By Simply Wall St
Publication Date: 2026-05-13 19:36:00
- IBM (NYSE:IBM) has launched new managed AI and virtualization services on IBM Cloud, including Red Hat AI Inference on IBM Cloud and OpenShift Virtualization Service, now in general availability.
- The company expanded its industrial and energy AI work through a new collaboration with Aramco, focused on applying AI and automation to mission-critical environments.
- IBM deepened quantum and AI research collaborations by launching the MIT-IBM Computing Research Lab and working with Dallara to use AI and quantum computing in vehicle design.
For investors watching enterprise technology, these steps indicate where IBM is putting its efforts in cloud, AI and quantum. The new services are aimed at large organisations that want to deploy AI models and manage hybrid cloud infrastructure using Red Hat tools, an area where IBM has been building out its platform. Partnerships in industrial and energy settings highlight how AI is being applied beyond software and IT into physical operations.
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