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Verification data for article: IBM Closes $11 Billion Confluent Acquisition, Absorbing Apache Kafka's Commercial Steward Into Its AI Data Stack
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Article IBM Closes $11 Billion Confluent Acquisition, Absorbing Apache Kafka's Commercial Steward Into Its AI Data Stack
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Created At March 30, 2026 at 10:40 AM UTC
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- [1] https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ibm-completes-acquisition-of-confluent-making-real-time-data-the-engine-of-enterprise-ai-and-agents-302716028.html
- [2] https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/08/ibm-to-acquire-confluent-for-11b-as-it-seeks-to-bolster-its-data-offerings/
- [3] https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/08/ibm_drops_11b_on_confluent
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