IBM Acquires AI Startup Seek And Launches $500M-Backed Watsonx AI Labs In NYC To Tackle Data Innovation With Agentic Intelligence

IBM (NYSE:IBM) announced Monday that it acquired Seek AI, a New York City-based artificial intelligence startup specializing in natural language data querying, as part of a larger push into agentic AI development. The acquisition coincides with the launch of Watsonx AI Labs. According to IBM, Seek AI’s software will become a foundational part of the lab’s technological framework. IBM Aims To Turn Manhattan Into A Global AI Nucleus Founded in 2021 by former data scientist Sarah Nagy, Seek AI buil