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Your ERP Strategy Is About to Break: AI is Rewriting the Playbook
Dec 12th, 2025 | 11 AM ET
AI-native ERP systems have taken the industry by storm—reshaping not just how users interact with software, but redefining what an ERP is. As AI becomes deeply embedded in business workflows, long-held assumptions about implementation, customization, and ownership are being challenged. What was once taboo—heavy customization, rapid development, even building your own ERP—is suddenly becoming practical as AI accelerates configuration and development cycles.
At the same time, soaring commercial software costs are pressuring executives to rethink the classic “buy vs build” decision. With AI-native ERP platforms promising faster deployments, flexible architectures, and tailored user experiences, organizations are increasingly questioning whether traditional ERPs can keep pace. Yet the category is still young—and the long-term implications for reliability, governance, scalability, and support remain open questions.
In this webinar, Everest ERP reveals its AI-first approach to ERP implementation. You’ll see why AI-native architectures can outperform traditional methods. Plus, you’ll learn how rapid configuration and guided build experiences speed up time-to-value. Finally, we’ll explain what this new wave of ERP innovation means for buyers, implementers, and business leaders preparing for the next decade of digital transformation.
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Learning Objectives:
Understand what “AI-native ERP” truly means — and how it differs architecturally and operationally from traditional ERP platforms.
Identify the business workflows most impacted by AI immersion, including automation, decision support, and cross-functional visibility.
Evaluate how AI changes the implementation lifecycle, from requirements gathering and configuration to customization and extensions.
Assess whether building vs buying ERP becomes more viable as generative AI accelerates development and narrows the cost/effort gap.
Recognize the risks and limitations of AI-native platforms, including governance, data integrity, security, and scalability considerations.
Understand how AI shortens the “time-to-value” window through rapid modeling, automated configuration, and generative process design.
Explore how AI-native ERPs challenge the taboo around customization, enabling tailored workflows without incurring long-term technical debt.
Analyze the economic implications of rising software licensing costs, and how AI-driven alternatives could reshape enterprise software budgeting.
Learn the Everest ERP implementation approach, and why they believe it provides a more effective, faster, and more flexible alternative to traditional ERP rollouts.
Forecast which AI-driven architectural patterns are likely to endure, and how organizations can prepare for the long-term evolution of the ERP landscape.
Speakers
Sandeep Chopra
Co-CEO | Everest
Sandeep leads Everest’s product and go-to-market strategy, ensuring the platform delivers real business impact for finance and operations teams. He focuses on creating tools that empower users — not developers, including Everest’s Live Sandbox, no-code AI agents, and modular deployment model. His vision centers on transforming ERP from a rigid backend system into a dynamic driver of insight, agility, and strategic decision-making.
Before co-founding Everest, Sandeep was VP of Product at Veeva Systems, where he led the Quality & Manufacturing Applications Suite — a core pillar of the company’s life sciences offering. He previously held product leadership roles at NextLabs and started his career at Deloitte. With a background spanning ERP, SaaS product development, and customer success, Sandeep brings a rare blend of technical fluency and market insight to Everest’s mission.
Sam Gupta
CEO | ElevatIQ
Sam Gupta has been a thought leader in the digital transformation space for nearly two decades, with the primary focus on business software. Sam is rated as #1 thought leader in the ERP and CRM categories and #5 in the digital transformation category on Thinkers 360. He is also among the top 100 thought leaders across all categories. He has been part of large transformation initiatives for Fortune 500 corporations, but now spends his time consulting with SMEs as a CEO at ElevatIQ. Sam regularly speaks at industry conferences and contributes his experiences through many popular blogs and publications. He also hosts a podcast called WBSRocks, focused on business growth through digital transformation, where he interviews top influencers and executives focused on digital transformation.
