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  "license": {
    "name": "CC BY 4.0",
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  "cite_as": "Newsprint, \"SmartRecruiters: what it sells, price and AI features\", https://www.newsprint.com/companies/smartrecruiters/, updated 2026-11-11",
  "updated_at": "2026-11-11",
  "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/smartrecruiters/",
  "markdown_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/smartrecruiters.md",
  "title": "SmartRecruiters: what it sells, price and AI features",
  "opening_answer": "SmartRecruiters is on the AI hiring software map. We record 6 dated launches and events for it. The latest is dated April 21, 2026.",
  "period": "June 10, 2025 to April 21, 2026",
  "methodology_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/updates/pr-software/#methodology",
  "company": {
    "id": "CD3828M",
    "slug": "smartrecruiters",
    "name": "SmartRecruiters",
    "aliases": [],
    "site": "https://www.smartrecruiters.com/",
    "summary": "\"AI-Powered Hiring Platform That Delivers Results.\" Enterprise applicant tracking and talent acquisition suite, owned by SAP since September 2025 and sold both standalone and inside SAP SuccessFactors. Its AI layer, Winston, chats with candidates, scores and screens applicants, runs on-demand first-round interviews and answers recruiter questions. Buyers are large and high-volume employers such as Amazon, Visa, McDonald's and Domino's. It does not sell payroll or core HR itself; SAP SuccessFactors covers that.",
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    ],
    "status": "active",
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    "updated_at": "2026-11-11",
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    "merged_into": null,
    "category_names": [
      "Applicant tracking systems"
    ]
  },
  "confirmed_product_launches": 0,
  "dated_product_launches": 0,
  "undated_launches": 0,
  "launches_data_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/data/launches.json",
  "count": 0,
  "launches": [],
  "launch_list": false,
  "indexed": true,
  "summary": {
    "text": "\"AI-Powered Hiring Platform That Delivers Results.\" Enterprise applicant tracking and talent acquisition suite, owned by SAP since September 2025 and sold both standalone and inside SAP SuccessFactors. Its AI layer, Winston, chats with candidates, scores and screens applicants, runs on-demand first-round interviews and answers recruiter questions. Buyers are large and high-volume employers such as Amazon, Visa, McDonald's and Domino's. It does not sell payroll or core HR itself; SAP SuccessFactors covers that.",
    "source": {
      "name": "smartrecruiters.com",
      "url": "https://www.smartrecruiters.com/"
    },
    "from": "record"
  },
  "maps": [
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      "map": "hiring-software",
      "title": "The AI hiring software map",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-smartrecruiters",
      "section": "companies",
      "name": "SmartRecruiters",
      "site": "https://www.smartrecruiters.com/",
      "category": "Applicant tracking systems",
      "what": "\"AI-Powered Hiring Platform That Delivers Results.\" Enterprise applicant tracking and talent acquisition suite, owned by SAP since September 2025 and sold both standalone and inside SAP SuccessFactors. Its AI layer, Winston, chats with candidates, scores and screens applicants, runs on-demand first-round interviews and answers recruiter questions. Buyers are large and high-volume employers such as Amazon, Visa, McDonald's and Domino's. It does not sell payroll or core HR itself; SAP SuccessFactors covers that.",
      "what_source": {
        "name": "smartrecruiters.com",
        "url": "https://www.smartrecruiters.com/"
      },
      "price": "Not published; sales-led. The June 2025 relaunch introduced \"modular packaging\" for corporate, high-volume or hybrid hiring and \"outcome-aligned pricing\".",
      "price_published": false,
      "capabilities": {
        "label": "AI capabilities",
        "items": [
          "Named agents",
          "AI interviews",
          "Candidate chat",
          "Assistant",
          "Screening and ranking"
        ]
      },
      "scale_tier": 2,
      "scale": "Established: a public parent, or a disclosed customer base (Subsidiary of public SAP SE since 2025-09-11; more than 4,000 customer organizations including Amazon, Visa and McDonald's (SAP release).)",
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          "name": "smartrecruiters.com",
          "url": "https://www.smartrecruiters.com/"
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        {
          "name": "smartrecruiters.com",
          "url": "https://smartrecruiters.com/news/smartrecruiters-unveils-ai-powered-platform-that-ends-the-ats-era/"
        },
        {
          "name": "news.sap.com",
          "url": "https://news.sap.com/2025/08/sap-to-acquire-smartrecruiters/"
        },
        {
          "name": "news.sap.com",
          "url": "https://news.sap.com/2025/09/sap-completes-smartrecruiters-acquisition/"
        },
        {
          "name": "news.sap.com",
          "url": "https://news.sap.com/2026/06/sap-strategic-leader-2026-fosway-9-grid-talent-acquisition/"
        },
        {
          "name": "hr-brew.com",
