On July 15, Business Insider reported that IBM's stock price plummeted by over 25% on Tuesday, marking the largest single-day decline in its history, with a market value loss of $69 billion. This followed IBM's profit warning, stating that customer spending is shifting from software to AI hardware and memory chips. IBM's second-quarter revenue was $17.2 billion, up only 1% year-on-year, falling short of expectations, with infrastructure business revenue declining by 7%. IBM's CEO attributed the reasons to the failure to close large deals and the shift in customer spending.
