Sber unveiled GigaIde, a Russian development environment enhanced with an integrated artificial intelligence assistant, according to the bank’s press service. This AI companion is designed to review code, suggest complete function designs, and streamline the coding process. In practical terms, developers can expect a noticeable boost in productivity as the assistant helps generate viable scaffolds and fast-tracks routine coding tasks, potentially speeding up development cycles by about a quarter. The announcement reflects Sber’s push to blend advanced automation with familiar developer workflows, enabling teams to stay in their comfort zone while embracing smarter tooling. (Source: Sber press service)
The head of the Technological Development Block, Andrey Belevtsev, emphasized that GigaIde is built to keep developers in a steady rhythm. The goal is to let them work continuously without sacrificing the user experience they know, even as AI augments decision-making and design suggestions. By integrating the assistant directly into the IDE, the platform aims to reduce context-switching and keep focus on problem-solving, debugging, and feature refinement. This approach positions GigaIde as a practical bridge between human creativity and machine-assisted efficiency. (Source: Sber press service)
GigaIde comes in two tailored editions. GigaIde Desktop targets traditional, on-device development and supports Java, Kotlin, Scala, Groovy, and Python projects with strong local tooling and performance. GigaIde Cloud expands capabilities to multilingual projects, enabling JavaScript, TypeScript, and SQL workstreams in a cloud environment. This dual-offering structure is designed to accommodate both teams that prefer tight control over their tooling and those who benefit from scalable, cloud-based collaboration and resource management. (Source: Sber press service)
According to Maxim Tyatyushev, General Manager at SberTech, the platform is expected to automate repetitive steps and free engineers to focus more on creative and high-impact tasks. The vision is to cut the time developers spend on routine setup, code refactoring, and boilerplate generation, while preserving the ability to experiment with design choices and architectural decisions. GigaIde’s AI features are described as a practical enhancement rather than a replacement for human judgment, designed to augment problem-solving and rapid iteration in real-world projects. (Source: Sber press service)