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“To us, it’s just a tool”: How SAS is selling AI to the Fortune 500

At SAS Innovate 2026, the 50-year-old analytics company emphasizes AI is 'just a tool,' focusing on solving business problems through a multi-LLM environment, MCP servers, and governance products, rather than chasing the technology itself.

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“To us, it’s just a tool”: How SAS is selling AI to the Fortune 500
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  • SAS treats AI as a tool to solve business problems, not an end goal, maintaining a technology-agnostic strategy.
  • By building MCP servers, SAS opens its analytics capabilities to any agentic framework, enhancing trust.
  • SAS sees governance as a competitive advantage, launching the vendor-neutral governance product Navigator.
  • The company's private ownership allows patience amid the AI hype, focusing on core strengths.

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