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Every figure we have reported, with who reported it.

35 figures from 35 stories since 8 September 2026. Each one is the number as the named outlet or document gave it. We do not convert currencies or add figures together.

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FigureWhat it measures
$1 billion Anthropic let Accenture safety-test its AI from inside. Both expect to invest $1 billion.Anthropic · TechCrunch · 21 Sept
$4.79 DoorDash's AI agents wrote code cleanups for $4.79 each. DoorDash estimates hours by hand.DoorDash · InfoQ · 21 Sept
75% ServiceNow found 75% of CIOs cannot see every AI tool they run.ServiceNow · diginomica · 20 Sept
69% OpenAI's agent platform was installed at 75 firms. 69% made it their main one.OpenAI · VentureBeat · 20 Sept
26% Anthropic's AI led none of its own research in February. Now it leads 26%.Anthropic · Associated Press · 20 Sept
$18 billion Oracle's data-centre lenders are stuck with $18 billion they cannot sell.Oracle · Reuters · 20 Sept
£330m Palantir's £330m NHS contract can be cancelled in February.Palantir · The Register · 20 Sept
$44.6 billion Anthropic ordered $44.6 billion of computing from a company earning $140 million.Anthropic · CNBC · 19 Sept
$120,000 Microsoft's AI agents rewrote 430,000 lines of Copilot code. The tokens cost $120,000.Microsoft · The Register · 19 Sept
£880,000 KPMG cut jobs in its SAP and AI teams. Partners averaged £880,000.KPMG · The Register · 19 Sept
$278 billion OpenAI will spend $278 billion more than it earns by 2030.OpenAI · Reuters · 19 Sept
14 days Salesforce says AI cut Air India's refunds to four hours. From 14 days.Salesforce · Salesforce newsroom · 18 Sept
2 points Grocery Outlet's SAP launch cut gross margin by almost 2 points.SAP · Law360 · 17 Sept
11 hours Salesforce went down worldwide during its own Dreamforce. Full recovery took nearly 11 hours.Salesforce · The Register, CIO · 17 Sept
$200 Researchers broke Intel and AMD memory protections with a $200 board.Intel · The Register · 16 Sept
$96 million KPMG and MNP put Quebec's $96 million health ERP above $1 billion.KPMG · Radio-Canada · 16 Sept
$200 OpenAI stopped selling its $200 ChatGPT plan. It ran out of computing power.OpenAI · CIO · 14 Sept
$20 billion Nvidia paid $20 billion for Groq's engineers. The Justice Department opened an investigation.NVIDIA · The Register · 13 Sept
$99,528 An AT&T store worker swapped customers' SIMs for cash. One victim lost $99,528.AT&T · The Register · 12 Sept
$5 billion The Pentagon opened talks to lend $5 billion to one startup. · The Wall Street Journal, Reuters · 12 Sept
24 hours The EU gave vendors 24 hours to report exploited flaws. Fines reach €15 million. · The Register · 12 Sept
$700 million Oracle raised its layoff budget by $700 million to $2.8 billion.Oracle · Bloomberg · 12 Sept
19 days Microsoft scheduled Project Online's retirement; it arrives in 19 days.Microsoft · The Register · 11 Sept
6.4 million McKesson's breach reached 6.4 million people. The company last spoke on 29 August.McKesson · The Register · 11 Sept
34 hours Anthropic said attackers' AI agents collected 2,100 staff logins in 34 hours.Anthropic · The Register · 11 Sept
€200 million Zeiss dropped the clean rebuild of its SAP after about €200 million.ZEISS · The Register · 11 Sept
27 days Microsoft Copilot and Celonis cut 27 days off hiring at Uniper.Microsoft · diginomica · 10 Sept
10% Capgemini asked 1,300 executives about leaving a critical supplier. 10% have no alternative.Capgemini · diginomica · 9 Sept
£1.22bn Asda's tech divorce from Walmart, including a new SAP system, cost £1.22bn.SAP · The Register · 9 Sept
$100 million SAP identified at least $100 million in AI token risk.SAP · SAP News · 9 Sept
£800m Asda budgeted £800m. The bill came to £1,224m. · The Register · 8 Sept
€200m Zeiss stopped a €200m SAP build after six years.SAP · Bloomberg · 8 Sept
3.3% SAP's support fee ceiling moved from 3.3% to 5.0%.SAP · SAP support notes · 8 Sept
125% Server prices up 125%. Lead times reaching 18 months. · CIO · 8 Sept
£19m £19m budgeted. £216.5m lost. · The Register · 8 Sept

Method

What counts as a figure
One number per story: the one the story turns on, as the named outlet or document gave it, with its words around it ("about", "at least", "almost") kept in the headline.
What we leave out
Our own estimates, converted currencies and totals. The figures are of different kinds and are not comparable with each other.
How to cite
ERP LEADERS, The numbers, the date filed, citing the outlet named in the row. Follow the source link for the original report.
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