Planned acquisition furthers IBM’s commitment to open-source innovation; helps clients access untapped, unstructured enterprise data to maximize the impact of generative AI
ARMONK, N.Y., Feb. 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — IBM today is announcing its intent to acquire DataStax, an AI and data solution provider. DataStax’s technology will enhance IBM’s watsonx portfolio of products accelerating the use of generative AI, helping companies unlock value from vast amounts of unstructured data.
The acquisition 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,” says Dinesh Nirmal, Senior Vice President, 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,” says Chet Kapoor, 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.”
