SAP announced expansion of its artificial intelligence (AI) and development capabilities on Tuesday, introducing tools to help developers transform business data into AI applications while pledging to train 12 million people worldwide in AI skills by 2030.
The enterprise software giant said SAP Build, its flagship application development platform, now lets developers work with preferred tools and frameworks. The updates include new local Model Context Protocols (MCP) for agentic development and a Visual Studio Code extension that brings SAP Build capabilities directly into developers’ workflows.
A cornerstone of SAP’s announcement is new features for its SAP Business Data Cloud ecosystem, highlighted by a new partnership with Snowflake Inc. The collaboration enables seamless, zero-copy data sharing while maintaining governance and business context, giving SAP customers access to Snowflake’s managed data and AI capabilities. SAP is also broadening its Connect partnerships to include additional platforms alongside existing integrations with Databricks Inc. and Google Cloud.
“SAP’s announcements today give developers the tools they need to deliver at the speed of AI,” said Muhammad Alam, a member of SAP’s Executive Board. “Innovations across SAP’s unique flywheel of applications, data and AI put developers in the driver’s seat – where they belong.”
SAP-RPT-1, the company’s first enterprise relational foundation model, predicts business outcomes such as delivery delays, payment risks, and sales order completion. A free public demonstration was launched this week.
The company is also expanding Joule, its AI assistant platform, with new capabilities for developers to build and customize agentic AI. Joule Studio now offers agent-building tools that allow customers to extend ready-to-use agents or create new ones grounded in SAP business data. New AI assistants help coordinate multiple agents across workflows and departments, with specialized assistants for technical users, including one focused on business process analysis.
Additional developer tools include a knowledge graph generator for SAP HANA Cloud that automatically maps database relationships, and the Data Product Studio application, which transforms raw data into ready-to-use assets for analytics and AI development.
SAP’s commitment to training 12 million people in AI skills by 2030, delivered through a partnership with online learning platform Coursera, reflects the company’s recognition that AI transformation extends beyond technology to workforce development.
