- IBM says its early IDE adopters have seen a 45% increase in productivity
- Clause is the LLM of choice for AI assistance
- The companies also published a guide on MCP/AI agent for enterprises.
IBM and Anthropic have launched a strategic partnership to see Claude integrated within the latter’s software portfolio, with IBM banking on huge productivity gains, greater security and governance, and better cost controls.
Key to the partnership is the integration of Claude within IBM’s new AI-powered IDE, where the LLM will be responsible for task generation for the software development lifecycle (SDLC).
IBM has already shared its new IDE with more than 6,000 early adopters in a private preview, claiming that productivity gains have averaged around 45%.
IBM IDE will use Anthropic’s Claude
The company said potential customers would use its IDE to handle application modernization through automated upgrades, migrations and large-scale code refactoring.
AI also steps in to take care of things like detecting security requirements, compliance obligations, and other architectural patterns, and IBM also highlights top-tier security measures like quantum-safe cryptographic migration.
“This partnership enhances our software portfolio with advanced AI capabilities while maintaining the governance, security and reliability our customers expect,” said IBM Senior Vice President of Software Dinesh Nirmal.
IBM’s IDE will support multiple programming languages, but the company did not detail the extent of this support.
Separately, Anthropic and IBM also worked together to launch Architecting Secure Enterprise AI Agents with MCP, a guide to building and maintaining enterprise-grade AI agents.
“This new ADLC methodology provides enterprises with a purpose-built, enterprise-ready approach to the development, operations, and security requirements of enterprise AI agents,” IBM wrote.
“This partnership with IBM allows us to bring the same level of dedication to even more enterprise teams as we create open standards that will make AI agents truly useful in enterprise environments,” added Mike Krieger, chief product officer at Anthropic.
IBM shares rose 3.9% following the announcement.
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