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Is IBM a buy now as the mighty Confluent deal pushes IBM to finally turn on hyper-AI mode?

IBM stock today: IBM stock trades steady as the deal begins to take shape, with IBM pursuing a mighty $11 billion acquisition of Confluent, the real-time data-streaming engine powering modern AI workloads. Confluent shares jumped nearly 30% on the news. IBM sees the platform as the missing data layer for its cloud and AI ambitions. Now markets ask one thing. Is IBM finally a buy as it turns on hyper-AI mode?