MoneyThe story, in brief
SAP is Targeting the AI Data Control Plane
SAP's planned Dremio and Prior Labs acquisitions signal a $2B+ bet on becoming the AI data control plane for enterprises moving beyond copilots.
The KeyNews take
Why it matters
As enterprises shift from copilot experiments to production agentic AI, data governance and activation—not model selection—becomes the constraint. SAP is acquiring its way into the data control plane to lock in its installed base.
The key facts
6 to knowSAP acquiring Dremio and Prior Labs
Strategic positioning around AI data control plane
Target use case: governed activation of business data for agentic workflows
Unification of SAP and non-SAP data sources
Embedded structured decision intelligence in operational workflows
Focus on SAP-centric customer acceleration
Go to the source
Forrester Blogforrester.com
Publisher excerpt: As enterprises move from copilots to agentic AI, they are no longer constrained by model selection, but rather they are limited by governed activation of business data. SAP’s planned acquisitions of Dremio and Prior Labs signal an effort to position SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC) as an AI data…