SAP reaffirms AI commitment with S$12m Singapore investment
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⇨ SAP is expanding its Digital Innovation Accelerator in Singapore with a S$12m investment, focusing on practical AI applications in sectors like advanced manufacturing, financial services, and logistics.
⇨ The expansion emphasises collaboration with industry leaders and aims to create unique AI use cases while also prioritising sustainability initiatives to enhance environmental monitoring and optimise supply chains.
⇨ SAP's commitment to Business AI in the Asia Pacific region is strengthened by its historical partnerships and investments, contributing to Singapore's digital ecosystem and aligning with national strategies for AI and sustainability.
Building on its almost S$300m commitment to developing Business AI and other deep tech in Singapore, SAP recently announced the expansion of its Digital Innovation Accelerator. Supported by the Digital Industry Singapore (DISG), SAP will invest S$12m in the Singapore-based Digital Innovation Accelerator which was first launched in 2019.
This expansion aims to develop practical applications of AI in industry-specific scenarios, beginning with advanced manufacturing, financial services and travel and logistics services. This investment reaffirms the tech giant’s commitment to Business AI, as SAP establish Southeast Asia’s first SAP labs in 2022 and Asia’s first innovation center for experience management (XM) in 2023.
SAP Business AI is built into the SAP applications that power business processes for customers across Asia Pacific and Japan, comprising a range of AI innovations created using responsible AI practices.
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Eileen Chua, SAP Singapore Managing Director, said, “Singapore is significantly investing to future-proof its citizens and businesses through initiatives like the National AI Strategy, workforce development programs like SkillsFuture and its Net Zero ambitions. SAP’s vision to boost local research and innovation will only strengthen the ongoing mission to sharpen Singapore organizations’ competitive advantage on the global stage.”
The expanded SAP Digital Innovation Accelerator will see industry leaders work alongside a dedicated team of SAP business architects, data experts and developers to curate unique AI use cases tailored specifically to their businesses.
The Accelerator team will have an additional focus on sustainability, which aims to create positive climate action outcomes using AI and SAP’s sustainability solutions to enhance environmental monitoring, reporting and optimize supply chains.
“Over the past five years, we’ve co-developed solutions with more than 80 Singapore enterprises, achieving tangible impact in their business processes and international growth,” Chua added.
Commenting on the expansion, Philbert Gomez, executive director and head, digital industry Singapore (DISG), said: “SAP has been a longstanding partner in developing Singapore’s digital ecosystem. The DISG supports the adoption of AI across industries to increase the competitiveness of businesses. We are delighted to partner with SAP in the expansion of its Digital Innovation Accelerator, which will work with industry leaders to develop, prototype and scale AI solutions to advance their sustainability goals from Singapore.”
Customers in the APAC region looking to explore the benefits of Business AI can join Mastering SAP at its Collaborate event in Singapore, 2025. This two-day event explores SAP solutions that can help to boost operations in finance, tech, security, data and analytics, Cloud and more. Learn from experts in the SAP landscape and explore customer case studies, detailed roadmaps and demos provided by local and global thought leaders.
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