          "url": "https://www.hr-brew.com/stories/2026/03/06/sap-launches-smartrecruiters-hiring-platform-integration-into-successfactors"
        }
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  "timeline": [
    {
      "id": "event-1",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/smartrecruiters/#event-1",
      "on": "2026-04-21",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Winston Companion gains a knowledge-base agent; AI disclosure for candidates",
      "summary": "The April 2026 release added a Winston Companion conversational agent connected to the help knowledge base and a candidate-facing AI disclosure message with regional controls.",
      "kind": "Launch",
      "from": {
        "name": "The AI hiring software map",
        "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-smartrecruiters"
      },
      "source": {
        "name": "Vendor blog (French)",
        "url": "https://www.smartrecruiters.com/fr/resources/article/ia-plus-utile-pour-les-recruteurs-comme-pour-les-candidats/"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "event-2",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/smartrecruiters/#event-2",
      "on": "2026-04-08",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "SmartRecruiters shows Winston Interview and agentic CRM",
      "summary": "SmartRecruiters presented Winston Interview, \"an agentic interviewer, available on-demand\" for scored first-round screening, embedded assessments in Winston Chat, Winston Match sub-scores, an agentic CRM and a prototype fraud-risk tool.",
      "kind": "Launch",
      "from": {
        "name": "The AI hiring software map",
        "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-smartrecruiters"
      },
      "source": {
        "name": "TechRSeries",
        "url": "https://techrseries.com/talent-acquisition/smartrecruiters-introduces-the-future-of-hiring-from-ai-agents-to-autonomous-talent-acquisition/"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "event-3",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/smartrecruiters/#event-3",
      "on": "2026-03-06",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "SAP embeds SmartRecruiters in SuccessFactors and pairs Winston with Joule",
      "summary": "SAP launched an integration that runs SmartRecruiters inside SAP SuccessFactors with one login and unified navigation, and brings SmartRecruiters hiring data into SuccessFactors. SAP said Winston and its Joule copilot will begin working together as connected agents during 2026. SuccessFactors Recruiting customers are not forced to migrate.",
      "kind": "Partnership",
      "from": {
        "name": "The AI hiring software map",
        "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-smartrecruiters"
      },
      "source": {
        "name": "HR Brew",
        "url": "https://www.hr-brew.com/stories/2026/03/06/sap-launches-smartrecruiters-hiring-platform-integration-into-successfactors"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "event-4",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/smartrecruiters/#event-4",
      "on": "2025-09-11",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "SAP completes SmartRecruiters acquisition",
      "summary": "SAP closed the acquisition and said SmartRecruiters will be integrated into SAP SuccessFactors while customers can keep using it with SAP or other HCM providers. More than 4,000 organizations use it.",
      "kind": "Acquisition",
      "from": {
        "name": "The AI hiring software map",
        "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-smartrecruiters"
      },
      "source": {
        "name": "SAP News",
        "url": "https://news.sap.com/2025/09/sap-completes-smartrecruiters-acquisition/"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "event-5",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/smartrecruiters/#event-5",
      "on": "2025-08-01",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "SAP agrees to acquire SmartRecruiters",
      "summary": "SAP agreed to buy SmartRecruiters to strengthen SAP SuccessFactors with \"AI-enabled recruiting and hiring capabilities\". Terms were not disclosed; close was expected in Q4 2025.",
      "kind": "Acquisition",
      "from": {
        "name": "The AI hiring software map",
        "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-smartrecruiters"
      },
      "source": {
        "name": "SAP News",
        "url": "https://news.sap.com/2025/08/sap-to-acquire-smartrecruiters/"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "event-6",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/smartrecruiters/#event-6",
      "on": "2025-06-10",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "SmartRecruiters launches Winston agentic hiring platform",
      "summary": "SmartRecruiters released a rebuilt platform with Winston, an agentic AI companion, at its core: Winston Chat went live, and Winston Match, Winston Screen, Winston Companion and the SmartOS layer went on sale with modular packaging and outcome-aligned pricing. CEO Rebecca Carr said \"The ATS era is over.\"",
      "kind": "Launch",
      "from": {
        "name": "The AI hiring software map",
        "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-smartrecruiters"
      },
      "source": {
        "name": "Vendor release",
        "url": "https://smartrecruiters.com/news/smartrecruiters-unveils-ai-powered-platform-that-ends-the-ats-era/"
      }
    }
  ]
}