Confluent
Acquired by IBM · 2026 · $11B Confluent was a Streaming & Messaging company founded in 2014 and based in Mountain View, United States. It was acquired by IBM in 2026 for $11B.
Confluent provides a cloud-native event streaming platform built on Apache Kafka for real-time data pipelines. Acquired by IBM for $11B in March 2026. Streaming is the connective tissue between operational systems and analytical warehouses. Expanding into stream processing.
Created by Kafka's original authors, Confluent owns the commercial streaming layer that feeds real-time AI and operational analytics.
confluent.io ↗·Streaming & Messaging·
United States·acquired 
