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SAP Sapphire 2026

May 12, 2026 · Orlando, Florida · Sapphire 2025

Global Keynote: The Beginning of Better | SAP Sapphire Orlando 2026May 12, 2026 · 1h 25m · Christian Klein

SAP's 2026 theme was the Autonomous Enterprise. It launched the SAP Business AI Platform, merging its AI foundation, Business Data Cloud and BTP, added SAP domain models and Joule Studio 2.0, announced intents to acquire Dremio and Prior Labs, and said its applications will become an Autonomous Suite. Anthropic joined on stage.

Key themes: Agents, Enterprise apps, Data platforms

  1. 1The SAP Business AI Platform merges SAP's AI foundation, Business Data Cloud and Business Technology Platform
  2. 2Joule Studio 2.0 is an open build layer: bring your own LLM or use SAP's models
  3. 3SAP announced its intent to acquire Dremio, a data and agentic lakehouse with federation across clouds and databases
  4. 4SAP also announced its intent to acquire Prior Labs, a lab for tabular foundation models (TabPFN)
  5. 5SAP AI agents will exchange data with third-party agents at no extra charge, Joule Studio 2.0 development is free, and SAP will invest over 100 million euros in its ecosystem
  6. 6SAP's applications will become an Autonomous Suite across finance, spend, supply chain, HCM and CX
AnnouncementStatus
SAP Business AI PlatformAI foundation, Business Data Cloud and BTP combinedAnnounced
SAP domain modelsModels trained on SAP code and processesAnnounced
Joule Studio 2.0Open agent build layer, free for AI developmentAnnounced
Intent to acquire DremioAgentic lakehouse and data federationAnnounced
Intent to acquire Prior LabsTabular foundation modelsAnnounced
Open agent interoperability at no chargeSAP agents exchange data with third-party agents freeAnnounced
SAP Autonomous SuiteFinance, spend, supply chain, HCM, CXAnnounced
Companies on stage

Named or launching: Anthropic, AWS, Dremio, Prior Labs, SAP

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