# IBM watsonx Code Assistant

IBM watsonx Code Assistant is a generative AI coding product built on IBM Granite models. Its general assistant works in Visual Studio Code and offers code completion, code explanation, documentation, unit test generation and translation between languages. Separate variants target COBOL and JCL on IBM Z mainframes, Red Hat Ansible Lightspeed, Enterprise Java applications and IBM i.

Page: https://slateindex.ai/brand/ibm-watsonx-code-assistant · data of 2026-11-03

## Facts

- Founded: 2023
- Headquarters: New York, NY
- Employees: 5,000+
- Company type: Division of IBM
- Deployment: Cloud service (SaaS). On-premises deployment is offered for the Z product, with its on-prem services managed through Cloud Pak for Data.

## Products

- watsonx Code Assistant: General code assistant for Visual Studio Code with code completion, explanation, documentation, unit test generation and language translation.
- watsonx Code Assistant for Z: Mainframe assistant that explains COBOL and JCL code, gives optimization advice and transforms COBOL to Java.
- watsonx Code Assistant for Red Hat Ansible Lightspeed: Code assistant variant for Red Hat Ansible Lightspeed.
- watsonx Code Assistant for Enterprise Java Applications: Code assistant variant for Enterprise Java applications.
- watsonx Code Assistant for IBM i: IBM i variant, previewed in 2025 and built on Granite models.

## Rankings

| Category | Rank | Visibility | Mentions |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI Coding Assistants | 42 of 46 | 0.0 | 0 |

## By engine

| Engine | Visibility | Mention rate |
|---|---|---|
| chatgpt | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| google_ai_mode | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| perplexity | 0.0 | 0.0% |

## Definitions

- Visibility (0–100): how often and how high AI answers name the brand, weighted by position.
- Mention rate: share of collected AI answers that name the brand.
- Share of voice: the brand's mentions as a share of all brand mentions in the category.
- Citation authority: share of answers naming the brand that cite the brand's own site.

Cite as: SlateIndex, “IBM watsonx Code Assistant AI visibility profile”, https://slateindex.ai/brand/ibm-watsonx-code-assistant, data of 2026-11-03. Licence: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).