IBM has announced the general availability of a self-hosted deployment option for IBM Bob, its agentic software development platform. Bob spans the full software lifecycle—understanding code, planning work, executing changes, and validating results. With this release, enterprises can now run Bob entirely on premises, in private or sovereign clouds, or within air-gapped networks, keeping sensitive code and data under their control.
Availability
The self-hosted option of IBM Bob is generally available to enterprise customers today. Organizations are responsible for sourcing, licensing, and hosting a supported model themselves. IBM has not published pricing and directs interested buyers to a demo request form.
What IBM Shipped at GA
The self-hosted deployment includes:
- Bob running in customer-managed enterprise environments.
- Core Bob capabilities including the IDE experience, BobShell, parallel tool calling, the agent harness, skills, and modes.
- Self-hosted, air-gapped, and hybrid model configurations.
- Bring-your-own-license (BYOL) for eligible models on IBM's supported list.
- Integration with supported enterprise systems and toolchains to be detailed in further sections.
This release underscores IBM's push to deliver agentic AI for software development in secure, regulated, and mission-critical environments. By supporting self-hosted and air-gapped deployments, IBM enables organizations to adopt advanced AI-powered development workflows without moving their code or data outside their trusted infrastructure.
via MarkTechPost