IBM to Acquire DataStax, Accelerating Production AI & NoSQL Data at Scale` IBM is acquiring DataStax, a company that provides an AI development platform, to accelerate the production of AI and NoSQL data. The acquisition highlights the growing importance of prioritizing AI projects, as only 9% of organizations have successfully shipped AI products to production. A comprehensive AI strategy is crucial for overcoming technical and legal roadblocks, providing a roadmap for teams across the organization. Key priorities should include identifying overall priorities and potential opportunities, creating guidelines and tools for AI implementation, forming a Center of Excellence (COE) that assists teams with tooling, strategy, data, and other facets of GenAI apps, and ensuring responsible AI practices. The DataStax AI platform provides a scalable, serverless AI development system that combines vector database technology with no-code/low-code approaches to developing GenAI apps.