SAP hands AI product oversight to its CEO and COO in a reshuffle
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Putting AI product oversight directly under the CEO and COO — and doing a second reorg in one year to do it — is a clear signal that AI is now a board-level product question, not an R&D lane. If you’re a large vendor without similar executive ownership, expect customers to start asking who at the top signs off on your AI roadmap.
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