BigBear.ai announced it has completed its acquisition of Ask Sage for $250 million in cash, adding a secure generative AI platform designed for deployment, orchestration, and agentic capabilities in defense, intelligence, and other highly regulated environments.
The deal, previously announced alongside BigBear.ai’s third-quarter 2025 financial results, is intended to strengthen the company’s push to deliver what it describes as mission-ready, production-grade AI at scale for national security and regulated commercial customers.
Ask Sage currently supports more than 100,000 users across 16,000 government teams, as well as hundreds of commercial organizations, according to BigBear.ai. The company said the combined offering will expand its portfolio to include secure generative AI workflows while helping customers maintain control over data sovereignty, model governance, and security requirements.
BigBear.ai said it expects the acquisition to support growth across national security, defense, intelligence, and other regulated markets, as customers move from AI experimentation to operational deployment.
KEY QUOTES:
“Completing the acquisition of Ask Sage marks a significant milestone for BigBear.ai and accelerates our vision of delivering mission-ready AI that customers can deploy with confidence. 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.”
Kevin McAleenan, CEO of BigBear.ai
