SAP to Acquire SmartRecruiters: Integrating Innovative Talent Acquisition Portfolio Will Help Customers Attract and Retain Top Talent
SmartRecruiters serves over 4,000 organizations and 140 million candidates with AI-driven recruiting tools integrated into SAP's human capital management suite.
- On August 1, 2025, SAP SE revealed plans to purchase SmartRecruiters, a talent acquisition software company based in San Francisco.
- The acquisition follows growing demand for AI-driven hiring tools and aims to strengthen SAP’s Human Capital Management suite amid competitive HR technology consolidation.
- SmartRecruiters powers hiring for over 4,000 organizations and offers AI-enabled, high-volume recruiting solutions that will integrate with SAP’s existing HCM tools.
- Muhammad Alam of SAP said the deal will let customers manage the full candidate lifecycle efficiently, while CEO Rebecca Carr called it a "tremendous opportunity" to build the future of hiring.
- The transaction, advised by J.P. Morgan, is expected to close by Q4 2025 pending regulatory approval, and SmartRecruiters’ platform will remain available standalone afterwards.
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