IBM upgrades Bob AI development platform with multi-agent tools and premium packages

IBM upgraded Bob, its AI software-development platform, with subagents, parallel tool calling, automatic model matching and a built-in tool for tracking AI usage and cost. Premium packages for IBM Z, IBM i and Java modernization became available the same day. The release is a product update and gives no revenue figure.

• Bobalytics tracks AI usage, cost and resource allocation
• Subagents handle complex tasks in a separate context
• Premium packages for IBM Z, IBM i and Java modernization are available now
• Java modernization covers migration to Java 25