IBM brings Bob to self-hosted and air-gapped environments

IBM has made a self-hosted deployment option for its agentic software development platform Bob generally available. Enterprises can run it on premises, in private or sovereign clouds and in air-gapped networks, bringing their own licensed model. Pricing was not published; buyers are routed to a demo request.

• Bob covers the full lifecycle: code understanding, planning, execution and validation
• BYOL models from IBM's supported list, including Nemotron and Poolside Laguna
• Hybrid mode routes selected workloads to Claude, Gemini or GPT models
• Optional Premium Packages target Java, IBM i and IBM Z modernization