I would argue they may have and are not keeping it to themselves. Announced partnership with Anthropic: https://newsroom.ibm.com/2025-10-07-2025-ibm-and-anthrop

I would argue they may have and are not keeping it to themselves. Announced partnership with Anthropic: https://newsroom.ibm.com/2025-10-07-2025-ibm-and-anthropic-partner-to-advance-enterprise-software-development-with-proven-security-and-governance https://newsroom.ibm.com/2025-10-07-2025-ibm-and-anthropic-p...