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IBM CEO Sees More AI Deals in ‘Friendlier’ Regulatory Climate

March 17, 2026, 3:36 PM UTC
Alicia Tang
Alicia Tang

International Business Machines Corp. Chief Executive Officer Arvind Krishna expects the company to pursue more deals in AI, helped by less regulatory pushback.

IBM just completed its acquisition of Confluent Inc., less than four months after it was announced, Krishna said Tuesday during an interview on Bloomberg Television’s Open Interest.

“The regulatory environment is definitely friendlier,” he said. “It used to take a lot longer a few years back.”

IBM CEO Arvind Krishna discusses the company’s completion of its $11 billion acquisition of Confluent. Speaking with Caroline Hyde on “Bloomberg Open Interest,” Krishna also says AI is a tailwind for the company and hasn’t resulted in a net decrease in workers. Source: Bloomberg

Krishna anticipates pursuing mergers related to artificial intelligence and the hybrid cloud — technology that mixes local and offsite computing networks — as well as the ...

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