SAP is acquiring TechWolf, a Ghent-based provider of an AI platform for work intelligence. The technology will play a central role in SAP SuccessFactors and is intended to make Joule smarter in HR scenarios.
TechWolf provides organizations with a continuously updated view of the work employees do and the skills they possess. It achieves this through its proprietary data model, the “context graph for work.” With the acquisition, TechWolf will transfer this context graph to SAP, along with its AI models and applied AI research team.
The platform draws its data from the HR and business systems that customers integrate with it. TechWolf thus builds a three-level model of the organization: the work itself (down to the level of tasks within a role), the skills people possess and apply, and the external labor market. This model is aligned with the client’s business strategy. As a result, those responsible for recruitment, reskilling, or redeployment should be able to rely on better information.
Grounding layer for Joule
SAP aims to make TechWolf the intelligent core of the SuccessFactors portfolio. Skills mapping, workforce planning, and organizational redesign must leverage context from across the entire Autonomous Enterprise, the concept SAP launched at Sapphire 2026. Why is this context graph so important? Manoj Swaminathan, president and chief product officer of SAP Autonomous Suite, explains: “It makes token usage more efficient, lowers the cost of deploying workforce agents and will make Joule more intelligent in AI-driven HR scenarios such as skills-based hiring, workforce planning and role redesign.”
Well-known partners
SAP and TechWolf aren’t exactly strangers to each other. According to the companies, customers who are already combining both companies’ technologies are seeing measurable results from the existing partnership. SAP also participated in a funding round in 2024, in which TechWolf raised $42.75 million.
After closing the deal, both parties plan to jointly develop new AI products for workforce and skills optimization. According to CEO and co-founder Andreas De Neve, TechWolf has spent eight years developing an “evidence layer” that connects skills, tasks, and work. He believes that with SAP, the company can continue that mission on a larger scale and with greater business context.
Under current plans, TechWolf will remain an independent entity led by De Neve, with its headquarters in Ghent and offices in London, New York, and San Francisco. Customers who do not use SAP will also be able to continue using the platform. This is subject to completing the deal and the required consultations.
Whether the deal goes through still depends on the usual conditions, including regulatory approval. The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2026.
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