Autonomous Enterprise

SAP SE

Autonomous Enterprise is SAP’s podcast on how Business AI is reshaping enterprise operations. Through direct conversations with leaders, customers, and experts, the series explores how companies turn data into decisions, automation, and measurable business outcomes.

Episodes

  1. 5d ago

    Inside Uniper: On the Path to the Autonomous Enterprise with Achim Löbke

    A look inside Uniper: Achim Löbke, Head of Digital Enablement & Automation, joins Julia Kloppenburg and Benedikt Gieger on enablement as the foundation for the autonomous enterprise and the shift toward AI agents. Achim Löbke, Head of Digital Enablement & Automation at Uniper, joins Julia Kloppenburg and Benedikt Gieger to discuss together how the energy company is approaching the autonomous enterprise. They talk through Uniper's perspective on enablement as the foundation: bringing people along, driving digital transformation toward autonomous AI agents, and pairing automation with the enablement it takes to give end users seamless support as agents move into everyday operations.

  2. Jul 6

    Autonomous Domain Blueprints

    Stephan Klein talks about what it takes to move from AI enablement to real transformation in the enterprise, and what autonomous domain blueprints mean in practice. In this episode, Julia Kloppenburg and Benedikt Gieger talk with Stephan Klein, Chief Business and Delivery Officer for Customer Engagement and Adoption at SAP. Stephan supports the Agentic AI Zone initiative. In this conversation, they dig into what good delivery actually looks like today, why enablement and transformation are not the same thing, and where most organisations get stuck when trying to move forward with AI. They also talk about what it means to shift from human-centric workflows to machine-centric process design, and why that mindset shift is harder than most teams expect. The episode also touches on where enterprise AI is heading: from assistants to agents to fully autonomous business domains, and what that means for how organisations will operate in the next few years.

  3. Jun 29

    Agent-Led Transformation on the Path to the Autonomous Enterprise with Augusta Spinelli

    Augusta Spinelli, SAP's President for Europe, Middle East and Africa, joins Julia Kloppenburg and Benedikt Gieger on the two paths to the autonomous enterprise: RISE with SAP and SAP Grow, agent-led transformation, and moving from ambition to execution. Augusta Spinelli joins Julia Kloppenburg and Benedikt Gieger to unpack the two paths to the autonomous enterprise: RISE with SAP for established enterprises and SAP Grow for fast-scaling companies, both leading to a modern, AI-enabled cloud ERP. Augusta explains what the autonomous enterprise means in practice, the role of clean core, and the new agent-led toolchain in RISE that embeds AI directly into the transformation. She also covers how eligible customers can bring Joule assistants and agents to their on-prem systems during the hybrid transition, the four pillars of SAP Grow, and the one thing leaders need to get right: building a solid data and process foundation.

  4. Jun 22

    Inside the Business AI Platform with Michael Ameling

    Michael Ameling, President of the SAP Business AI Platform, joins Julia Kloppenburg and Benedikt Gieger on why enterprise AI just changed: one unified platform to build, run, and govern agents at scale, grounded in 50 years of SAP process expertise. Michael Ameling joins Julia Kloppenburg and Benedikt Gieger to unpack the new SAP Business AI Platform: SAP's shift from single AI features to one unified platform for building, running, and governing agents at enterprise scale. Michael covers how the SAP Knowledge Graph and SAP RPT-1 ground agents in real business context, the three pillars of Build, Contextualize and Reason, and Govern, and how Joule Studio, the SAP Integration Suite, and the SAP AI Agent Hub work together. He also explains how SAP combines its own domain models with frontier models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Mistral through the Generative AI Hub.

  5. Jun 15

    Building the Autonomous Suite from the Inside Out with Manoj Swaminathan

    Manoj Swaminathan joins Julia Kloppenburg and Benedikt Gieger to break down SAP's Autonomous Suite, what it is, how it works, and why it changes everything for enterprise AI. What does it actually mean for an enterprise to run autonomously? In Episode 3 of the Autonomes Enterprise Podcast, Julia Kloppenburg and Benedikt Gieger sit down with Manoj Swaminathan, one of SAP's leading voices on AI and the Autonomous Suite, to answer exactly that question. Manoj walks us through the vision behind the Autonomous Suite, how SAP is moving beyond automation into truly autonomous systems that can reason, decide, and act. He explains how Joule and Agentic AI fit into the bigger picture, and what this shift means for IT leaders and business users alike. Together, they dig into real-world applications, the readiness of enterprises to embrace autonomy, and what separates organizations that are thriving in this new era from those still catching up. A must-listen for anyone building, buying, or curious about the next generation of enterprise software.

  6. Jun 8

    Understanding Autonomous Enterprise from the Ground Up with Ferose V R

    Ferose V R, breaks down the Autonomous Enterprise concept from its foundations—explaining how AI agents transform work, what it means for people, and why humanity must stay at the center. In this foundational episode, Julia and Benedikt welcome Ferose V R to break down the Autonomous Enterprise concept from the ground up. With so many years at SAP and teaching experience at Columbia University, Ferose explains how enterprise software is fundamentally shifting—from humans adapting to software, to software adapting to humans through AI agents that understand intent and orchestrate across systems. He illustrates this transformation with concrete examples, showing how multiple AI agents collaborate behind a single prompt. Ferose addresses the real fears around job transformation, emphasizing how work evolves from being operators of processes to orchestrators of outcomes. He shares why leaders must communicate with honesty, humanity and clarity, and explains the essential skills needed: systems thinking, comfort with ambiguity, and lifelong learning. This episode establishes the core concepts and human-centered philosophy that will guide the entire podcast series.

  7. Jun 1

    From the Boardroom to the Customers: An introduction from Peter Maier

    At SAPPHIRE, Christian Klein presented the Autonomous Enterprise as a central part of SAP’s strategy. In this episode, Peter Maier explains how governed Business AI turns enterprise data into decisions, automation, and verifiable business results. In this kickoff episode of the “Autonomous Enterprise” podcast, hosts Julia Kloppenburg and Benedikt Gieger speak with Peter Maier, who leads Strategic Customer Engagements for SAP’s CEO. They discuss how the Autonomous Enterprise is becoming a concrete operating model for leading companies, built on enterprise‑grade, governed Business AI embedded in ERP. Peter shares key observations from SAPPHIRE in Orlando and Madrid, where board and C‑level discussions shifted from testing AI in pilots to scaling it into production for measurable outcomes. The conversation focuses on three core dimensions: business value beyond token consumption, better predictability based on trusted business data, and the ability to scale AI agents from a single use case to end‑to‑end processes. They also address governance, auditability, and change management so organizations can stand behind every AI‑driven decision. The episode closes with a clear recommendation for executives: start with one critical, traceable process, validate the impact, and then expand the autonomous enterprise step by step.

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Autonomous Enterprise is SAP’s podcast on how Business AI is reshaping enterprise operations. Through direct conversations with leaders, customers, and experts, the series explores how companies turn data into decisions, automation, and measurable business outcomes.

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