Google Cloud and SAP unveil blueprint for the Agentic Enterprise

Google Cloud and SAP are deepening their partnership, working together to embed Gemini AI directly into the core business processes of the world's largest enterprises. A new foundation for AI: Today at Google Cloud Next '26, we are joining SAP to showcase the latest breakthroughs for the Agentic Enterprise from our ongoing partnership . These include the Unified Data Foundation , which integrates SAP and non-SAP data into a bi-directional source of truth, transforming routine cloud modernization into a strategic engine for data-driven value. Our new zero-copy data sharing capabilities further simplify architectures by removing the friction of data movement, ensuring the high-fidelity data access and real-time reliability essential for building mission-critical AI workloads. We’re also supporting new capabilities in the SAP Engagement Cloud to deliver the latest in AI creation, ideation, and learning tools. These platforms are available not only to SAP employees but also as an offering for SAP’s own customers. This suite of AI tools will help drive agentic understanding and adoption across the enterprise. Why it matters: This shift closes the gap between data storage and AI innovation. It empowers organizations to move from simply managing infrastructure and start deploying intelligent agents that can autonomously execute complex, multi-step tasks. The Unified Data Foundation in particular offers not only valuable insights for existing workflows but also helps power the outputs of AI tools and agentic workflows. The big picture: The deepening partnership is already transforming how SAP delivers value to its own customers. Driven by an internal mandate to maintain market relevance and build a competitive advantage, SAP's Engagement Cloud division partnered with Google Cloud to build next-generation agentic solutions. These include agents for dynamic content development, generation of marketing briefs and visual concepts, and collaborative multi-agent execution. What they're saying: “Agentic AI only creates value when it’s grounded in trusted data and directly connected to execution, which is what makes our partnership with Google Cloud so exciting for businesses. By embedding generative and agentic intelligence directly in Engagement Cloud, Google and SAP are giving marketing teams a practical way to turn real-time intelligence into meaningful customer interactions.” – Joanna Milliken , Head of Engagement Cloud, SAP What's new: The zero-copy revolution: SAP BDC Connect for BigQuery delivers bidirectional, zero-copy data sharing. You can unify your entire data footprint without moving or duplicating massive datasets. Cortex Framework: New solution accelerators embed rich metadata directly into BigQuery. This grounds Gemini agents in an accurate enterprise context, heavily mitigating AI hallucination risks. Elevated 99.95% SLA: An industry-leading uptime guarantee for RISE with SAP on Google Cloud, driven by AI-powered predictive outage prevention. SAP Sovereign on Google Cloud: Customers with strict data residency mandates can now run SAP's S/4HANA Private Cloud Edition directly on Google's sovereign infrastructure. By the numbers: Customers can achieve up to a 54% lower total cost of ownership (TCO) for data analytics. Hosting SAP workloads on Google's energy-efficient public cloud also instantly accelerates corporate ESG targets. What's next: SAP BDC Connect for BigQuery will soon be available in select data centers, with broader availability in the second half of 2026. Go deeper: Build a unified, zero-copy data foundation Modernize core operations with RISE with SAP