SmartRecruiters, The Recruiting AI Company, is opening HR Tech 2025 with its biggest moment yet: announcing the close of its acquisition by SAP and moving beyond AI hype with live demonstrations of production-ready Recruiting AI already delivering real business outcomes.

“This is more than a milestone—it’s a pivotal moment for the industry,” said Rebecca Carr, CEO of SmartRecruiters. “We are now an SAP company, and while we’re here to celebrate, we’re also here to prove what Recruiting AI can do today—securely, at scale, and with impact.”

Shifting from AI Hype to Real-World Impact

While many vendors continue to showcase prototypes or future roadmaps, SmartRecruiters is placing live Recruiting AI directly into the hands of HR Tech attendees. At the center of this experience is Winston, SmartRecruiters’ interaction intelligence and orchestration engine, powered by SmartOS—the company’s adaptable and secure hiring operating system.

Winston is already delivering measurable business value for global enterprises, including:

• 2× improvement in candidate conversion through conversational job discovery
• 80% reduction in recruiter administrative work via AI-driven screening and scheduling
• 95% reduction in manual interview scheduling and 75% reduction in resume screening
• 60% faster time-to-hire using automated scheduling and screening
• 85% accuracy in candidate matching, with top-ranked candidates hired 85% of the time
• 3,900+ recruiter hours saved through automated prioritization and matching

Experience Recruiting AI in Action

At the SmartRecruiters booth, attendees can interact directly with Winston and see Recruiting AI at work across every stage of hiring:

• AI-Powered Screening & Interviewing: Generate, edit, and apply AI screening questions live, conduct AI-assisted interviews, and reduce screening time by over 75%.
• SAP SuccessFactors Integration: Explore how SmartRecruiters integrates into the SAP ecosystem, aligning Recruiting AI with enterprise HR workflows.
• Conversational Job Discovery: See candidates apply in under five minutes, driving a 2× increase in conversion rates.
• Intelligent Matching & Ranking: Reduce candidate review time from four hours to forty minutes with 85% matching accuracy.
• AI Recruiter Companion: Discover Winston Companion’s live scheduling and messaging features that have already saved thousands of recruiter hours.

Winston: Connecting the Agents

During HR Tech 2025, VP of Product Shiran Yaroslavsky will unveil the next evolution of Winston, connecting it with additional AI agents to further multiply recruiter impact.

“Winston is more than a chatbot,” said Yaroslavsky. “He’s the conductor of intelligent hiring. By connecting Winston to additional agents, TA teams can deliver better hiring outcomes, faster and at greater scale.”

Celebrating What’s Next with SAP

HR Tech 2025 marks the first opportunity for attendees to engage with SmartRecruiters and SAP teams together. Customers and partners can explore how Recruiting AI will evolve within the SAP ecosystem, now powered by SmartRecruiters.

The celebration continues Tuesday night at the Electric Welcome at AREA15, bringing together customers, partners, and industry leaders to mark this milestone and look ahead to the next decade of innovation.

“Too many TA and HR teams are still unsure how to move forward with AI,” Carr added. “This week, we’re proving that the future is already here—and we’re ready to lead.”