC
- Seller
- Sverica Capital Management LP
- Industry
- IT Services
- Location
- Wisconsin, United States
- Type
- Buyout
IBM acquired 7Summits, a Milwaukee-based Salesforce digital solutions consultancy, from Sverica Capital Management. The acquisition adds Salesforce consulting, experience design and application development capabilities to IBM Global Business Services to support its hybrid cloud and AI strategy; financial terms were not disclosed.
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