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SAP targets efficiency gains above €2 billion with cheaper AI
The software company is changing models in some products while expecting its overall AI spending to rise as adoption expands.
SAP is replacing costly artificial intelligence models in some products with cheaper options and expects the changes to deliver efficiency gains exceeding €2 billion over the next two years, it said on October 28.
Chief Financial Officer Dominik Asam said an internal consulting assistant was among the products affected. Less costly models have taken the place of some of the most expensive ones where they could still perform well. SAP's selection spans more than 70 models, with OpenAI, Anthropic and Google among the suppliers.
Asam said SAP increasingly picks models on cost, provided they meet the standard needed for a task. The company nevertheless anticipates higher AI expenditure as adoption increases. SAP said it wants to preserve healthy margins as it scales, rather than reduce spending outright.
SAP bills for tasks completed instead of the computing resources consumed in producing responses, allowing operating savings to support profitability. Asam also said model origin is drawing greater customer scrutiny: government agencies and regulated businesses increasingly exclude models on that basis, while European customers are seeking more local options.