A steady stream of ERP innovations from SAP SAP Cloud ERP, Joule and Agentic AI, quantum computing Over the past 24 months, the Walldorf-based software group SAP, under the leadership of CEO Christian Klein, has performed a breathless and panic-driven U-turn in order not to lose touch with the fast-paced age of artificial intelligence. Driven by the existential fear of the financial markets that the classic ERP business could become obsolete due to autonomous AI agents, SAP buried the North Star architecture that had only recently been propagated and proclaimed the new target image of the „Autonomous Enterprise“. A critical look at the innovation and acquisition strategy reveals that SAP is heavily reliant on inorganic growth through acquisitions worth billions and an extensive cooperation network due to a lack of its own fundamental AI core competencies. In order to create the urgently needed database for future AI agents, SAP acquired the data specialists Dremio and Reltio in recent months, whose technologies are intended to help query and harmonize data from a wide variety of systems without prior copying. At the same time, the Group bought the Freiburg-based start-up Prior Labs to build a world-leading AI lab and develop spreadsheet models for business applications. This massive purchasing spree was supplemented by the more recent acquisitions of LeanIX for enterprise architecture management, WalkMe to provide a digital adoption platform and SmartRecruiters to expand its own HR management in the SuccessFactors environment with AI-supported recruiting. Missing LLM but n8n, Parloa and SAP Joule Studio As SAP does not develop its own basic models (large language models) such as OpenAI, the Group instead integrates technology from third-party providers and strategically invests in agile start-ups. Recent investments in the millions were made in the Berlin-based automation start-up n8n, whose platform will be integrated into the