Overview

• Claude will be integrated into select IBM software, beginning with a new AI‑first integrated development environment now in private preview for clients.
• IBM says more than 6,000 internal early adopters are using the IDE and reporting average productivity gains of 45% while maintaining code quality and security.
• IBM and Anthropic released the verified guide Architecting Secure Enterprise AI Agents with MCP, introducing an Agent Development Lifecycle for building and operating agents.
• IBM will contribute enterprise-grade assets to the Model Context Protocol community, including best practices, reference architectures, and open-source tooling.
• IBM shares rose as much as 7.5% in early trading after the announcement, and no financial terms of the partnership were disclosed.