- SAP announces new developer tools and expanded openness.
- Deepened integrations with Google Cloud, Data Bricks, and Snowflake revealed.
- Introduction of a context-rich agentic platform and custom agent building tools.
- SAP RPT1, the first foundation model for structured business data, makes its debut.
At SAP TechEd 2025, SAP unveiled a suite of innovations designed to empower developers and transform business processes through advanced AI and agent technologies. The announcements focused on enhancing developer productivity, fostering an open ecosystem, and introducing a groundbreaking foundation model tailored for structured business data.
The conference highlighted SAP's commitment to providing developers with smarter tools, enabling them to achieve more, faster. A key theme was the continued expansion of SAP's openness, with new integrations and support for popular development environments. This includes the release of a VS Code extension for SAP Build, alongside broader compatibility with tools like Klein, Windsurf, Cursor, Cloud Code, and Open AI Codeex.
Significant strides in data connectivity were also announced, including the launch of SAP Business Data Cloud Connect for Data Bricks and Google Cloud. A major highlight was the new SAP Snowflake integration, which brings the full data and AI capabilities of Snowflake as a solution extension to SAP Business Data Cloud. These integrations underscore SAP's strategy to create a more interconnected and powerful data landscape for its users.
Further pushing the boundaries of enterprise technology, SAP introduced its vision for building the most context-rich agentic platform. The company is working on delivering a comprehensive set of out-of-the-box agents across its applications. For those requiring bespoke solutions, Agent Builder and Jewel Studio were presented as powerful tools for creating custom 'Jewel' agents, leveraging deep process and data context with both low-code and pro-code capabilities.
The most anticipated announcement was the debut of SAP RPT1, or Rapid One for short. This is the first foundation model specifically built for structured business data. Described as a relational pre-trained transformer, SAP RPT1 promises enterprise-grade accuracy and scalability, outperforming large language models and AutoML solutions for tabular data. This innovation is deemed critical for developing high-value agentic use cases within business applications, marking a significant leap in enterprise AI.
“Finally, we're really excited to announce the first foundation model built specifically for structured business data, SAP RPT1 or Rapid One for short. Our relational pre-trained transformer delivers enterprisegrade accuracy and scale outperforming both large language models in AutoML for tabular data which is critical for building high value agentic cases on business applications.”
