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IBM
Enterprise AI through the watsonx platform and the open Granite foundation models, plus a large consulting business helping firms deploy AI.
IBM is one of the oldest names in computing, founded in 1911 and based in Armonk, New York, and long associated with artificial intelligence through its Watson system, which won the US quiz show Jeopardy in 2011. In the current wave it has pitched itself at businesses rather than consumers: its watsonx platform, launched in 2023, and the Granite family of open foundation models are aimed at enterprise use, and its large consulting arm helps other companies deploy the technology. Led since 2020 by chief executive Arvind Krishna, IBM presents itself as a supplier of "trusted" enterprise AI rather than a competitor at the consumer frontier.
- Category
- Big tech & backers
- Founded
- 1911
- HQ
- Armonk, US
- Funding
- ~$220bn market cap (2026); public (NYSE: IBM)
- Key people
- Arvind Krishna
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IBM pauses hiring for roles it expects AI to replace
The estimate covered non-customer-facing roles over five years; IBM later said the actual toll was a couple of hundred HR positions, offset by hiring elsewhere.
Culture & impact · Money & business
IBM stops selling general-purpose facial recognition
Announced during the George Floyd protests; Amazon and Microsoft followed within days with police-sales moratoria.
Government & policy · Culture & impact
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