IBM announced its intent to acquire DataStax, an AI and data solution provider. DataStax’s technology is expected to enhance IBM’s watsonx portfolio of products, accelerating the use of GenAI while helping companies unlock value from unstructured data.
The transaction also builds on IBM’s commitment to open-source AI.
DataStax is the creator of AstraDB and DataStax Enterprise, NoSQL and vector database capabilities, powered by Apache Cassandra and Langflow, the open-source tool and community for low-code AI application development.
IBM will continue to support, engage and innovate with the open-source Apache Cassandra, Langflow, Apache Pulsar and OpenSearch communities in which DataStax participates. IBM’s long-standing commitment to open-source AI includes the open-source IBM Granite foundation models and Instruct Lab, a revolutionary approach to advancing true open-source innovation around LLMs.
“Businesses cannot realize the full potential of generative AI without the right infrastructure – open-source tools and technologies that empower developers, harness unstructured data, and provide a strong foundation for AI applications,” said Dinesh Nirmal, SVP, IBM Software. “DataStax possesses deep competency in this area and shares IBM’s relentless commitment to simplifying and scaling generative AI for the enterprise.”
“Enterprises want to deliver production AI fast, but are still struggling to unlock the value in their data to power AI applications and agents,” said Chet Kapoor, the chairman and CEO of DataStax. “DataStax’s products solve this problem, accelerating AI’s promise with the scalability, security and accuracy developers and enterprises need. We’ve long said that there is no AI without data, and are excited to execute this vision with IBM.”
DataStax customers include FedEx, Capital One, The Home Depot and Verizon.
Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. The acquisition is expected to close in Q2.
