IBM is making Bob, its agentic software-development platform, available for self-hosted deployment on customer-run Red Hat OpenShift clusters across on-premises systems, private clouds, sovereign clouds and air-gapped environments. The option allows enterprises to keep sensitive source code, application context and development artifacts within infrastructure they control while connecting to a cloud-model service or operating open-weight models on their own GPUs. IBM said its managed cloud service remains the default for most development teams, while self-hosting is intended for organizations with stringent security, data-residency and sovereignty requirements. IBM shares were quoted at $225.475 in an Oct. 1 market snapshot, up 2.52% from an earlier $219.93 premarket price. GuruFocus placed the stock 7.22% below its $243.01 GF Value estimate, though the business impact will depend on whether regulated-enterprise demand produces recurring revenue; IBM disclosed no customer or recurring-revenue figures for the offering.