SAP Acquires Reltio to Make Enterprise Data AI-Ready — Master Data Management as Foundation for Agentic AI

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SAP announced March 27 it will acquire Reltio, a leading master data management provider, to integrate into SAP Business Data Cloud. The strategic thesis: AI agents need trusted, context-rich master data across SAP and non-SAP systems to function, and Reltio governs and exposes that data. This positions master data management as the foundation layer for enterprise agentic AI — not a back-office function but the critical data quality prerequisite. Transaction closes Q2-Q3 2026, terms undisclosed.