SAP has introduced the Autonomous Enterprise at its annual Sapphire 2026 conference in Orlando, presenting a unified platform for building and governing AI agents across core business workflows, alongside a €100 million fund to help partners deploy AI assistants and agents on SAP’s infrastructure.

The Autonomous Enterprise framework comprises three components: the SAP Business AI Platform for building and contextualising agents; the SAP Autonomous Suite, which runs agents capable of executing end-to-end business processes; and Joule Work, a new user interface that allows employees to describe a desired outcome in natural language and have Joule orchestrate the required workflows, data, and agents to deliver it.

More Than 50 Joule Assistants Across Business Functions

The SAP Autonomous Suite will deploy more than 50 domain-specific Joule Assistants across finance, supply chain, procurement, human capital management, and customer experience. These assistants orchestrate over 200 specialised agents for precise task execution. SAP highlighted its Autonomous Close Assistant as a concrete example — capable of compressing the financial close process from weeks to days by automating journal entries, reconciliation, and error resolution.

SAP also launched Industry AI, seven autonomous solutions targeting sector-specific operations. A pilot with European energy firm RWE demonstrated the capability: AI agents analysed data from past incidents to identify root causes and generate pre-filled work orders for offshore wind turbine maintenance, reducing unplanned downtime.

Deepening Partnerships with Anthropic, AWS, and NVIDIA

SAP confirmed a series of strategic partnerships supporting the new platform. Anthropic’s Claude has been included among the foundation models powering Joule agents across HR, procurement, and supply chain functions. Amazon Web Services will deliver zero-copy data integration between SAP Business Data Cloud and Amazon Athena, while NVIDIA’s OpenShell provides the secure runtime for Joule Studio. Google Cloud and Microsoft will enable bidirectional agent-to-agent interoperability with external frameworks.

“By uniting SAP Business AI Platform with SAP Autonomous Suite, we anchor AI agents in the business processes, data and governance so they can deliver accurate, compliant and secure outcomes, unlocking new sources of revenue and meaningful cost savings.”
— Christian Klein, CEO, SAP SE

The €100 million partner fund is available to firms deploying SAP-built assistants or building new agents using Joule Studio. SAP’s RISE and GROW customer programmes have also been enhanced to accelerate AI adoption, with activated Joule Assistants included in both offerings from onboarding or within the first year.