IBM's $40B stock wipeout is built on a misconception: Translating COBOL isn't the same as modernizing it

Investors wiped $40 billion from IBM's market cap after Anthropic released COBOL translation tools. Analysts say the market ...

Anthropic's new AI tool can write 67-year-old COBOL code, sending 115-year-old IBM's stock tumbling by 13% — IBM stock has worst day in 26 years, down 25% Mo…

Besides being an absolute pain to deal with, they all rely on COBOL and IBM mainframe computers as core infrastructure. The ...

IBM share price falls 13% as Anthropic says Claude can streamline COBOL code: Why did it trigger crash among Indian IT stocks?

COBOL remains a critical language for many Indian IT companies, particularly those supporting global banking, insurance, and ...

Explained | What is COBOL? How an Anthropic Claude blog wiped $30 billion off IBM in a single session

A blog post from Anthropic caused IBM's market value to drop over $30 billion due to concerns about COBOL. Here's everything ...

IBM Sinks Most Since 2000 as Anthropic Touts Cobol Tool

With the decline, IBM shares have fallen 27% in February, on track for its biggest one-month slide since at least 1968, ...

ETtech Explainer: Decoding Anthropic’s Claude Code update that triggered IBM selloff

A single Anthropic blog claiming its AI model Claude can read and modernise COBOL wiped nearly $30 billion off IBM’s market ...
CIO

Anthropic’s claim that AI can quickly refactor COBOL rattles IBM investors

Investors reacted to Anthropic’s assertion that Claude Code could streamline legacy COBOL modernization, raising concerns about pressure on IBM’s high‑margin mainframe services despite longstanding ...
The Financial Express

Explainer: How Claude Code threatens to disrupt IBM’s mainframe biz

On3, 2026, Anthropic unveiled Claude Code, an AI tool capable of modernizing decades-old COBOL systems in months rather than years.