bp Sphere Platform Architecture

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bp Sphere Platform Architecture

bp Sphere creates a common enterprise intelligence and decision layer across experiences, intelligence fabrics, runtime services, integrations, and data. It gives existing systems a governed judgment layer rather than trying to replace them.

Human + Agent Operating Model bp Sphere by Function

Layered architecture

This is the master architecture page. Other introduction pages should point back here, not create competing technical narratives.

Experience layer
Where humans and AI interact with the platform
Analyst Workspace
Leader Workspace
Executive Workspace
Claude Cowork
Microsoft Copilot
Mobile Experience
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Intelligence layer
The fabrics that create enterprise judgment
Context Fabric
Evidence Intelligence Fabric
Policy Intelligence Fabric
Decision Intelligence Fabric
Agent Orchestration Fabric
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Runtime layer
Governed execution and reusable platform services
Agent Runtime
Skill Runtime
Workflow Runtime
Governance Runtime
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Enterprise integration layer
Systems of record, workflow, and operational platforms
SAP
Ariba
Workday
Foundry
Databricks
ServiceNow
Endur
Murex
Salesforce
Microsoft 365
SharePoint
Teams
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Data layer
The raw enterprise material bp Sphere reasons over
Master Data
Transaction Data
Documents
Events
Knowledge

Business missions on top of the same architecture

P2P
Spend, invoice, payment, and supplier risk decisions
O2C
Credit, collections, dispute, and cash realization decisions
R2R
Journal, close, reconciliation, and controllership decisions
Treasury
Liquidity, exposure, sanctions, and cash control decisions
FP&A
Forecast, scenario, commentary, and CFO decision support
Trading
Exposure, settlement, and commercial risk posture
Retail
Store economics, pricing, and promotion execution
Upstream
Production, asset assurance, and field operations
Refining
Margin, throughput, maintenance, and yield choices
HR
Workforce approvals, risk, and productivity oversight
IT
Change governance, service health, and platform risk
HSE
Safety, compliance, and operational assurance

What this means in practice

Agents are replaceable

The durable asset is not the model or the framework. It is the platform’s context, evidence, policy, decision, and governance layer.

Systems stay in place

bp Sphere leverages existing enterprise systems and cloud providers rather than forcing a system-replacement story.

Judgment becomes reusable

The same architecture can support finance, procurement, treasury, planning, trading, and operations without rebuilding the core runtime each time.