SAP NOW AI Tour: Data + AI+ Platform: SAP and Databricks Open a Bold New Era of Data + AI

In this session, Charles Sutikno (Senior Manager of Field Engineering, Databricks) demonstrated how the partnership between SAP and Databricks is transforming data and AI. Building on Kunnal Khanna’s earlier demo, Sutikno introduced Databricks’ Lakehouse architecture and its role in unifying fragmented data ecosystems. Key takeaways included Databricks’ pioneering work in open-source technologies like Apache Spark, Delta Lake, MLflow, and Unity Catalogue, which delivers unified governance, metadata management, and secure access across the data stack. The integration of SAP BDC with Databricks allows organisations to merge SAP and non-SAP data, powering advanced analytics, generative AI, and scalable AI evaluations with MLflow to ensure accuracy and trust. Together, SAP and Databricks open a bold new era of bidirectional data sharing, empowering organisations to innovate with AI at scale and unlock new business opportunities.