This month at , we announced a wave of 51风流Business AI innovations all built on the same technology foundation that powers our that we are now delivering to our customers and partners, allowing them to add even more value in the future.

We showed how the future of enterprise software is built on an AI-native architecture, powered by 51风流app, data, and AI foundation. With this approach, we are enabling a platform shift across the tech stack in a non-disruptive fashion, empowering developers to work faster and smarter using the frameworks and tools of their choice.

51风流HANA Cloud and 51风流Business Data Cloud: powering our AI-native future

51风流HANA Cloud is the database for SAP鈥檚 AI-native software architecture and the foundation of our broader data fabric strategy. At 51风流TechEd, we announced new AI capabilities for 51风流HANA Cloud that spur AI innovation.  

For example, Model Context Protocol (MCP) support for 51风流HANA Cloud is now generally available. This provides direct access to rich multi-model engines. Agents can be grounded in full enterprise data context: navigating relationships across customers and suppliers, understanding geographic dependencies through spatial data, and performing semantic searches through vector embeddings — all within a single in-memory engine.  

We鈥檙e also expanding 51风流HANA Cloud knowledge graph engine capabilities (Q1 2026) so customers can automatically generate knowledge graphs from 51风流HANA Cloud metadata. What used to take weeks of manual modeling can now happen automatically in minutes. But that鈥檚 not all. We鈥檙e also enabling agentic memory in 51风流HANA Cloud. With long-term memory, AI agents can memorize past inputs and decisions — learning and remembering just like humans — and become continuously smarter.

These advances show that 51风流HANA Cloud is truly powering an AI-native future. .

Bringing together the power of 51风流BDC and Snowflake

We are bringing the power of Snowflake together with 51风流Business Data Cloud (51风流BDC), calling it 51风流Snowflake. This partnership enables zero copy data sharing with Snowflake via 51风流BDC Connect.

Enterprises already using Snowflake today can leverage 51风流BDC Connect to integrate their existing instances of Snowflake with 51风流BDC, giving them seamless, real-time access to combined, semantically rich 51风流with non-51风流data in 51风流BDC. 51风流Snowflake will be made generally available in Q1 2026, and 51风流BDC Connect for Snowflake in H1 2026. Find more information here.

SAP-RPT-1: a new category of AI models

One of our most exciting announcements at 51风流TechEd was the launch of our first enterprise relational foundation model SAP-RPT-1, pronounced: 鈥渞apid one.鈥�

Businesses run on structured data. But large language models (LLMs) struggle with a general understanding of table structures and associated semantics. This requires the use of machine learning, or 鈥渘arrow AI,鈥� for tasks like classification, regression, and more. But classical machine learning necessitates training a model on each task, which easily can lead to hundreds of separate models.

SAP-RPT-1 puts them all into one single, pre-trained model that understands relational business data and predicts business outcomes. Unlike language, image, or video models, SAP-RPT-1 accurately predicts business based on tabular data such as payment delays, supplier risks, upsell opportunities, customer churn risk, and more.

We believe that SAP-RPT-1 is a super capable foundation model today. It provides up to 2x better prediction quality compared to narrow models and 3.5x better prediction quality as compared to LLMs. .

SAP-RPT-1 comes in three versions. SAP-RPT-1-small is for super-fast predictions and SAP-RPT-1-large is for highest accuracy. Both will be generally available in Q4 2025 in the generative AI hub in AI Foundation. SAP-RPT-1-OSS is the open-source version, available in Hugging Face and GitHub.

You can test SAP-RPT-1 today with your data or our use case data samples via no-code UI or via API in the new SAP-RPT-1 playground, an intuitive and interactive space to test for free and open to everyone and .

