Businesses have evolved to an AI-first strategy. More than ever, infrastructure is a critical element of delivering trustworthy, efficient, outcome-driven AI. IBM z16, powered by the award winning IBM Telum processor, delivered firsts in on-chip AI acceleration that enabled energy-efficient AI at scale without impacting SLAs for use cases from fraud, to insurance predictions, to climate change. This session will cover the successor to the IBM Telum processor , which will power the next mainframe, “zNext”, and how it will drive new advances in traditional and gen AI. We will share and industry feedback driving innovation in zNext. This will be YOUR opportunity to get a preview of zNext and how you can jump start your planning to enable next gen AI infrastructure!