BigBear.ai Acquires Ask Sage for $250M

Sage Acquires Doyen AI

April 29, 2026

AI & Machine Learning

Sage, a London-listed provider of accounting, financial, HR, and payroll technology for small and medium-sized businesses, acquired Doyen AI. The deal adds applied AI capabilities to help customers migrate from legacy systems to modern Sage solutions faster, including automated financial data migration, mapping, configuration support, and validation.

Sagility Acquires BirchAI

March 26, 2024

Healthcare Services

Sagility LLC has acquired Seattle-based BirchAI, a GenAI healthcare technology company that provides cloud-based conversational AI and call automation for complex healthcare interactions. The acquisition expands Sagility's analytics and automation capabilities to improve member, patient and provider engagement across payers, health systems and other healthcare providers.

Highlander Partners Acquires Black Sage Technologies

January 31, 2023

Aerospace & Defense

Highlander Partners, through its defense-focused division High Point Aerotechnologies, acquired Black Sage Technologies from Acorn Growth Companies. Black Sage, a Boise-based developer and integrator of Counter-UAS hardware and its DefenseOS C2 software, will complement Highlander’s growing C-UAS platform and expand capabilities for military, internal security, and critical infrastructure customers.

SAP Acquires Askdata

July 21, 2022

Data & Analytics

SAP SE has acquired Askdata, a search-driven analytics startup that applies AI and natural-language processing to let users query live data via plain-language search. Askdata's IP will be integrated into SAP Business Technology Platform and SAP Analytics Cloud to provide a lightweight, conversational analytics experience; financial terms were not disclosed.

Criterion Systems Acquires SAGE Black Consulting and Contracting

September 28, 2021

Cybersecurity

Criterion Systems, Inc. has acquired SAGE Black Consulting and Contracting, LLC, a small government contractor specializing in software engineering for GEOINT/SIGINT, space, and cyber with growing AI/ML capabilities. SAGE Black will operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary within Criterion's Intelligence Solutions business unit to strengthen Criterion's software engineering, AI/ML, and intelligence-focused services for federal and intelligence community customers; financial terms were not disclosed.

NuWave Solutions Acquires BigBear Inc.

December 3, 2020

Data & Analytics

NuWave Solutions has acquired BigBear Inc., a San Diego–based provider of cloud-based big data analytics, AI and geospatial solutions for the U.S. national security community. The acquisition — NuWave's first since being acquired by private equity firm AE Industrial Partners earlier in 2020 — expands NuWave's data analytics, AI and cloud capabilities to better serve federal defense and intelligence customers. Terms were not disclosed.