SAS is investing $1 billion over the next three years to develop advanced analytics solutions tailored to the needs of specific industries. These solutions will run on SAS Viya, a cloud-native, massively parallel AI and analytics platform. The investment will fund the innovative work of SAS data scientists, statisticians and software developers, as well as consultants, systems engineers and marketers with specific industry experience. This investment is in line with the trend toward democratizing data analytics, allowing more people with varied experience and job roles to benefit from advanced analytics.
