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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.