- IBM says its early adopters of IDE saw a 45% increase in productivity
- Clause is the LLM of choice for AI assistance
- The companies have also published MCP/agentic AI guidance for businesses.
IBM and Anthropic have launched a strategic partnership to see Claude integrated into the latter’s software portfolio, with IBM banking on huge productivity gains, stronger security and governance, and better cost control.
Key to the partnership is Claude’s integration into IBM’s new AI-powered IDE, where the LLM will manage task generation for the software development life cycle (SDLC).
IBM has already shared its new IDE with more than 6,000 early adopters in a private preview, saying productivity gains have averaged about 45%.
IBM IDE will use Claude from Anthropic
The company said its potential customers would use its IDE to manage application modernization through automated upgrades, migrations and large-scale code refactoring.
AI is also stepping in to take care of things like detecting security requirements, compliance obligations, and other architectural patterns, with IBM also noting high-level security measures like quantum-secure cryptographic migration.
“This partnership enhances our software portfolio with advanced AI capabilities while maintaining the governance, security and reliability our customers expect,” noted Dinesh Nirmal, IBM senior vice president of software.
IBM’s IDE will support multiple programming languages, but the company hasn’t detailed the extent of that support.
Separately, Anthropic and IBM also worked together to release Architecting Secure Enterprise AI Agents with MCP – a guide for creating and maintaining enterprise-grade AI agents.
“This new ADLC methodology provides enterprises with a purpose-built 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 while creating open standards that will make AI agents truly useful in business environments,” added Mike Krieger, Anthropic’s chief product officer.
IBM shares rose 3.9% following the announcement.
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