1,000 AI Agents by SAP TechEd: SAP and Partners Accelerate Together
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When SAP issued a challenge to its partner ecosystem ahead of SAP Sapphire in 2026, it set an ambitious goal: 100 to 200 partner-built AI agents before the event opened its doors. What happened next surprised everyone. By the time SAP Sapphire kicked off in May, partners had delivered over 680 agents built on SAP Business AI Platform - more than triple the original target. For SAP Chief Partner Officer Karl Fahrbach, the number was not just a data point. It was a signal. “That talks about the power of the ecosystem,” he said. That momentum is now being channeled into the next challenge. SAP has since raised the bar, setting a new target of 1,000 partner-built agents ahead of SAP TechEd. This time, building an agent is not enough. The focus is to deploy partner AI agents at SAP customers, providing them real business value with measurable business outcomes. Behind this fundamental change, SAP is challenging traditional notions of growth and redefining the path to partner success. For years, the dominant metric was transactional: how much did a partner sell, how many projects did they deliver. That model, Fahrbach said, is no longer sufficient: “We need to start measuring the partners on real customer outcomes, not how many projects they deliver, but what the customer has really achieved: cost savings, top-line growth, or process efficiency.” This reflects a broader change in...
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SAP is also providing free access to the new Joule Studio solution for the SAP Early Adopter Care program customers through the end of 2026.
