SAP has agreed to acquire Ghent, Belgium-based AI startup TechWolf, which develops software that helps enterprises understand employee skills, analyse how work is changing and plan workforce development.
The companies announced the definitive agreement on October 6, 2026. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2026, subject to customary closing conditions. Financial terms were not disclosed.
How TechWolf Uses AI to Analyse Workforce Skills
Founded in 2018 and led by co-founder and CEO Andreas De Neve, TechWolf develops AI models that analyse information from existing HR, business and collaboration systems.
Its platform uses a proprietary data model called a context graph for work, which connects information about employees’ skills, the tasks they perform and external labour market conditions.
The technology continuously updates skills profiles based on workplace data, allowing employers to identify skills gaps, plan employee development and make decisions about hiring or internal redeployment. Employees can also review and validate the skills identified by the system.
According to TechWolf, its open-source AI models have been downloaded more than two million times.
The company’s enterprise customers include HSBC, GSK, Ericsson, AMD, MetLife, PayPal, Booking.com and Atlas Copco Group.
Integrating TechWolf Into SAP SuccessFactors
Following the acquisition, SAP plans to integrate TechWolf’s technology into its SAP SuccessFactors portfolio, which provides software for human resources and workforce management.
The integration is intended to connect employee skills and work-related data with broader business information, supporting workforce planning, skills-based hiring, internal mobility and organisational redesign.
SAP and TechWolf also plan to develop new AI-powered workforce and skills optimisation products after the transaction closes. The companies already have joint customers using their technologies.
“Organizations everywhere are trying to figure out how AI is reshaping work, and what their workforce needs to look like because of it,” said Andreas De Neve, CEO and co-founder of TechWolf. “We have spent eight years building the evidence layer to answer those questions. It’s always been our mission to connect skills, tasks and work to help employers solve AI transformation, and joining SAP will allow us to extend that mission across a broader set of business context and larger scale.
In this next chapter, we plan to build a world-class AI company.”
After the transaction closes, SAP expects TechWolf to remain an independent entity headquartered in Ghent, with additional offices in London, New York and San Francisco.
TechWolf will retain its name and brand, and its platform is expected to remain available to customers using both SAP and non-SAP systems.