AI That Acts, Not Just Chats: The Integration Advantage | feat. Craig Stasila

About this episode

Niklas Siemer and Craig Stasila discuss the critical role of integration in enhancing the capabilities of AI agents in enterprise applications.

Niklas Siemer is joined by Craig Stasila, Senior Director of Product Marketing at SAP, to unpack how integration is the missing link powering the next generation of agentic AI. From the rise of autonomous agents to real-world enterprise applications, they explore why AI cannot deliver meaningful business value without strong integration foundations. You’ll hear how SAP Integration Suite, APIs, and event-driven architectures are evolving to make AI agents smarter, safer, and more connected than ever before. They also dive into the newly announced support for MCP in SAP Integration Suite, how it standardizes communication between AI agents and business systems, and what this means for developers and architects working to operationalize AI across the enterprise. Also in this episode: What “agentic AI” really is—and how it differs from chatbots or RPA. Why integration is the backbone of every AI system, connecting agents to real-world business data and actions through APIs. How SAP Integration Suite and event-driven architecture enable real-time data exchange, reliability, and secure AI access. How the Model Context Protocol (MCP) will shape the next generation of API and AI agent…

People in this episode

Host: Niklas Siemer

Guest: Craig Stasila

Topics covered

• agentic AI
• integration
• enterprise applications
• real-time data exchange
• AI agents
• APIs
• event-driven architecture

Keywords

• AI
• integration
• SAP Integration Suite
• MCP
• event-driven architecture
• business value
• real-world applications

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: SAP, SAP Integration Suite

Products: SAP Integration Suite, Model Context Protocol (MCP)

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