Virgil AI, a startup founded in 2025, has introduced Virgil for SAP, an AI-powered sales copilot tailored for SAP partner teams. The tool ingests RFPs and customer requirements, qualifies opportunities, maps needs to specific SAP products and modules, generates aligned responses, and stores knowledge for reuse across deals. Announced on January 20, 2026, from Greenwich, Connecticut, it targets value-added resellers, systems integrators, cloud service providers, and independent software vendors navigating complex SAP sales.
“SAP partner sales processes are complex, and the cost of inconsistency is real. Teams are expected to digest dense requirements, qualify with rigor, map to the right SAP offerings, and deliver responses that stand up to scrutiny, often under extreme time pressure,” said Gabe Maiolo, CEO of Virgil AI, in the launch press release distributed by Soo Evening News.
The product arrives as SAP’s mainstream maintenance for Business Suite 7 core applications ends December 31, 2027, with extended support optional through 2030 at a premium, per SAP’s support portal cited in the release. This compresses migration timelines, flooding partners with requirement-heavy RFPs demanding rapid, accurate mappings to S/4HANA and SaaS offerings.
SAP’s 2027 Pressure Cooker
SAP partner sales traditionally rely on fragmented knowledge in documents and inboxes, leading to inconsistent execution under tight deadlines. Virgil for SAP addresses this by creating repeatable systems that scale, preserving institutional knowledge for future deals. Trained on SAP Activate, PartnerEdge materials, and real SaaS sales playbooks, it assesses client-SAP fit, uncovers inefficiencies, and exports data in SAP-ready formats for commissions.
Mainstream support for earlier Business Suite 7 enhancement packages ends sooner—December 31, 2025, for ERP 6.0 without EHP6-8—intensifying urgency, as noted in analyses from SAPinsider. Partners face surging demand for modernization consultations, where Virgil accelerates qualification and response generation.
Gartner estimates 70% of Business Suite 7 users have yet to migrate to S/4HANA, driving record sales growth, according to SAP Community. Virgil positions partners to capitalize by streamlining these high-stakes opportunities.
Core Capabilities in Action
Key enables include RFP ingestion to cut manual effort, fit assessment for prioritization, direct mapping to SAP catalog items, production of grounded response content, and centralized deal tracking. “Virgil isn’t generic AI—it’s trained for SAP,” states the company’s site, Virgil AI, emphasizing diagnostics into persuasive presentations and pipeline dashboards.
Monty Goldberg, CTO of Virgil AI, explained: “We built Virgil for SAP around the operational bottlenecks partner teams run into every day. When intake, qualification, and SAP mapping become structured and reusable, teams gain speed without losing precision.” This captures learnings organization-wide, improving execution per deal, per the Columbia Daily Tribune release.
Virgil AI’s LinkedIn page, with 103 followers, highlights its focus on elevating sellers via reduced manual work and clearer visibility, as posted around the launch via LinkedIn.
Strategic Partnerships and Early Adoption
Virgil AI partners with Martin Stenzig, CEO of AlphaOak, a leading SAP Work and Asset Management consultancy, as advisor and first use case. AlphaOak integrates real workflows to refine the product in live environments. Stenzig’s expertise spans S/4HANA transitions and AI insights for utilities, per his LinkedIn profile.
Available immediately, SAP partners request demos at virgilai-app.com. The startup, with 2-10 employees, builds purpose-built copilots for enterprise sales, per LinkedIn. No pricing details surfaced, but emphasis falls on scaling complex processes.
As SAP pushes Joule copilot expansions and Microsoft integrations, third-party tools like Virgil fill partner-specific gaps, enabling faster wins amid ecosystem shifts.
Positioning Against Enterprise AI Trends
Virgil differentiates from broad tools like SAP’s Joule or Microsoft Copilot by specializing in partner sales execution—precise catalog mapping over general assistance. Amid SAP’s AI drive, including NVIDIA collaborations for generative capabilities, partners seek edges in competitive migrations.
Early LinkedIn posts promote 15-minute demos for opportunity qualification and deck generation. With no X buzz detected, the launch remains niche, fitting a targeted B2B play for mid-market SAP resellers.
For industry insiders, Virgil for SAP exemplifies vertical AI copilots tackling domain pain—here, the 2027 crunch—offering partners a system to handle volume without sacrificing accuracy.
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