Accelerating the Agentic AI Revolution with Michael Pytel, Technology Leader & Director of VASS

This week on Tech Can’t Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Michael Pytel, Technology Leader & Director of VASS, a global digital transformation group of nearly 5,000 experts operating across 26 countries, built to help large organisations simplify complexity and turn technology into measurable business impact. Through its THINK – BUILD – SCALE approach and partnerships with both SAP and Google Cloud, VASS is assembling the intelligent ERP layer that moves enterprises past simple automation and into genuinely agentic operations.

They discuss where the real line sits between a traditional ERP system and what Michael describes as an intelligent ERP, and why the enterprise conversation has moved on from automation. He explains how VASS is building agentic AI for functions like procurement and inventory  systems designed to work alongside people as trusted teammates rather than sit behind them as tools. Michael also unpacks how the connection between SAP Business Data Cloud and Google BigQuery helps break down the data silos that have quietly capped what enterprise AI can actually deliver.

The conversation covers the VASS@1BILLION strategy and what it takes to reach €1 billion in revenue by 2028: eleven acquisitions including Zington, Intelygenz and Movetia to bring under one culture and technical vision, a North American expansion where SAP Business AI adoption looks different again, and the balance between funding AI research and delivering long-term value. Michael also shares the lessons of more than 25 years in the SAP ecosystem , co-founding NIMBL and then moving from startup founder to intrapreneur inside a global group, authoring books on SAP HANA and SAP Fiori security, and why that technical depth makes him both an advocate for and a sceptic of low-code AI tooling.

Find more about VASS here: https://vasscompany.com/
Follow Michael Pytel here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelpytel/