With Agentic AI, ABAP Takes Evolution to the Next Level
SAP, Tuesday, August 18th, 2026
SAP's head of the ABAP platform explains what AI agents writing and translating code mean for ABAP.
SAP interviewed Sonja Lienard, head of the ABAP platform, on what agentic AI means for the ABAP programming language and platform.
AI agents are now writing code and translating legacy applications for use in the SAP cloud. That changes both the volume of ABAP being produced and who produces it.
Lienard explains what this means for the language's evolution and for the developers who work in it. The piece addresses SAP customers with large existing ABAP estates facing modernization decisions.