n8n embedded in SAP Joule Studio as AI orchestration layer, valuation doubles to $5.2 billion

This article was published on May 12, 2026 TL;DRSAP embedded Berlin-based n8n inside Joule Studio as the orchestration layer for its Autonomous Enterprise platform, doubling n8n’s valuation to $5.2 billion and making the fair-code workflow automation startup Germany’s most valuable AI company. SAP embedded Berlin-based n8n inside Joule Studio as the orchestration layer for its Autonomous Enterprise platform, doubling n8n’s valuation to $5.2 billion and making the fair-code workflow automation startup Germany’s most valuable AI company. Jan Oberhauser started n8n in 2019 as a side project in Berlin because the workflow automation tools he used at work were too expensive and too closed. Seven years later, SAP has embedded his company’s software inside Joule Studio, the agent-building environment at the centre of the Autonomous Enterprise platform that SAP unveiled at Sapphire last week. n8n’s valuation has doubled to 5.2 billion dollars. SAP took a stake of roughly 1.3 per cent. The side project is now Germany’s most valuable AI company, and the world’s largest enterprise software maker just told 300,000 customers that n8n is the orchestration layer their AI agents need. The deal say