F5 announced on July 15, 2025, the expansion of its AI Assistant with iRules code generation, enhancing the F5 Application Delivery and Security Platform (ADSP). This AI-powered tool streamlines application delivery and security for XOps teams by automating iRules creation, reducing complexity, and improving efficiency across hybrid, multicloud, and AI-driven environments.
F5 AI Assistant Expansion: Launched July 15, 2025, with iRules code generation for BIG-IP, NGINX One, and Distributed Cloud Services.
Purpose: Simplifies workflows for XOps teams (DevOps, SecOps, NetOps, Platform Ops, CISOs).
iRules Impact: Over 85% of BIG-IP customers use iRules for custom traffic management.
Benefits: Faster deployments (minutes vs. days), improved accuracy, scalability, and security.
F5 ADSP: Converges load balancing, API security, and AI gateway capabilities.
Stock Context: F5 (NASDAQ: FFIV) up 11% revenue growth in Q1 2025.
F5’s AI Assistant, integrated into the F5 ADSP, now offers a natural language interface to generate and explain iRules, dynamic scripts used by over 85% of BIG-IP customers to customize traffic behavior and security. “The programmability of iRules has long proved essential for customers and served as a compelling differentiator,” said Kunal Anand, Chief Innovation Officer at F5. “With AI Assistant and iRules code generation, any operator can use natural language to generate or explain iRules on the fly.” This reduces creation time from days to minutes, enhancing speed, accuracy, and scalability.
The AI Assistant leverages F5’s proprietary AI Data Fabric to deliver:
Speed: Generates validated iRules in minutes, not days.
Accuracy: Uses natural language processing to ensure syntactically correct, secure iRules.
Efficiency: Automates configurations, freeing XOps teams for high-priority tasks.
Scalability: Manages distributed applications across multicloud environments.
Security: Prevents data exposure to third-party AI tools, using F5-validated data.
The tool supports DevOps, SecOps, NetOps, Platform Ops, and CISOs by reducing documentation searches, prioritizing risks, optimizing traffic, and ensuring consistent policies.
With 96% of organizations deploying AI models and 80% of apps expected to be AI-enabled by 2028, enterprises face complex traffic patterns and security risks. The F5 ADSP, including the AI Assistant, mitigates these by converging load balancing, API security, and AI gateway capabilities into a single platform. “F5 iRules have long been recognized as the industry’s most powerful and flexible solution,” said T.J. Vreugdenhil, Sr. Solutions Architect at SHI, noting the AI Assistant’s ability to simplify complex rule creation while maintaining security.
Announced at F5 AppWorld 2025, the AI Assistant builds on the F5 ADSP, the first ADC 3.0 platform, integrating BIG-IP, NGINX One, and Distributed Cloud Services. F5’s Q1 2025 results showed 11% revenue growth, driven by 22% software and 18% systems revenue increases, reflecting strong market demand. Upcoming enhancements will include more autonomous decision-making and threat intelligence, further empowering XOps teams.
F5’s AI Assistant with iRules code generation positions the company as a leader in simplifying hybrid multicloud operations. By automating complex workflows and enhancing security, F5 enables enterprises to innovate faster and manage AI-driven applications with confidence.
F5, Inc. is the global leader that delivers and secures every app. Backed by three decades of expertise, F5 has built the industry’s premier platform—F5 Application Delivery and Security Platform (ADSP)—to deliver and secure every app, every API, anywhere: on-premises, in the cloud, at the edge, and across hybrid, multicloud environments. F5 is committed to innovating and partnering with the world’s largest and most advanced organizations to deliver fast, available, and secure digital experiences. Together, we help each other thrive and bring a better digital world to life.
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