# IBM Corp. entered Think 2026 with a different posture than the market is used to.

*genai · news · 2026-05-06 · SiliconANGLE News*

## Key points

- IBM is prioritizing openness and ecosystem, moving away from its historically proprietary reputation.
- Krishna identified software growth as the primary metric to track IBM's AI strategy success.
- IBM plans to triple entry-level hiring by 2026, leveraging AI to increase workforce productivity.
- IBM views quantum computing commercialization as possible by 2028–2029, targeting molecular and physics simulations.
- IBM aims to combine deep integration with an open ecosystem, focusing on platform governance and workflow harmonization.

**Companies:** IBM Corp.
**Countries:** United States

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