"Our long-term vision is to make BTP the Al-native foundation"

Dr Michael Ameling, President and Chief Product Officer of SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP), leads its global platform strategy, overseeing security, reliability, and user experience across SAP Build, SAP Integration Suite, SAP HANA Cloud, and the SAP BTP ABAP environment.

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With nearly two decades at SAP—spanning roles from Research Associate to Managing Director of SAP Labs Dresden—he has built a reputation for bridging software architecture and enterprise innovation. His work centres on making SAP BTP the trusted digital foundation for customers worldwide, enabling seamless integration, governed low-code development, and generative AIdriven intelligence across industries.

In an in-depth conversation with shubhendu Parth, he discussed how SAP BTP is evolving into the AI-native backbone of enterprise software. He shared insights into SAP’s multi-model AI strategy, the rise of agentic AI, governance for low-code and AI development, and the complexities of operating in hybrid multi-cloud environments. He also outlined how partnerships with NVIDIA, Google, and Databricks are shaping SAP’s next-generation ecosystem, and why India—home to SAP’s largest R&D expansion—is emerging as a critical innovation hub driving global advances in AI, data, and cloud technologies. Excerpt:

SAP’s Business Technology Platform underpins data and integration across all applications. How are customers in the Asia Pacific using it to modernise and extend their core systems?

SAP's Business Technology Platform, or BTP, is the technology foundation that unifies and extends our enterprise applications. It provides essential services, including identity and access management, audit logging, master data integration, and persistence, through SAP HANA Cloud and ABAP environments.

AI is reshaping enterprise software. What is SAP’s AI strategy for BTP, and what long-term vision are you pursuing?