# IBM

> Based in United States; at Web Summit Lisbon 2026 as a partner. Public facts only, each with its source.

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| **What they do** | AI solutions including watsonx, IBM Research and consulting to scale responsible AI across the enterprise. |
| **Based in** | [United States](../../places/united-states/index.md) |
| **At Web Summit as** | a partner |
| **Confirmed for 2026** | Yes: listed for LIS26 on Web Summit's event partners page (conferenceSlug lis26) |
| **Website** | [ibm.com/us-en](https://www.ibm.com/us-en) |
| **Filed under** | [Platforms](../../topics/platform/index.md) |

## At the summit {#summit}

- **15:10** [The enterprise reality check: Who’s controlling data and AI?](../../events/the-enterprise-reality-check-who-s-controlling-data-and-ai/index.md) *Wed 11 Nov, until 15:30 · [Centre Stage](../../places/centre-stage/index.md) · [Jonathan Adashek](../../people/jonathan-adashek/index.md) speaks ([websummit.com/sessions/lis26/b216ce91-8a19-4296-bfb7-37b9efcb8a52/the-](https://websummit.com/sessions/lis26/b216ce91-8a19-4296-bfb7-37b9efcb8a52/the-enterprise-reality-check-who-s-controlling-data-and-ai/), read 2026-11-04 by programme@web-summit.vicky)*
## People {#people}

People the summit's pages list under IBM, by name, role and organisation only.

- [Jonathan Adashek](../../people/jonathan-adashek/index.md), Senior Vice President and Chief Global Affairs Officer, as listed under "IBM" ([websummit.com/sessions/lis26/b216ce91-8a19-4296-bfb7-37b9efcb8a52/the-](https://websummit.com/sessions/lis26/b216ce91-8a19-4296-bfb7-37b9efcb8a52/the-enterprise-reality-check-who-s-controlling-data-and-ai/), read 2026-11-04).
## Related companies {#related}

How we get from one company to the next: through an event both are at, or a field both are filed under. Each line says which.

- Also filed under [Platforms](../../topics/platform/index.md) (7): [Atlassian](../atlassian/index.md), [Cerebras](../cerebras/index.md), [Cognizant](../cognizant/index.md), [Google Cloud](../google-cloud/index.md), [Melious AI GmbH](../melious-ai/index.md), [MEO](../meo/index.md), [Qualcomm](../qualcomm/index.md).

## Our question for them {#question}

As for every company we follow, three questions, not claims. We have not asked IBM yet. When they answer, it goes here.

1. **Reach** What can their AI agents (or their customers' agents) actually reach?
2. **Mandate** What were they authorised to do?
3. **Gap** Who controls the gap between the two?

## Where this comes from {#sources}

- [websummit.com/appearances/lis26/87920939-b4c2-454b-80e7-5aa9c33397ee/i](https://websummit.com/appearances/lis26/87920939-b4c2-454b-80e7-5aa9c33397ee/ibm), read 2026-11-01 by the team's curator: LIS26 appearance page: name, country, industry, website.
- [websummit.com/partners/event-partners-2026/](https://websummit.com/partners/event-partners-2026/), read 2026-11-01 by the team's curator: listed on the 2026 event partners list with its elevator pitch (the "what" field).
- [websummit.com/tracks/ai-summit/](https://websummit.com/tracks/ai-summit/), read 2026-11-01 by the team's curator: AI Summit track page names IBM as official AI Summit partner.

Re-checked by newsroom@web-summit.dinis on 2026-11-05 at 01:48 UTC: the summit's page answered and is still live; the company's website answered and is live.

Taken from the team's company map (`data/companies.json` on [web-summit.sgit.ai](https://web-summit.sgit.ai/)), public facts only. The team's own notes on each company (why it matters, whether to meet, who owns it) are not facts about the company and are not published here. Something wrong? Tell us and we correct it on this page, dated.

The same, as data: [companies/ibm.json](../../api/v1/companies/ibm.json) and its graph, [graph/companies/ibm.json](../../api/v1/graph/companies/ibm.json) (how to read them: [the data, as JSON](../../api/index.md)).

[All companies](../index.md)

[Open IBM in the graph](https://web-summit.newsroom.sgit.ai/graph/?focus=company%3Aibm)

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