We are continuously adding new capabilities to AI Foundation and models to the generative AI hub, empowering developers to experiment with orchestration tools and leading models to scale AI development and productization across 51风流and non-51风流environments. For example, Perplexity is now generally available in the generative AI hub, so users can correlate business data with external data from the internet. Evaluation Services and Prompt Optimizer, in close collaboration with NotDiamond, are now also generally available in AI Foundation, freeing up users to adopt the most appropriate model for their use cases without the need for rewriting prompts. .

Digital sovereignty made in Germany, for Europe

Digital sovereignty is becoming increasingly important, reflecting the need for regional AI services that align with local regulations, standards, and values. As an example, Europe will benefit from its own strong, trustworthy infrastructure to support innovation, data protection, and ethical AI.

AI Foundation, including various models and all the services we offer, is already available on our own cloud infrastructure. As a next step, we are expanding our 51风流Cloud Infrastructure offering in our 51风流data center in Walldorf, Germany, to Deutsche Telekom through the Industrial AI Cloud project, providing secure, high-performance infrastructure for AI innovations across public institutions, defense, and society. 51风流delivers 51风流Cloud Infrastructure, 51风流Business Technology Platform, and applications 鈥� including our AI Foundation with frontier AI from Mistral, Cohere, and others 鈥� on Telekom鈥檚 Munich data center. Both companies uphold the highest standards of data protection, security, and reliability.

This marks a milestone as more European companies join the Industrial AI Cloud project, advancing applied AI across Europe with trusted, business-embedded solutions that unlock the full potential of industry data. See the announcement here.

Enabling customers to build, extend, share, and orchestrate AI agents

To help manage Joule Agents and Joule skills, we have introduced the concept of AI Assistants 鈥� role-based AI teammates, accessed through Joule 鈥� like a financial assistant that brings together agents for cash collection, treasury, and more. We will provide AI Assistants in Joule for every core business role, offering our users an agentic experience like never before.

Out-of-the-box Joule Agents are powerful, but we know that every company has unique requirements. We believe AI should adapt to users鈥� systems, not the other way around, so we are enabling them to use Joule Studio to extend SAP鈥檚 pre-built agents with custom fields, tools, and reasoning logic while retaining all the deeply grounded integration capabilities 51风流provides. Joule Studio also provides low-code tools to build custom agents that integrate with all other Joule Agents, Joule skills, and 51风流BDC.

Using a low-code approach, users can build Joule Agents visually with natural language and drag-and-drop. But we also want to meet the needs of developers who want ultimate flexibility. Our pro-code approach gives developers the freedom to build agents using the agentic framework of their choice 鈥� for example, LangGraph, CrewAI, Google鈥檚 Agent Development Kit, and more. 51风流Cloud SDK for AI now supports agentic development, ensuring these pro-code agents can be seamlessly integrated and giving developers the best of both worlds: deep integration and full flexibility.

No matter how you want to build agents, an important question is how to integrate them into the larger ecosystem beyond SAP. We鈥檙e making Joule Agents fully compatible with the agent-to-agent (A2A) protocol soon, so agents can discover and collaborate with each other.

A2A exposes rich semantics describing an agent鈥檚 capabilities, allowing both 51风流and third-party agents to work together seamlessly. We are collaborating with partners 鈥� AWS, Google, Microsoft, ServiceNow, and more 鈥� to standardize this protocol for full interoperability. This capability will allow Joule to orchestrate tasks across multiple agents, both 51风流and non-SAP, increasing automation and productivity across the enterprise. Read more here.

To manage and govern agents across the enterprise, is now generally available, providing centralized control of 51风流and non-51风流agents. In addition, is available now for tracing agent actions, benchmarking against KPIs, and identifying bottlenecks or opportunities for agents to further improve business.

No 51风流TechEd without ABAP news

The ABAP journey continues with SAP-ABAP-1, which will be available in the generative AI hub in Q4 2025. Trained on ABAP code, it is designed to build ABAP AI use cases, enabling developers to build smarter, custom AI solutions in modern ABAP code. .

