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IBM buys Confluent for $11B to stream live data into AI agents

IBM agreed on December 8, 2025 to acquire Confluent, the Kafka company, for $31 a share in cash, about $11B, pitching real-time data streaming as the layer AI agents need under them. It is IBM's biggest deal since Red Hat.

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IBM buys Confluent for $11B to stream live data into AI agents

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