JAKARTA - IBM officially launched IBM Bob, an artificial intelligence (AI) based development partner designed for enterprise needs, globally.
Bob not only helps developers write code faster, but also supports the entire software development cycle, from planning, coding, testing, launching, to modernization, with the governance and security controls that companies need.
Amid the trend of AI adoption, IBM highlighted that speed without governance is actually a risk for companies. Bob answered this challenge with a "human-in-the-loop" approach, which integrates security, compliance, and audit capabilities in real-time into the developer workflow.
"Every business is racing to modernize. However, speed without control and transparency is actually a risk. IBM Bob allows companies to move as fast as AI without sacrificing the governance and security that businesses need," said Senior Vice President, IBM Software, Dinesh Nirmal in his statement.
One of Bob's flagship capabilities is intelligent modernization. This platform is able to coordinate specialist agents to accelerate complex tasks.
As proof, companies such as Blue Pearl have managed to cut Java update time from 30 days to only three days. In addition, APIS IT is noted to be able to migrate complex .NET services in a matter of hours with the help of Bob.
Technically, Bob uses a dynamic multi-model coordination system. It automatically directs tasks to the most efficient model - whether it's IBM Granite, Anthropic Claude, or other open-source models - based on the accuracy and cost requirements.
"The developer team needs a system that understands the full context of their work and is able to act based on that context. That's what we built through Bob," said General Manager, Automation & AI, IBM Software Proven at scale inside IBM, Neel Sundaresan.
Before being released to the public, Bob has been tested internally by 80,000 IBM employees since June 2025. The result, the average productivity of the team increased by 45%. Currently. Currently, Bob has been used by more than 80,000 IBM employees worldwide.
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