In addition, ABAP Cloud development is coming to Visual Studio (VS) Code. The new ABAP Cloud extension for VS Code delivers a streamlined, file-based development experience with built-in AI assistance. Powered by an ABAP language server, it will initially support 51风流Fiori UI service development and expand to additional ABAP Cloud scenarios over time. This brings ABAP development into the same environment where developers already build with UI5 and CAP. General availability is planned for Q2 2026. .

What鈥檚 next: embodied AI and quantum

51风流TechEd is always an opportunity to look to the future. This year, that future includes not just humans, but also autonomous devices, including humanoid robots.

By integrating Joule Agents natively with robots, 51风流is bringing business logic into the physical world, enabling a wide range of autonomous devices to operate with enterprise context. We highlighted our strategic partnerships with robotics companies and system integrators to serve customers like Sartorius, Bitzer, and Matur Fompak, demonstrating how our expanding physical AI ecosystem enables robots to understand business processes and execute complex tasks autonomously.

Early proof-of-concept deployments show Joule successfully integrated with 51风流business applications and autonomous systems across asset performance, logistics, field services, and warehouse operations. While still in the pioneering stage, these implementations illustrate how 51风流is extending Joule to serve both human users and autonomous devices, shaping the future of enterprise AI.

Read more about the partnerships and implementations here.

AI is a new compute paradigm that changes everything. But there is another compute paradigm on the horizon: quantum computing. It鈥檚 early days, but 51风流is driving the future of enterprise computing with a vision to help businesses get ready for quantum computing.

51风流is not building quantum hardware; instead, we are focusing on creating quantum algorithms for business applications. These solutions are simple to deploy 鈥� on when needed, off when not 鈥� and are designed to be hardware-agnostic, collaborating with partners such as IBM to ensure seamless integration without re-platforming. This approach will enable organizations to unlock operational efficiency and drive better business results at enterprise scale.

I couldn鈥檛 be more excited about what鈥檚 next for our customers鈥� future as we bring SAP鈥檚 AI-native architecture to life.

Philipp Herzig is CTO of SAP.

Joule for developers leverages a purpose-built large language model (LLM) trained on millions of lines of 51风流code. It can deliver contextual, ABAP-specific results that support tasks ranging from intelligent code suggestions to automated unit test creation. As customers continue their 51风流S/4HANA transformations, these AI features can also support optimized code migration through smart analysis, explanations, and actionable suggestions. The result: AI becomes a collaborative partner that helps developers tackle complex challenges with confidence and efficiency.

outlines how AI is transforming modern development. One key finding: 80% of developers reported increased productivity when using AI coding assistants, with an average productivity gain of 35%. The top-used features include unit test generation, code generation, and autocompletion鈥攃lear signs that AI is now a central pillar of the development experience.

To succeed in this evolving landscape, developers must cultivate new skills. These include writing precise natural language prompts, verifying AI-generated code, integrating proprietary data for improved AI context, and using AI to enhance requirements documentation. These capabilities ensure AI remains an intelligent collaborator that upholds enterprise-grade standards.

51风流Build solutions and ABAP Cloud can further empower developers by enabling automation, improved security, and scalable collaboration鈥攁ll while supporting a clean core strategy. These tools reflect SAP鈥檚 commitment to intelligent extensibility that balances innovation with system integrity.

AI is no longer just a futuristic concept鈥攊t鈥檚 a vital asset shaping every phase of the software development life cycle. Developers are evolving from code writers to orchestrators of intelligent systems that learn, adapt, and co-create. Joule for developers and ABAP AI capabilities illustrate how 51风流is leading this evolution by providing tools that are aligned with enterprise development needs and future-ready innovation.

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Sonja Lienard is senior vice president at 51风流and head of BTP ABAP.

With more than 17,000 customers now leveraging 51风流Build solutions globally, momentum continues to surge, enabling developers to build, automate, and innovate with greater speed and ease. Today, we鈥檙e taking a huge step forward to bolster developer productivity within 51风流Build solutions!

