Ask Sage cracked government AI with $17M Series A.

GenAI platform for defense/government sectors. Founded by Nicolas Chaillan (ex-Air Force/Space Force Chief Software Officer).

• $17M Series A, Sapphire Ventures lead
• 30,000+ DoD users, 14,000+ gov teams
• First GenAI with DoD IL5 + FedRAMP High certs

How it happened:
• Leveraged insider gov knowledge from military roles
• Built security-first, compliance-ready platform
• Secured massive regulatory barriers (IL5/FedRAMP)
• Proved PMF with 30K users before fundraising
• Used gov traction for top-tier VC validation

Takeaway: Domain expertise + regulatory moats = defensible govtech.

Brewed by Startup Beaker.