SAS Viya Copilot wins SiliconANGLE TechForward award for AI innovation

SAS today announced that SAS Viya Copilot is the winner of the AI Copilots & Assistants category in SiliconANGLE's 2026 TechForward Awards.

Built on the SAS® Viya® platform, SAS Viya Copilot is a conversational, AI-driven assistant designed to help data scientists, analysts, developers and business leaders work more efficiently across the data and AI lifecycle. Through a natural language interface, it supports users as they manage data, build machine learning models, write code and create visualizations. Users can ask SAS Viya Copilot for workflow guidance, best-practice recommendations and assistance with completing complex, multistep tasks.

"SAS Viya Copilot is designed to be a generative AI partner for users working across the data and AI lifecycle," said Peyton Cuccia, Senior Product Marketing Manager at SAS. "Unlike general-purpose AI assistants, SAS Viya Copilot is built on SAS' trusted analytics foundation. It brings conversational AI together with the governance and analytical capabilities of SAS Viya, helping users move through complex workflows while maintaining the transparency and control that organizations expect from SAS."

The TechForward Awards recognize the technologies and solutions shaping the future of enterprise computing across artificial intelligence, cloud, data, security and emerging technologies. Winners were selected by a panel of industry experts and technology leaders based on customer outcomes, market impact and innovation.

"This year's winners truly stood out among an exceptionally strong group of entries," said Dave Vellante, co-founder and co-CEO of SiliconANGLE Media. "We want to extend a sincere thank-you to our panel of judges, whose rigorous evaluation process ensured that every awardee paired real innovation with measurable results. For technology leaders assessing where to deploy capital for maximum return, these companies warrant a closer look."

The award adds to growing industry recognition for SAS' approach to trusted AI and analytics. SAS continues to expand AI capabilities across the SAS Viya platform, helping organizations develop, deploy and govern AI at scale.

Learn more about the SAS Viya data and AI platform and view the winners of the TechForward Awards.

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