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September 2026 Strategy Update · 3 tracked AI relationships · Curated by Mantu

Key facts

watsonx | Enterprise AI | powers EY.ai Workforce autonomous digital workers
Latest move: Partnered with OpenAI on Aug 13, 2026 to put GPT-5.6 models inside IBM Consulting's enterprise AI delivery platform for financial services, government, telecom and retail
AI use cases: Models & infrastructure · Agent platforms
Stock ticker: IBM

AI relationships (3)

Partner	Type	Deal note	Year
EY	Partnership+Investment	EY.ai Workforce on watsonx	2026
Capgemini	Partnership	Global enterprise SI	2019
OpenAI	Partnership	GPT-5.6 inside IBM Consulting enterprise AI delivery (Aug 2026)	2026

Investment figures are declared/announced amounts. OpenAI's $122B includes conditional and vendor-linked components (~$37B immediate cash). Valuations are post-money where reported. Key claims externally validated June to September 2026 (TechCrunch, Bloomberg, CNBC, Fortune, PR Newswire, firm newsrooms). Relationship years are first-public-announcement years; long-tail partnerships without a public record carry era estimates (flagged yearEstimated). Rumored or unclosed rounds are excluded.

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