# IBM Corp. will use its Think 2026 conference to outline a broad expansion of its artificial intelligence portfolio.

*genai · news · 2026-05-05 · SiliconANGLE News*

## Key points

- IBM is positioning a new 'AI operating model' focused on operational integration rather than isolated deployments.
- watsonx Orchestrate has evolved into a multi-agent control plane that integrates agents from multiple vendors.
- IBM's Sovereign Core platform is now generally available for AI in geographically restricted, air-gapped environments.
- IBM's acquisition of Confluent enables real-time data integration into watsonx.data for continuously updated AI agent context.
- IBM achieved a quantum simulation of protein complexes with over 12,000 atoms, signaling real-world quantum advances.

**Companies:** IBM Corp., Confluent Inc., Anthropic PBC, OpenAI LLC
**Countries:** United States

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