SAP has wrapped up 2025 with a major update to its Business AI portfolio, doubling down on practical, enterprise-ready use cases rather than experimental tools.
The Q4 2025 release introduces new AI models, expanded sovereign cloud options, and deeper AI integration across core business functions — from finance and supply chain to HR, procurement, and IT.
At the centre of the update is SAP-RPT-1, a new AI model built specifically for structured business data. Unlike large language models, SAP-RPT-1 works directly with tables and relational datasets, allowing companies to run predictive tasks faster, with lower energy use and without managing multiple specialist models.
SAP also unveiled its EU AI Cloud, a full-stack sovereign cloud offering designed to meet European data residency and regulatory requirements. The move is aimed squarely at enterprises and public sector organisations that want access to advanced AI while keeping full control over where data and workloads sit.
On the data side, SAP announced SAP Snowflake, a partnership that enables real-time, zero-copy data sharing between Snowflake and SAP Business Data Cloud. General availability is planned for early 2026.
Meanwhile, Joule, SAP’s AI copilot, is now more deeply embedded across products and workflows. A new bidirectional integration with Microsoft 365 Copilot brings SAP insights directly into everyday work tools, while new analytics and preview environments give IT teams more visibility and control over AI adoption.
Across the platform, SAP has added hundreds of new AI features and agents, automating tasks such as period-end close in finance, production order checks in manufacturing, performance reviews in HR, and demand intake in procurement.
The message from SAP is clear: enterprise AI needs to be faster, more compliant, and tightly woven into how businesses already operate — and Q4 2025 is a step towards making that the default, not the exception.
