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    IBM to acquire Confluent

    (www.confluent.io)
    443 points abd12 | 16 comments | 08 Dec 25 13:43 UTC | HN request time: 0.207s | source | bottom
    1. jhickok ◴[08 Dec 25 14:44 UTC] No.46192776[source]▶
    “With the acquisition of Confluent, IBM will provide the smart data platform for enterprise IT, purpose-built for AI.”

    https://newsroom.ibm.com/2025-12-08-ibm-to-acquire-confluent...

    I don't understand how this acquisition is relevant for AI.

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    2. exsomet ◴[08 Dec 25 15:00 UTC] No.46192963[source]▶
    Every time an executive says AI the number goes up.
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    3. oedemis ◴[08 Dec 25 15:14 UTC] No.46193136[source]▶
    Streaming, EDA can solve lot of data challenges for enterprise AI use cases
    4. kitd ◴[08 Dec 25 15:14 UTC] No.46193141[source]▶
    Event-driven AI decision making is the C-suite wet dream. A large % of major orgs run Kafka for their eventing systems.
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    5. charles_f ◴[08 Dec 25 15:35 UTC] No.46193455[source]▶
    They probably have cursor licenses
    6. SoftTalker ◴[08 Dec 25 15:56 UTC] No.46193789[source]▶
    As I read the release, it just sounded like "something something something data, something something something AI."

    AI is just the lastest buzzword. Everyone has it, because they have to. Don't look behind the curtain.

    7. jhickok ◴[08 Dec 25 16:00 UTC] No.46193846[source]▶
    So the idea is sorta watching the wire of streaming data with autonomous agents or something like that?
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    8. kitd ◴[08 Dec 25 16:20 UTC] No.46194152{3}[source]▶
    Exactly. An agent may be acting on the contents of individual events, but also spotting trends and patterns in events, and intervening where needed/instructed.
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    9. scarmig ◴[08 Dec 25 16:24 UTC] No.46194205[source]▶
    You can double your company's value by saying it's an AI company. Easiest, simplest way to create value.
    10. Oras ◴[08 Dec 25 16:32 UTC] No.46194314[source]▶
    AI Agent for Kafka Consumer group

    /s

    11. egorfine ◴[08 Dec 25 17:28 UTC] No.46195039[source]▶
    Anything today has to contain the word "AI" otherwise it simply won't be considered.
    12. brown9-2 ◴[08 Dec 25 20:51 UTC] No.46197493[source]▶
    not for much longer
    13. 1970-01-01 ◴[08 Dec 25 21:59 UTC] No.46198218[source]▶
    It's depressing how IBM always uses the same language with every single acquisition. They don't care about the actual tech, only the patents and the ability to resell it.
    14. sceadu ◴[09 Dec 25 00:38 UTC] No.46199821[source]▶
    Always Increasing
    15. cess11 ◴[09 Dec 25 07:56 UTC] No.46202405{4}[source]▶
    Cybersyn for capitalists.
    16. burnte ◴[09 Dec 25 19:55 UTC] No.46209781[source]▶
    Everything in IT is AI now. We should just change the industry initialism to AIT.