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  1. SAP is focusing on six key technology areas that will shape enterprise software in the next five to ten years: the future of AI, data, user experience, robotics and physical AI, quantum computing, and cloud architecture.

SAP’s current Business AI strategy centers on the Autonomous Enterprise, Joule Studio, and AI agents embedded into business processes. But inside SAP Labs US, the research agenda is already looking further ahead.

During an interview at this year’s SAP Sapphire in Orlando, Yaad Oren, Global Head of Research & Innovation and Managing Director of SAP Labs US, outlined six technology areas SAP believes could shape enterprise software over the next five to ten years: future AI architectures, data, user experience, physical AI and robotics, quantum computing, and cloud architecture.

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For the full Q&A with Yaad Oren on SAP’s research agenda, agent governance, physical AI, quantum computing, and the future of enterprise software, read the interview on ERP Today.

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