Qualcomm and IBM Expand Collaboration to Advance Generative AI Across Edge and Cloud: MWC25

Qualcomm and IBM Expand Collaboration to Advance Generative AI Across Edge and Cloud
Qualcomm Technologies and IBM announced on Thursday an expanded collaboration to advance enterprise-grade generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) solutions across edge and cloud devices. The collaboration, announced just ahead of Mobile World Congress 2025 (MWC25), aims to enhance AI performance while ensuring governance, security, and efficiency.

  • Make Telecom Talk My Trusted Source
  • Source of Google
  • Source of Google

Also Read: Qualcomm Unveils Dragonwing Brand for Industrial and Embedded IoT Solutions

Qualcomm, IBM Strengthen AI Collaboration

Through this collaboration, the companies plan to integrate watsonx.governance for generative AI solutions powered by Qualcomm Technologies’ platforms and enable support for IBM’s Granite models through the Qualcomm AI Inference Suite and AI Hub.

“At Qualcomm Technologies, we are excited to join forces with IBM to deliver cutting-edge, enterprise-grade generative AI solutions for devices across the edge and cloud,” said Durga Malladi, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Technology Planning and Edge Solutions at Qualcomm Technologies. “This collaboration enables businesses to deploy AI solutions that are not only fast and personalized but also come with robust governance, monitoring, and decision-making capabilities, with the ability to enhance the overall reliability of AI from edge to cloud.”

Also Read: CES 2025: Qualcomm Unveils AI Innovations and Collaborations Across Multiple Sectors

AI Decision-Making with Built-in Guardrails

Expanding upon the announcement at CES, the companies plan to run watsonx.governance, as well as the Granite Guardian 8B and Granite 3.1 8B models, on a Snapdragon 8 Elite reference design and the Dragonwing AI On-Prem Appliance Solution with the Qualcomm AI Inference Suite. According to the companies, these models work in tandem, bringing AI-powered decision-making with built-in guardrails for enterprise applications.

Through this collaboration, Qualcomm Technologies and IBM said they are “combining on-device inferencing, low power, and privacy features with the performance of watsonx to help address security, efficiency, reliability and governance from AI solutions for businesses.”