Anthropic and IBM want to push more AI into enterprise software - with Claude coming to an IDE near you (www.techradar.com)

IBM and Anthropic announced a strategic partnership to embed Anthropic’s Claude LLM into IBM’s new IDE, aiming to accelerate enterprise software development with AI-assisted workflows. IBM says more than 6,000 early adopters in private preview have seen average productivity gains of ~45%. The IDE is pitched at large-scale application modernization—automating upgrades, migrations, and code refactors—and can surface architecture patterns, security requirements, compliance obligations and even assist with quantum‑safe cryptographic migration. IBM says the tool will support multiple programming languages (details TBD) and emphasizes governance, security and cost controls as core selling points. Beyond the IDE, the partners released “Architecting Secure Enterprise AI Agents with MCP,” a guidance/ADLC-style methodology for building, operating and securing agentic AI in enterprise settings. That signal—integrating a production-grade LLM into developer tooling while publishing operational and security guidance—matters because it pairs developer productivity gains with formalized governance and lifecycle practices, lowering the barrier for enterprises to deploy autonomous or agentic workflows safely at scale. The market also reacted: IBM shares rose ~3.9% on the news, underscoring investor interest in AI-driven software productivity and enterprise-grade model governance.