A SAP It is open to the possibility of using artificial intelligence models of Chinese companies such as DeepSeek if they meet certain costs of cost, reliability and data privacy, according to German Company Software Company Director, Dominik Asam.
On Monday (27), it shook global markets after revealing that it developed AI models that almost equal to those of US competitors, despite using less advanced chips, raising doubts about the need to spend large sums on advanced equipment Provided by the American Nvidia (NVDA) and other technology giants to train AI models.
In an interview, Asam said SAP, one of Europe’s largest technology companies, could join Chinese AI models if they meet certain requirements. According to him, AI in a context “business-to-business”Needs to solve problems and boost recipes.
“From this perspective, anything that can also reduce costs is useful,” said Asam.
However, technology also needs to be reliable and responsible, as there are data privacy laws that SAP has to comply, he added, warning that “this can be a little complicated with Chinese products.”
SAP ended 2024 with net income of 5.28 billion euros by 2024, 22% higher than the previous year, according to a balance released on Tuesday, 28.
