BigBear.ai

BigBear.ai is a decision-intelligence company that combines artificial intelligence with mission expertise for government and commercial customers. It serves defense, intelligence, homeland and border security, travel and trade, manufacturing and supply chain, and healthcare and life sciences organizations, helping leaders turn complex data into real-time operational decisions.

Its solutions include CargoSeer, an AI-enabled shipment inspection platform for customs and border agencies; Ask Sage, a generative AI platform for secure government deployment that supports more than 100,000 users across 16,000 government teams; and ConductorOS, which integrates data from edge devices onto a single infrastructure for use at the mission's edge.

Other products include Observe, which combines open-source intelligence with machine learning for prediction and forecasting; ARCAS, a computer-vision system that monitors live feeds and flags threats and anomalies; Trueface, a facial-recognition and biometric-matching system; and the ProModel modeling-and-simulation suite, used for shipbuilding, warehouse and healthcare planning through FutureFlow Rx.

Founded in 1988, BigBear.ai has worked in the defense and intelligence market for decades and has a growing presence in the commercial sector. In 2026 it reported more than $225 million in contract awards across homeland security, defense, intelligence and federal civilian agencies, and it acquired the company behind Ask Sage.

Use cases

• Customs and border agencies screening cargo shipments for threats
• Government teams using generative AI under secure deployment
• Shipyards optimizing project planning and efficiency
• Healthcare organizations optimizing scheduling and patient flow
• Payment providers using facial recognition for transaction matching