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ERP systems captured transactions. Enterprise Operating Platforms will learn context and orchestrate decisions. That is the shift SAP signaled at Sapphire 2026 with the Autonomous Enterprise: a model where humans set intent and AI agents execute work across functions, grounded in enterprise context and governance. For leaders, the harder work starts now: clean core, data quality, process redesign, controls, governance, and clarity on which decisions AI can make, which require human approval, and which must remain human-owned. Models will keep improving. But in the enterprise, context may be the real advantage. The winners will be the companies that can answer, for every agentic decision: who designed it, what evidence does it run on, and who is accountable when it goes wrong? Read more: https://bit.ly/4uNmjuo Authors: Ameer Ali, Jeff Greer, Neha Wahi, and Max K.