Snowflake and SAP SE have announced a new partnership to integrate Snowflake’s AI Data Cloud with the SAP Business Data Cloud (SAP BDC). This collaboration aims to provide organizations with access to semantically rich data, supporting the development of artificial intelligence applications that can help accelerate business outcomes.
The companies will offer a new solution called SAP Snowflake, which will be available as an extension for SAP BDC customers. This product combines SAP’s expertise in business processes and data management with Snowflake’s platform for building AI and machine learning solutions. The integration also includes zero-copy sharing between SAP BDC and Snowflake, allowing customers to share data across platforms without duplication.
Christian Kleinerman, Executive Vice President of Product at Snowflake, said: “By tightly integrating SAP and Snowflake, we’re making it simple for enterprises to connect their critical business data with its rich context in SAP with the power of seamless AI app and data agent development at scale in Snowflake. Enterprises can now innovate faster with Snowflake and SAP BDC and seamlessly share data between the platforms—zero-copy and fully governed.”
With this integration, customers are expected to benefit from more openness and choice when working within the SAP ecosystem. They can use both systems together for cloud-scale computing, storage options, analytics, marketplace access, and collaborative features. The partnership enables bidirectional zero-copy access so teams can work on real-time data within a unified governance framework.
Irfan Khan, President and Chief Product Officer for SAP Data and Analytics at SAP SE, commented: “Bringing Snowflake to SAP Business Data Cloud empowers our customers with openness and choice. Together, we combine SAP’s decades of leadership in mission-critical business applications with Snowflake’s modern data platform to deliver a unified, enterprise-ready, and SAP-supported experience that extends the value of business data across the entire ecosystem.”
The new offering is designed to help organizations unify their data landscape by integrating both SAP and non-SAP sources. It supports advanced modeling capabilities for analytics as well as machine learning workflows across enterprises. The system also simplifies AI governance while helping build intelligent applications grounded in trusted business information.
AstraZeneca is among several large organizations already using solutions from both companies. Russell Smith, Vice President of ERP Transformation Technology at AstraZeneca stated: “AstraZeneca is constantly pushing the boundaries of science and is pioneering in life-changing medicines. Data and AI are central to achieving this aim, and our close collaboration with SAP and Snowflake compliments our ability to access, process and analyze real-time data. This announcement will accelerate our mission and recognizes that every minute matters to make breakthroughs for patients.”
In addition to the main solution extension (SAP Snowflake), there will be an additional capability called SAP Business Data Cloud Connect for Snowflake enabling further integration through bidirectional zero-copy sharing.
SAP plans general availability of these offerings beginning in Q1 2026 for the main solution extension (SAP Snowflake) while BDC Connect for Snowflake is planned for H1 2026.
For more information about these products or partnership details:
– Visit www.sap.com
– Learn more about the power of SAP Business Data Cloud
– See partner updates on the official partner page or Snowflake’s blog
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