SAP Buys SmartRecruiters

<p><em><strong>WALLDORF and SAN FRANCISCO<&sol;strong><&sol;em> — German software giant <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;sap&period;com&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener">SAP<&sol;a> has agreed to acquire SmartRecruiters&comma; a talent acquisition &lpar;TA&rpar; software company based in San Francisco&period; Terms of the deal weren&&num;8217&semi;t revealed&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>SmartRecruiters’ deep expertise in high-volume recruiting&comma; recruitment automation and AI-enabled candidate experience and engagement are considered an ideal addition to the SAP SuccessFactors human capital management &lpar;HCM&rpar; suite&period; The planned acquisition will strengthen SAP’s all-in-one HCM suite&comma; so customers have the tools they need to attract and retain top talent in an increasingly competitive landscape&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>SmartRecruiters offers powerful&comma; user-friendly interfaces and seamless workflows that will complement SAP’s HR tools – improving decision-making&comma; reducing time-to-hire and providing a better experience for candidates&period; Embedded analytics and AI-driven recommendations from both companies will provide rich insights into talent pools&comma; hiring bottlenecks and workforce planning&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Hiring the right people is not just an HR priority – it’s a business priority&period; With this planned acquisition&comma; we will help our customers attract and hire the best talent so they can advance their talent acquisition agendas with speed and agility&comma; while lowering their total cost of ownership&comma;” said Muhammad Alam&comma; member of the Executive Board of SAP SE&comma; SAP Product &amp&semi; Engineering&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Customers will be able to manage the entire candidate lifecycle — from sourcing and interviewing to onboarding and beyond — all in a single system to streamline the experience for recruiters&comma; hiring managers and&comma; in particular&comma; candidates&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Customers can expect enhanced and AI-enabled recruiting and hiring capabilities&comma; making applicant tracking and candidate screening more efficient&period; Data-driven hiring and recruitment analytics will flow directly into SAP’s existing HCM tools&comma; providing a single system of record and harmonized data for compliant&comma; seamless operations&period; The SmartRecruiters portfolio will also continue to be available standalone for the foreseeable future&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>SmartRecruiters’ Software-as-a-Service solutions and platform enable more than 4&comma;000 organizations globally to efficiently manage their hiring workflows end-to-end&comma; offering a compelling experience to recruiters&comma; hiring managers and candidates&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>SmartRecruiters CEO Rebecca Carr said&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;SmartRecruiters’ mission has always been to make hiring easy&period; Joining forces with SAP presents a tremendous opportunity for enterprises worldwide to benefit from our industry-leading approach to talent acquisition&period; I couldn’t be more excited for the opportunity this planned acquisition presents for our customers&comma; partners and employees as we build the future of hiring together&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2025<&sol;p>&NewLine;