SAP CEO: AI Won't Kill Software, But It Will Change Your Job — With Christian Klein
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SAP CEO: AI Won't Kill Software, But It Will Change Your Job — With Christian Klein

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 30, 20261 hr 1 min

Christian Klein is CEO of SAP. Klein joins Big Technology to discuss whether the Saaspocalypse is over and how AI is reshaping the future of enterprise software. Tune in to hear why he believes AI could soon become reliable enough to handle mission-critical business tasks and why SAP still has a moat as models get smarter. We also cover job displacement, reskilling, token spending, cheaper AI models, cybersecurity, and Europe’s tech regulation. Hit play for a wide-ranging conversation about what happens to software when AI gets good enough to run more of the business itself. --- ...

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Now that this has popped clips is over or paused, software is booming. What's happening? Let's talk about it with the CEO of Europe's largest software company right after this.

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This episode is brought to you by Genesis. What does it actually take to put a Gentec AI to work across an entire enterprise? I recently spoke with Genesis chairman and CEO Tony Bates about why orchestration is emerging as a competitive advantage in customer

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experience and what companies need to get right in the AI era. Then, I sat down with Adam Mitchell, head of enterprise business solutions at Voya Financial, to go inside a large-scale agentic CX transformation, including the business decisions, trade-offs, and lessons along the way.

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