IBM Lands $240 Million AI Deal with Together AI to Scale Inference

IBM has secured a $240 million multi-year deal with Together AI to enhance its AI inference capabilities. This partnership will establish a large-scale inference cluster on IBM Cloud using NVIDIA HGX B300 systems, aiming to boost AI processing capacity for enterprises. The collaboration is expected to make the new infrastructure available in the first quarter of 2027 and has already positively impacted IBM's stock performance.