What Ask Sage does

Ask Sage is a generative AI platform purpose-built for secure deployment in U.S. federal agencies, the Defense Industrial Base, and regulated commercial enterprises including financial services and healthcare. Founded by Nicolas Chaillan, former Chief Software Officer of the U.S. Air Force and Space Force, the company was the first GenAI vendor to achieve FedRAMP High authorization, DoD Impact Level 5 (IL5) and IL6 authorizations, and Top Secret clearance, as well as the first IL5 PHI-authorized platform for Protected Health Information processing.

The platform runs a model-agnostic, cloud-agnostic architecture supporting over 150 large language models from Azure OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta's Llama, and open-source providers. Core products include Ask Sage Chat, a no-code Agent Builder, collaborative Workbook, Code Canvas with VS Code and JetBrains extensions, Prose Canvas, and Model Compare. These are complemented by vertical modules — ATO In a Box, CMMC In a Box, and Acquisition In a Box — that automate compliance and procurement documentation, and an Edge variant (built with HPE, NVIDIA, Meta, and Nutanix) for air-gapped Kubernetes-native deployment in denied or disconnected tactical environments.

Revenue is generated through a token-based subscription with enterprise minimums of 200,000 tokens per user and an entry-level tier at approximately $15 per month for government contractors. The company sells via direct enterprise field sales, federal contracting vehicles (GSA, SEWP V, ITES-SW2, Army Decentralized IDIQ), cloud marketplaces (Azure, AWS, P1), and Carahsoft as primary government distributor. Following a $17 million Series A led by Sapphire Ventures in December 2024, Ask Sage was acquired by BigBear.ai for $250 million in an all-cash-and-stock transaction completed December 31, 2025, and now operates as a wholly-owned subsidiary with Chaillan joining as BigBear.ai CTO.

Name

Ask Sage

Legal name

Ask Sage, Inc.

Website

https://asksage.ai

Company type

Private

Founded year

2024

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Ask Sage is a generative AI platform for U.S. federal agencies, the Defense Industrial Base, and regulated enterprises, distinguished by FedRAMP High, DoD IL5/IL6, and Top Secret authorizations. Following a $250M BigBear.ai acquisition in December 2025, it operates as a wholly-owned subsidiary.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Government Generative AI Software

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

AI Application Enablement Platforms (Copilot/Agent Frameworks, SDKs) (HDAEANAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Model Serving, Inference & Deployment Platforms (APIs, Edge/On-Prem) (HDAEANAC), Responsible AI, Security & Privacy Platforms (Safety, Guardrails, PII) (HDAEANAG), AI/ML Engineering & Model Development Services (BPAEAHAF)

Keywords

• Generative AI platform
• Government AI software
• Defense AI solutions
• Compliance automation
• Secure AI deployment

Headquarters

HQ city

Bentonville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Subscription - SaaS Platform Access: Token-based subscription model where organizations purchase tokens to access the platform. Enterprise licenses have a minimum of 200,000 tokens per user. Tokens reset monthly and do not rollover. Plans available via credit card for small teams/pilots and through enterprise agreements for larger deployments.
2. Usage-Based Token Consumption: Token-based usage where customers buy tokens in bulk and manage distribution among their team, with pay-as-you-go options for self-serve card payments and monthly/yearly subscription plans.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels7 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Ask Sage is a multi-modal generative AI platform that provides secure access to 150+ large language models (Azure OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, open-source, and frontier models) through a zero-trust, label-based security architecture. The platform is FedRAMP High and DoD IL5/IL6 authorized and is sold to U.S. Department of Defense agencies, federal civilian departments, defense industrial base contractors, and regulated commercial enterprises for coding, acquisition, compliance documentation, data analysis, and workflow automation use cases. It supports cloud, on-premise, air-gapped, and classified deployments, including a field-deployable Edge variant for tactical military operations.

Product overview

Ask Sage is a unified, multi-modal generative AI platform designed for government agencies, defense organizations, and regulated commercial industries. The platform consists of a core product suite including Chat (conversational AI), Agent Builder (no-code agent creation), Workbook (collaborative documents), Code Canvas (software development), Prose Canvas (content creation), and Model Compare (model evaluation). These core products are complemented by specialized compliance modules including ATO In a Box, CMMC In a Box, and Acquisition In a Box that automate regulatory documentation workflows. The platform operates on a model-agnostic architecture supporting 150+ LLMs and offers deployment flexibility across cloud, air-gapped, on-premise, and classified environments through its Edge variant. Acquired by BigBear.ai in December 2025.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Ask Sage Platform (Chat) Multi-modal generative AI conversational platform that provides secure access to 150+ large language models for government agencies, defense organizations, and regulated commercial enterprises. Supports text, image generation, image analysis, video, and audio with zero-trust label-based security.
• Agent Builder No-code visual interface for designing and deploying sophisticated generative AI agents via a node-based workflow canvas, enabling task automation, data analysis, and report generation without writing code.
• Code Canvas Interactive AI-assisted code editor with side-by-side layout for code generation, testing, documentation, vulnerability scanning, and language migration, with VS Code and JetBrains extensions.
• Prose Canvas Integrated writing environment for content creation, editing, and refinement with AI assistance, supporting real-time adjustments, customizable templates, and iterative refinement.
• Workbook Collaborative AI tool for document management that enables teams to share workbooks, add sources and memos, and maintain chat history for group workflows.
• Model Compare
• ATO In a Box Streamlined Authority to Operate (ATO) solution that generates System Security Plans, NIST 800-53 controls, and supporting policies, achieving 95% time and cost savings versus traditional manual ATO processes.
• CMMC In a Box Compliance module that automates Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) documentation and control implementation for defense contractors seeking certification readiness.
• Acquisition In a Box Acquisition workflow automation module that drafts RFIs, RFPs, and SOWs and evaluates vendor responses, accelerating federal procurement by up to 50x.
• Ask Sage Edge Air-gapped, Kubernetes-native field-deployable AI platform with on-site HPE/NVIDIA hardware supporting 150+ models including Llama 4 and Whisper, designed for tactical-edge military operations in disconnected environments.
• Ask Sage API Secure REST API with Python SDK and Model Context Protocol (MCP) support that enables developers to integrate Ask Sage's generative AI capabilities into their applications and workflows.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduces developer velocity by up to 35x through automated code generation and documentation
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration13 records

