BigBear.ai’s acquisition of Ask Sage is a major milestone in the secure AI-powered expansion of the defense & regulated industries. BigBear.ai, in a strategic move, acquired Ask Sage for approximately $250 million in cash. The transaction finalizes the earlier agreement and strengthens BigBear.ai’s position as a leading provider of secure, mission-ready AI solutions. Ask Sage is a generative AI platform designed for secure deployment, orchestration, and agentic AI across defense, intelligence, and regulated sectors. Currently, Ask Sage supports over 100 000 users across 16,000+ government teams and hundreds of commercial organizations.
“Completing the acquisition of Ask Sage marks a significant milestone for BigBear.ai. Accelerating our vision of delivering mission-ready AI that customers can deploy with confidence,” said Kevin McAleenan, CEO of BigBear.ai. “Ask Sage is already operating at scale in mission-critical environments, and together we are bringing to market a secure. Integrated AI platform that unifies data, software, and mission services in one place.”
“By bringing Ask Sage into the BigBear.ai family. We are responding directly to what our customers have been asking for: AI that is not only powerful. But trusted, scalable, and ready for real-world missions,” McAleenan added.
The combined platform expands BigBear.ai’s reach, enabling secure generative AI workflows to integrate the company’s existing mission solutions. Government and enterprise customers get the means to keep data sovereignty, model governance. Security compliance at a very high and strict level. McAleenan also pointed out the crucial aspect of responding to customer demand. By incorporating Ask Sage into the BigBear.ai portfolio, we are literally answering the call from our customers. AI that is not only powerful, but trusted, scalable, and mission-ready is what they have been asking for. BigBear.ai sees this acquisition as a lever to go further. Deeper into the national security, defense, intelligence, and regulated commercial markets.
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Source: Businesswire
