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SAP is buying TechWolf to put a pre built map of employee work and skills inside SuccessFactors HR software, betting it will lower the cost of running AI workforce agents.
SAP (NYSE:SAP) agreed to acquire TechWolf, a Ghent-based AI work intelligence provider, the companies said Tuesday. Financial terms were not disclosed.
TechWolf's platform builds what it calls a "context graph for work": a continuously updated map of what employees actually do, the skills they apply, and the external labor market, drawn from the HR and business systems customers connect. SAP plans to fold the startup into SuccessFactors, its HR software portfolio, as the data layer for skills mapping, workforce planning, and organizational redesign (release).
The bet, as SAP executive Manoj Swaminathan framed it, is that a pre-structured map of work cuts the token bill on every AI workforce-agent call. Swaminathan, president and chief product officer for the Autonomous Suite, said TechWolf's technology will make token usage (the units of text AI models process) more efficient, lower the cost of deploying AI workforce agents, and improve skills-based hiring and role redesign. TechWolf co-founder and CEO Andreas De Neve said the company had spent eight years building the platform and would use the deal to extend it across a broader business context at greater scale.
The deal is expected to close in Q4 2026, subject to customary conditions including regulatory approval. Subject to closing and consultation, TechWolf is planned to remain an independent entity under De Neve, headquartered in Ghent with offices in London, New York, and San Francisco; its platform will remain available to non-SAP customers.
TechWolf's named customers include HSBC, GSK, Ericsson, PayPal, and Booking.com. JP Morgan was the exclusive financial advisor to TechWolf. SAP shares gained about 2.7% in Tuesday morning New York trading.