What is SAS AI Navigator?
SAS AI Navigator is a lightweight SaaS offering that provides a unified, enterprisewide view of AI assets for governance and audit readiness. It centralizes information about AI models, agents and use cases – whether developed internally or sourced externally – documents internal policies and external regulations, and helps organizations manage AI responsibly and transparently.
How SAS AI Navigator works
SAS AI Navigator brings visibility, accountability and structured oversight to enterprise AI assets across models, agents and use cases.
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Enterprisewide AI landscape visibility
View all AI use cases, agents and models in a centralized dashboard, with alerts that highlight governance gaps and priority risks.
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Comprehensive AI use-case record
Access a complete profile of each AI use case, including dependencies, ownership and governance status – enabling consistent oversight from a single source of truth.
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Centralized AI asset registry
Review and manage all AI assets in one system of record, and add new models, agents and use cases as your AI footprint expands.
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Structured policy assessment workflow
Complete step-by-step AI policy assessments, document decision rationale and move initiatives through governed submit-and-approve workflows.
What makes SAS AI Navigator different?
SAS AI Navigator brings enterprisewide visibility, use-case governance and executive-ready oversight to a crowded AI governance landscape.
Cross-ecosystem AI oversight
Most governance tools focus on single-platform models. SAS AI Navigator provides enterprisewide visibility across internal and third-party AI systems, including predictive models, generative AI and agentic systems.
Lightweight SaaS governance layer
Unlike governance solutions that require replatforming or heavy integration, SAS AI Navigator acts as a centralized visibility and oversight layer that works with your existing AI ecosystem.
Use‑case–led governance architecture
Many tools govern technical artifacts. SAS AI Navigator starts with the business use case, linking AI systems to ownership, intent, policies and accountability.
Executive-ready transparency
Where technical tools only prioritize developers, SAS AI Navigator delivers at-a-glance oversight for practitioners, risk teams and executive leadership – without requiring coding expertise.
Key features
Gain visibility and control over your AI landscape with a centralized system of record for AI assets, governance tools and accountability across your organization.
Centralized AI asset visibility
Gain a single, authoritative view of AI activity across the enterprise.
- Unified AI hub – Centralize models (including generative AI and LLMs), agents and use cases for complete enterprise oversight.
- Organized AI registry – Classify, track and manage all AI initiatives for consistent governance.
- Cross-ecosystem AI visibility – View procured models and agents alongside those built internally.
- Governance alerts – Identify compliance gaps, documentation issues and priority risks in real time.
Policy & standards alignment
Link AI use to internal and external governance requirements.
- Gap alerts – Highlight missing documentation and regulatory risks.
- Importable policy packs – Align AI initiatives faster with third-party regulatory and industry standards.
Enterprise AI transparency
Provide shared visibility into approved and restricted AI systems across the organization.
- Internal AI hub – Enable employees to see approved and prohibited AI tools.
- Organizational clarity – Promote responsible AI adoption and consistent governance practices.
Continuous documentation & metadata management
Maintain complete, traceable records for AI systems and decisions.
- Use-case documentation – Track alignment of AI initiatives with internal policies and external standards.
- Metadata ingestion – Bring in supporting materials from other tools and sources for full traceability.
Audit readiness & oversight
Get insight into AI governance.
- Audit trail– Review readiness for AI assets, issues and alerts.
- Evidence-based reporting – Provide documentation to support internal and regulatory reviews.
Executive-ready reporting & usability
Deliver clear insights for practitioners and organizational leadership.
- Presentation-ready interface – Share insights with CEOs, boards and executives without requiring coding.
Defined ownership & accountability
Clarify responsibility as AI adoption grows across the enterprise.
- Ownership visibility – Identify “who owns what” across use cases.
Cloud-based availability
Deploy rapidly with minimal implementation overhead.
- SaaS deployment – Available through Microsoft Marketplace for easy cloud access.
- No implementation cost – Reduce IT burden and accelerate adoption.
SAS AI Navigator frequently asked questions
What is SAS AI Navigator?
SAS AI Navigator is a lightweight AI governance platform that centralizes information about AI assets – including models, agents and use cases – into a single system. It provides enterprisewide visibility and oversight to show how AI is being used and governed.
What AI assets does SAS AI Navigator track?
SAS AI Navigator tracks predictive models, generative AI models, agentic systems and business use cases. It also manages internal and external policies, regulations and standards via partner-delivered policy packs, functioning as a complete enterprise AI inventory.
How does SAS AI Navigator support AI governance and compliance?
SAS AI Navigator enforces governance workflows, documentation controls, audit-ready records and policy alignment features. It supports explainability, bias detection, output evaluation and risk alignment for generative AI, LLMs and agentic systems. Information provided in SAS AI Navigator does not constitute legal advice or guarantee compliance with any applicable law.
How does SAS AI Navigator improve visibility into AI initiatives?
SAS AI Navigator provides a structured use-case registry to classify, track and monitor AI activities across the enterprise, enabling better decision-making and risk management.
How does SAS AI Navigator support regulated industries?
SAS AI Navigator supports audit readiness, standardized workflows and strong governance controls that help organizations in finance, health care and the public sector manage AI risk and meet strict oversight requirements.
How does SAS AI Navigator integrate with SAS Viya and other AI tools?
AI Navigator can easily integrate with the SAS Viya platform, connecting AI governance with model development, agentic AI, synthetic data generation and decisioning tools for a unified enterprise AI environment. SAS AI Navigator can also be used completely independently of SAS Viya and integrate with other third-party tools.
How does SAS AI Navigator work with SAS Model Manager and SAS Model Risk Manager?
SAS AI Navigator is a key component of the broader AI governance portfolio, which includes SAS Model Manager and SAS Model Risk Manager. While SAS Viya offerings provide the technical foundation for model development and risk oversight, SAS AI Navigator extends these strengths by centralizing the governance of models, agents and business use cases into a single, executive-ready view. Together, this portfolio ensures that AI remains transparent, accountable and aligned with organizational policies.
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