IBM Bob Agentic Development Platform Reaches 80,000 Developers, Launches SaaS at Think 2026

IBM's agentic development platform Bob has scaled from 100 to 80,000 developers since June 2025, with surveyed users reporting 45% average productivity gains. IBM Instana team reported 70% time reduction on selected tasks; Maximo team achieved 69% time savings on code generation and refactoring. Bob covers the full SDLC — planning, coding, testing, deployment, and modernization — with role-based specialized agents, multi-model orchestration, and built-in governance including audit trails, prompt normalization, and sensitive data scanning. IBM announced Bob as a SaaS product with Pro, Pro+, Ultra, and Enterprise plans at Think 2026 (May 4-7, Boston), with a free trial at bob.ibm.com/trial.