# Nova Intelligence

> Nova Intelligence builds an agentic AI platform purpose-built for SAP teams. Its AI agents analyze, document, modernize, and generate the custom code that runs payroll, supply chains, and finance inside Fortune 500 systems, mapping legacy custom code to SAP standard to cut complexity and cost. Founded in 2024 by a Google DeepMind researcher, a repeat founder, and the co-inventor of SAP HANA, Nova targets the roughly $89 billion S/4HANA migration wave companies must complete by 2030. It has raised $40M total, including a $31.5M Series A led by Chemistry.

- **Founded:** 2024
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, United States
- **Founders:** Emma Qian (Co-founder & CEO (ex-Google DeepMind, Meta AI)), Samuel Yang (Co-founder & CTO (founder of Bloom, 2M+ users)), Prof. Dr. Alexander Zeier (Co-founder & Chief Scientist (co-inventor of SAP HANA, ex-CTO Accenture SAP Business Group))
- **Team size:** ~16-20 employees
- **Products:** Nova Agentic AI Platform for SAP, Custom Code Modernization, Fit-to-Standard & Clean Core Analysis, Documentation & Production Support
- **Notable:** Raised $40M total including a $31.5M Series A led by Chemistry (May 2026), Festo: reduced documentation time from 3 months to 1 day, with 5x+ productivity gains, KION Group: 400% improvement in production application performance

## Products & services

- **Nova Agentic AI Platform for SAP** — A multi-agent AI platform that analyzes SAP custom code and business requirements, maps custom code to SAP standard where possible, and supports design, development, testing, and operations across the SAP lifecycle.
- **Custom Code Modernization** — AI agents analyze, refactor, and generate ABAP and other SAP custom code to reduce technical debt and total cost of ownership during S/4HANA transformation.
- **Fit-to-Standard & Clean Core Analysis** — Automated functional design and fit-to-standard analysis that steers customers toward clean-core compliance rather than more custom development.
- **Documentation & Production Support** — AI-generated documentation and production issue resolution that compresses months of manual work into days for large SAP landscapes.

## Achievements

- Raised $40M total including a $31.5M Series A led by Chemistry (May 2026)
- Festo: reduced documentation time from 3 months to 1 day, with 5x+ productivity gains
- KION Group: 400% improvement in production application performance
- Kyndryl case study: 75% reduction in manual effort and 50% cost reduction on SAP modernization
- Listed as an official SAP AI partner via SAP.iO backing
- Founding team has led 150+ S/4HANA transformations and 500+ HANA projects

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — Announced $31.5M Series A led by Chemistry, bringing total funding to over $40M.
- **2025-08** — Announced strategic collaboration with Kyndryl to accelerate SAP transformation for customers.
- **2025-04** — Kyndryl case study published showing 75% reduction in manual effort and 50% cost reduction.

## Links

- Website: https://www.novaintelligence.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/novaintelligence

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Last updated: 2026-07-03