SAP’s 2025–2026 strategic transition

SAP’s 2025–2026 strategic transition from traditional business software toward an "Autonomous Enterprise" powered by agentic AI. Central to this evolution is the transformation of the Joule assistant into an orchestrator of independent digital agents and the introduction of SAP-RPT-1, a specialized model for tabular data. To achieve this, the company emphasizes a "Clean Core" architecture, requiring clients to eliminate custom code to ensure AI reliability and data integrity. The report also compares SAP's premium, tiered pricing and federated data approach against the strategies of major rivals like Oracle and Workday. While SAP leverages deep industry expertise and partnerships with firms like NVIDIA and Perplexity, it faces significant hurdles including market volatility, customer technical debt, and a shortage of skilled implementation experts. Ultimately, the sources suggest that SAP’s future depends on successfully grounding autonomous agents in its proprietary Knowledge Graph to prevent operational errors.