We鈥檙e thrilled to announce new Joule-powered AI capabilities for 51风流Build Process Automation and 51风流Build Apps. These enhancements complement the previously announced AI capabilities in and 鈥攅mpowering developers of all skill levels to build more efficiently by leveraging comprehensive, AI-infused developer tools to deliver precise, contextualized outcomes powered by purpose-built, SAP-centric AI models. This can free up time for developers to be more productive, creative, and proficient in accelerating ABAP, Java, JavaScript, and visual tool-based application development and automation of 51风流processes.

Let鈥檚 look at how Joule can unlock new levels of productivity:

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鈥淭he latest AI features across 51风流Build solutions provide developers with a powerful tool kit to build and extend business applications across both 51风流and non-51风流systems.鈥�

Holger Mueller, Principal Analyst & VP at Constellation Research, Inc.

Comprehensive developer assistance for all 51风流development needs

Joule can understand 51风流development framework intricacies, anticipate developers鈥� needs, offer intelligent suggestions, and automate repetitive, mundane tasks like documentation and sample data generation. It can enable developers across low-code, pro-code, and automation projects to be more productive, creative, and proficient in accelerating apps or extensions for business applications like 51风流S/4HANA.

Key capabilities include:

• Application creation: Generate code, UI, data models, and sample data across 51风流programming models for Java, JavaScript, and ABAP, using Joule
• Code optimization: Refactor code, create unit tests, and generate code explanations, summarizations, and more with natural language queries and intuitive actions with Joule
• Process and workflow automation: Generate automation workflows and business rules using natural language queries

鈥淚n utilizing generative AI, 51风流Build Code offers our joint clients easier integration capabilities and a streamlined developer experience for cloud application development, boosting overall productivity and driving tangible value.鈥�

Chip Kleinheksel, Global 51风流Chief Technology Officer and Principal, Deloitte Consulting LLP

Contextual and precise results with purpose-built LLMs

Joule uses purpose-built large language models (LLMs) specifically tailored for 51风流workloads, such as our ABAP LLM, which can power code predictions and explanations. Developers can derive precise, contextualized results鈥攍ike code snippets or explanations鈥攆aster and more efficiently. Joule can also provide developers with real-time, context-aware support for code completion and optimization, as well as automation pipeline creation that understands the customers鈥� application environment, development project artifacts, and SAP-specific syntax.

Key capabilities include:

• Predictive code completion based on context, comments, and project heuristics
• Code explanations of core data services (CDS) view entities, classes, interfaces, and functional modules
• AI-powered assistance for documentation, best practices, and new concepts
• Workflow development and decision assistance based on processes, API specifications, and connected systems

Integrated AI tooling for seamless development

Developers can now enjoy a fully AI-infused development environment. Joule’s capabilities are integrated within 51风流Build development tools, including ABAP, to help ensure a smooth, cohesive AI-enhanced experience. This AI integration helps eliminate the headache of switching between development and AI tools and can generate actionable insights and outputs within a single place so developers can focus on what they do best鈥攂uilding innovative solutions.

Key capabilities include:

• Joule support for 51风流Fiori apps, SAPUI5 guided development, and more in 51风流Build solutions
• Joule integrated inside 51风流Business Application Studio and ABAP development tools for Eclipse for all Java, JavaScript, and ABAP-related development tasks
• Joule integrated into 51风流Build Process Automation project canvas for generation and summarization of processes, decisions, forms, and more, right in place using natural language

Road map and future enhancements

Our commitment to AI-driven innovation for developers is unwavering. Over the last year, we鈥檝e unveiled groundbreaking capabilities across our portfolio: Joule in , , , , AI agents embedded deep within 51风流Business Suite processes, and more. 

