‘SAP to hire more AI talent in India’: Philipp Herzig, CTO, SAP
Software firm SAP has unveiled a clear strategy around AI, launching more than 200 specialised AI agents and 50-plus assistants that enable companies to use these agents for executing processes autonomously, at its flagship event SAP Sapphire 2026 in Orlando, the US. In an interview with Manu Kaushik, SAP Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Philipp Herzig talks about a broad range of issues, including the rise of AI and its impact on the global job scenario, and India’s AI capabilities. Excerpts:
