SAS was developed at North Carolina State University from 1966 until 1976, when SAS Institute was incorporated. SAS is a statistical software suite developed by SAS Institute for data management, advanced analytics, multivariate analysis, business intelligence, criminal investigation, and predictive analytics. SAS machine learning and artificial intelligence solutions address the end-to-end process of turning raw data into actionable insights. It is driven by more than 40 years of innovation, SAS has customers in 147 countries and at more than 83,000 business, government and university sites