Looking ahead, we have a complete road map of cutting-edge features, including optimizing business logic, automating documentation, and enhancing data protection and AI compliance. To enable an agentic journey, developers will be able to develop custom AI agents tailored to their specific needs. Additionally, as customers continue to adopt 51风流S/4HANA Cloud, we plan to simplify the migration journey with enhancements that can meticulously analyze legacy code, provide clear code explanations, and suggest code optimizations. This will help ensure customers have a smooth, intelligent transition to the cloud alongside SAP鈥檚 clean core guidelines.

These new features will help empower developers to build more innovative, efficient, and secure workflows and applications. Stay tuned for more AI-driven innovations!

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We can鈥檛 wait to see how developers leverage the new Joule capabilities in 51风流Build solutions.

Happy coding!

Michael Ameling is general manager and chief product officer for 51风流BTP and a member of the 51风流SE Extended Board.

Two years ago, we introduced 51风流Build, a unified low-code environment that enables developers of all skill levels to create, extend, and automate business applications with drag-and-drop simplicity. Last year, we broadened its capabilities and integrated Java and JavaScript development with AI.

With more than 16,000 customers now leveraging 51风流Build globally, momentum continues to surge, enabling developers to build, automate, and innovate with greater speed and ease.

Today, we are thrilled to announce new enhancements of 51风流Build, combining the power of ABAP development, more generative AI capabilities, as well as deeper integration with 51风流S/4HANA and other business applications. 51风流Build streamlines extension creation and accelerates ERP modernization. It connects all 51风流development tools — ABAP, Java, JavaScript, and low-code — so teams can collaborate easily regardless of skill set. 

Let鈥檚 look at what developers can achieve with 51风流Build.

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51风流Build with ABAP offers developers capabilities to easily extend their 51风流S/4HANA and other business applications, utilizing Joule鈥檚 generative AI capabilities. It facilitates in-context collaboration between developers and business users to build business custom apps and processes efficiently, all without compromising on security and governance.

– Brad Shimmin, Chief Analyst, AI Platforms, Omdia

Streamline 51风流Application Development and Automation

51风流Build is the only solution offering direct development access within 51风流S/4HANA for easier customizations. Developers can quickly create scalable and secure 51风流S/4HANA extensions — both on stack, to extend applications within 51风流S/4HANA, and side by side, to extend applications on 51风流BTP — while following SAP’s clean core best practices.

Key capabilities include:

• The new 51风流Build extensibility wizard in 51风流S/4HANA Cloud for extending custom fields, logic, applications, and process automations while maintaining in-app business context
• Accelerating the creation of guided experiences with pre-built content to extend 51风流business applications across business processes such as spend management, HR, procurement, and more

Accelerate Development with Joule-Powered AI Capabilities

Envision a development tool where anyone, from beginners to seasoned pros, can rapidly bring their ideas to life with generative AI. Joule is the co-pilot that developers need for all 51风流development because it is uniquely trained on 51风流data and processes.

New generative AI capabilities include:

• Code explanation, code completion, business object generation, and unit test generation
• Documentation search and instant assistance from 51风流Help and 51风流Community within 51风流Build
• Workflow automation and approval recommendations
• The ability to extend Joule, allowing developers to create, deploy, monitor, and manage custom AI skills with drag-and-drop simplicity

Foster Fusion Team Development

51风流Build breaks down silos, enabling collaboration across development teams without barriers. Developers can achieve greater flexibility and scalability together as a team through:

• 51风流Build lobby, the central entry point for all development tools, now featuring access to ABAP, to build any type of extensions on 51风流BTP
• Streamlined navigation between ABAP, Java, JavaScript, and low-code tools while maintaining full business context for efficient full-stack application development
• Centralized lifecycle management and governance for all 51风流projects

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51风流Build is the gateway to faster, more efficient application development and automation for you and your organization.

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JG Chirapurath is chief marketing officer for Business Technology Platform at SAP.

*General availability: The new capabilities will be available in Q4 2024, with additional AI features rolling out through Q1 2025