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Payroll consolidation dominated today's deal flow, with EY and Strada forging a global payroll alliance, Chase expanding into payroll services via Gusto, and Personio acquiring Circula to unify payroll, expenses, and benefits on a single platform. On the AI front, Sirius XM won dismissal of an AI hiring-discrimination lawsuit, while new research and commentary signal growing unease — from CHROs lacking confidence in managing AI-driven change to civil servants reluctant to admit using AI tools at all. SAP pushed forward on autonomous HCM with new organizational modeling capabilities in SuccessFactors, as fresh product launches from Hireclix and Yoodli rounded out a busy day in HR tech.
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SAP has agreed to acquire TechWolf, an AI-powered skills intelligence platform, to anchor its "Autonomous HCM" strategy — a framework built around automating HR operations, redesigning work structures across human and AI contributors, and reinventing talent processes; the deal, announced at SAP Connect 2026, is expected to embed skills mapping and workforce planning across the SuccessFactors portfolio once it closes, according to SAP SuccessFactors.
SAP has introduced an Organizational Modeling capability within SuccessFactors Employee Central, enabling HR teams to plan, simulate, and execute org-structure changes directly in the platform. The feature targets a longstanding gap in core HCM — giving HR leaders a native tool to model workforce restructuring before committing changes.
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