{"id":4853,"date":"2026-02-01T19:24:38","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T17:24:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/?p=176434"},"modified":"2026-02-01T19:24:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T17:24:38","slug":"sage-partners-with-augusta-labs-to-accelerate-the-build-out-of-its-ai-centre-of-excellence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/mail\/sage-partners-with-augusta-labs-to-accelerate-the-build-out-of-its-ai-centre-of-excellence\/","title":{"rendered":"Sage Partners With Augusta Labs to Accelerate the Build Out of Its AI Centre of Excellence"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Technology_FQI-scaled.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Sage partners with Augusta Labs to accelerate the build out of its AI Centre of Excellence<\/li>\n<li>Together, the teams will deliver AI at startup speed and global scale to help customers run higher performing businesses<\/li>\n<li>The partnership brings Sage\u2019s high-performance ambition together with Portugal\u2019s fast growing startup talent to deliver smarter automation and real time intelligence even faster<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Johannesburg, January 2026 \u2013 Sage (FTSE: SGE), the leader in accounting, financial, HR, and payroll technology for small and mid sized businesses, today announced a global partnership with Augusta Labs, the applied AI lab that helps enterprises build and scale AI transformation. The partnership accelerates the development and delivery of Sage\u2019s AI Centre of Excellence by embedding Augusta Labs\u2019 applied AI engineering teams directly into Sage\u2019s product organisation. This expands Sage\u2019s AI and data engineering capacity and strengthens its shift toward becoming an AI first company.<\/p>\n<p>Businesses now expect more from the software they rely on, including faster insights, smarter automation, and experiences that feel effortless. Delivering that level of performance depends on how quickly AI can be designed, engineered, and deployed into real workflows. McKinsey\u2019s latest The State of AI report notes that companies capturing the most value from AI are those able to move from experimentation to production at speed and scale intelligence across their products.<\/p>\n<p>To meet this rising expectation and push its own high-performance goals, Sage is growing its applied AI engineering capacity through its new partnership with Augusta Labs. With Augusta Labs\u2019 multidisciplinary teams working directly inside Sage\u2019s product organisation, Sage can build and deploy production ready intelligence faster, deepen automation across its solutions, and bring the benefits of AI to customers at a pace that matches how businesses operate today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis partnership gives Sage the startup speed we need while strengthening our internal AI and data engineering capabilities,\u201d said Manav Thiara, SVP, Technical Fellow, Data Digital Services and Engineering, Sage. \u201cWith Augusta Labs fully embedded into our product organisation, everything we build together aligns with the Sage Platform, our AI roadmap, and the needs of our customers. This approach accelerates delivery for our AI Centre of Excellence and supports our transformation into an AI-first company.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scaling Applied AI Across Sage\u2019s Global Product Ecosystem<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Through this partnership, Augusta Labs\u2019 multidisciplinary teams are working directly on key global workstreams including Sage Payroll, Sage Active, and Sage 300. Operating as an extension of Sage\u2019s internal engineering organisation, these teams help deliver:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Agentic workflows that automate end-to-end tasks<\/li>\n<li>High-performance data pipelines for real-time insight<\/li>\n<li>Production-ready AI features delivered at pace<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>By working in Portugal\u2019s thriving startup ecosystem, these teams bring a level of agility and high-velocity engineering that strengthens Sage\u2019s global AI delivery model. This helps Sage develop and deploy agentic and applied-AI capabilities at a pace rarely matched in the industry, while maintaining the reliability and governance expected by millions of customers. The result is faster iteration, quicker movement from prototype to production, and real value delivered to businesses far sooner than traditional development models allow.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAI is entering its execution era, and Sage is one of the few companies positioned to realise its full value at scale, thanks to the depth of its data and the reach of its global distribution,\u201d said Rodrigo Fernandes, Co-Founder, Augusta Labs. \u201cBy combining Sage\u2019s platform vision and unique data assets with our applied AI expertise, we are helping create a new generation of intelligent, adaptive software for businesses everywhere. It\u2019s an exciting step for both organisations and for the future of work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This integrated execution model ensures AI is built consistently across Sage\u2019s portfolio, aligned with the Sage Platform, and embedded where customers work every day. It brings startup-level velocity to Sage\u2019s product delivery, whilst maintaining the scale, reliability and governance expected by customers and partners.<\/p>\n<p>To find out more about Sage Ai visit: sage.com\/en-gb\/sage-ai\/<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/contact\/featured\/\">CLICK HERE to submit your press release to MyPR.co.za<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Author<\/strong>: Banele Mahlangu from <strong>Burson Global<strong> on behalf of <strong>Sage<\/strong>.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-pagination pagination\">Pages: <span class=\"post-page-numbers current\" aria-current=\"page\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Page <\/span>1<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/sage-partners-with-augusta-labs-to-accelerate-the-build-out-of-its-ai-centre-of-excellence\/2\/\" class=\"post-page-numbers\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Page <\/span>2<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/sage-partners-with-augusta-labs-to-accelerate-the-build-out-of-its-ai-centre-of-excellence\/\" target=\"_blank\">CLICK HERE to Read the Original Press Release on MyPR<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sage partners with Augusta Labs to accelerate the build out of its AI Centre of Excellence Together, the teams will deliver AI at startup speed and global scale to help customers run higher performing businesses The partnership brings Sage\u2019s high-performance ambition together with Portugal\u2019s fast growing startup talent to deliver smarter automation and real time &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[{"did":"did:plc:revymtt5qssww7e7avbruzic","date":"2026-02-01T17:47:31+00:00","uri":"at:\/\/did:plc:revymtt5qssww7e7avbruzic\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3mdsvajtwzw2o","response":"{\"uri\":\"at:\/\/did:plc:revymtt5qssww7e7avbruzic\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3mdsvajtwzw2o\",\"cid\":\"bafyreigqxcv2vedo6ldtn5bmv3psbux4qmrc5pz3qnipqzw2es3j2l6smu\",\"commit\":{\"cid\":\"bafyreiamrujb65uztoymykeh2qf2nfqxt2pq6cvvashgaaylb2balwekhi\",\"rev\":\"3mdsvajuepg2o\"},\"validationStatus\":\"valid\"}"}],"autoblue_post_url":"","autoblue_publish_document":false,"republication-tracker-tool-hide-widget":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[29],"class_list":["type-post","category-news","tag-mypr-africa","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4853"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4853\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}