SAS has announced the availability of SAS AI Navigator, a new Software-as-a-Service AI governance solution designed to help AI, data, compliance and risk leaders bring order to AI chaos. Available on Microsoft Marketplace, the solution enables organizations to compile a complete AI inventory and align AI use cases with government regulations and internal policies without changing how they build AI. Customers will receive free access to SAS AI Navigator for six months.
According to the 2026 Data and AI Impact Report: The New Economics of Trust by SAS and IDC, organizations that get trust right are 15 times more likely to see strong returns on AI. The report also highlights that as AI becomes more autonomous, employees often override its recommendations when they cannot understand or explain how decisions were made. Lack of trust is now undermining AI investments, making AI governance a strategic priority for enterprises scaling AI.
SAS AI Navigator is designed to inventory and govern AI use cases at the point of business impact. Governance extends to the models and agents that power those use cases, as well as the policies applied to them. For instance, companies using chatbots to interact with customers can govern the underlying agent or model, such as Claude or Microsoft Copilot, and apply policies to ensure adherence to regulatory expectations. Organizations gain a unified view of models and tools they already use, including LLMs, AI agents and open source or SAS models, whether built in-house or purchased from third parties.
The platform supports the full journey from experimentation to deployment through retirement, providing a unified view of all governed assets. SAS AI Navigator makes it easy for users to apply internal policies and external regulations and frameworks to AI use cases. Policy packs from SAS Partners such as Protiviti and Asenion offer out-of-the-box collections of compliance guidelines with ready-to-use questions and risk classifications that can be quickly applied to use cases, eliminating the need to write complex company policies from scratch.
Trust and AI governance are particularly critical in highly regulated industries like health care. Erasmus University Medical Center, the largest university medical center in the Netherlands, partnered with SAS and the Delft University of Technology to create the Responsible Ethical AI in Health Care Lab. Erasmus MC was an early tester of SAS AI Navigator. The launch on Microsoft Marketplace complements SAS' longstanding strategic partnership with Microsoft, enabling enterprises running on Microsoft Azure to move from experimentation to responsible scale while maintaining governance, transparency and trust.
SAS AI Navigator is a standalone SaaS solution that works for SAS' new or existing customers and is the latest addition to a growing portfolio of SAS AI governance offerings. SAS brings 50 years of experience helping customers deploy transformational technologies in a responsible manner.
"Many organizations are struggling with AI sprawl as models, agents and third-party tools proliferate across the enterprise," said Kathy Lange, Research Director, AI, Data and Automation Software, IDC. "A centralized approach to AI governance like that offered by SAS AI Navigator can help organizations understand what AI they have, how it is being used and whether it aligns with internal policies and external regulations."
SAS AI Navigator helps organizations meet AI governance challenges such as managing sprawl, governing agents and preparing for regulations at a time when AI trust is at a premium. With enhanced visibility and accountability, organizations can use AI confidently, responsibly and at scale.
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