SAP’s biggest AI bet yet: Agents that execute, not just assist

At Sapphire 2026, SAP unveiled what it calls the “Autonomous Enterprise:” a sweeping vision in which AI agents don’t just assist workers, but execute business processes themselves. “We’re building nothing less than a new SAP,” CEO Christian Klein told attendees in Orlando, Florida. The company, he said, is “becoming a business AI company.” The centerpiece is the SAP Autonomous Suite, which deploys more than 50 domain-specific SAP Joule AI assistants across finance, supply chain, procurement, HR,