AI capability13 records

Feature10 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• BigBear.aiflagshipOthers · 31 December 2025BigBear.ai completed its $250 million acquisition of Ask Sage on December 31, 2025, integrating Ask Sage's GenAI platform into BigBear.ai's analytics and decision support offerings. Ask Sage founder Nicolas Chaillan became BigBear.ai CTO following the acquisition.
• Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)coreTechnology or Integration · 22 September 2025Ask Sage Edge turnkey field-deployable AI solution developed in collaboration with HPE and NVIDIA, bringing production-grade GenAI capabilities directly to military operations in denied, disconnected, and limited-connectivity (DDIL) environments using HPE/NVIDIA hardware.
• NVIDIAcoreTechnology or Integration · 22 September 2025Ask Sage Edge platform runs on NVIDIA hardware with 150+ models including Llama 4 and Whisper, air-gapped and K8s-native for faster local decisions in edge military operations.
• MetacoreTechnology or Integration · 22 September 2025Meta's Llama models are available on Ask Sage Edge for DDIL operations, and Meta's Llama AI is being made available to key allies for national security use cases through Ask Sage's platform.
• MicrosoftcoreTechnology or Integration · 30 June 2025Ask Sage Army Enterprise LLM Workspace at IL5 developed in collaboration with Microsoft, using Microsoft Azure Government FedRAMP High and IL5-authorized cloud with Azure AI Foundry's advanced models including GPT-4o and o-series. Microsoft serves as hyperscaler and ISV partner.
• Invoke Public SectorcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 May 2025Invoke and Ask Sage partnered to develop AI-powered legacy code modernization capability for the U.S. Air Force, using Ask Sage's secure GenAI platform to support the DAF Bot Operations Team in upgrading critical legacy infrastructure. Successfully field-tested with DAF.
• CarahsoftcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCarahsoft serves as the primary government distributor for Ask Sage, enabling access through GSA Schedule (47QSWA18D008F), SEWP V, ITES-SW2, CMAS D008F, and other state contracting vehicles.
• Azure Government (Microsoft)coreTechnology or IntegrationAsk Sage is hosted on Azure Government at IL5, leveraging Azure Government cloud infrastructure for the highest level of data safety and security for government customers.
• AWS (Amazon Web Services)coreTechnology or IntegrationAsk Sage leverages AWS Bedrock and AWS Government Marketplace for scalable, secure, and reliable GenAI solutions using AWS global infrastructure and advanced capabilities.
• LeidosminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLeidos recognized Ask Sage as its 2025 Emerging Technology Partner of the Year for excellence in technology, collaboration, partnership or innovation.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Direct peers

• C3.ai: C3 AI offers enterprise AI applications to U.S. defense and federal agencies (e.g., USAF, DoD), directly competing with Ask Sage's agent-driven compliance, acquisition, and operational workflows.
• Primer.ai: Primer provides secure AI for intelligence and defense analysts, including multi-model orchestration and document analysis, overlapping with Ask Sage's RAG and Deep Agent Research capabilities in classified environments.
• Palantir Technologies: Palantir's AIP (Artificial Intelligence Platform) is a direct competitor in delivering secure GenAI and data analytics to DoD, intelligence community, and federal civilian agencies, with comparable IL5/IL6 deployments and similar defense AI workflows.

Emerging players

• Govini: Govini's platform provides AI-driven acquisition and Federal Spend analytics to DoD and the Defense Industrial Base, directly overlapping Ask Sage's Acquisition In a Box and Defense Industrial Base use cases.
• Scale AI (Defense): Scale AI's Defense Llama and Donovan platform provide secure, fine-tuned LLMs to DoD and intelligence customers, competing with Ask Sage in the model-orchestration and classified GenAI segments.
• Anduril Industries: Anduril's Lattice OS integrates AI into defense workflows at the tactical edge, with growing investment in foundation-model integration that overlaps with Ask Sage Edge's DDIL positioning for military operators.

Broad incumbents

• AWS (Bedrock for Government): AWS Bedrock in AWS GovCloud provides foundation-model access to federal customers, positioning AWS as both an infrastructure provider and direct competing platform for secure GenAI in defense.
• Booz Allen Hamilton (AI/Defense Practice): A top federal systems integrator that delivers GenAI solutions (e.g., Modzy, Perspecta-era AI) to DoD and intelligence clients; competes with Ask Sage as both an implementer and platform provider for mission AI workloads.
• Microsoft (Azure OpenAI Service for Government): Microsoft's Azure OpenAI Service at IL5 is both infrastructure partner for Ask Sage and a direct competitor offering native GenAI to federal agencies via Azure Government Marketplace.
• Databricks (Federal / GovCloud): Databricks Government Cloud delivers AI/ML and RAG infrastructure to federal agencies, competing with Ask Sage's data lake integration, RAG-as-a-service, and agent-based analytics for defense workloads.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/asksageai
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ask-sage

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors2 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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