SAS Launches AI Governance Tools and Agentic Platform

SAS Institute unveiled sweeping platform updates at its Innovate conference, centering on AI governance, agentic capabilities, and data management. Key announcements include SAS AI Navigator, a new SaaS tool in private preview that helps enterprises monitor and govern AI models and agents to combat shadow AI, with general availability expected on Azure Marketplace in Q3 2026. The company also enhanced its Viya analytics platform with embedded AI copilots, an open Model Context Protocol server, and an Agentic AI Accelerator. A new Supply Chain Agent automates complex sales and operations planning in near real time. Data management updates focus on embedding governance and lineage directly into workflows.