Cary-based SAS is acquiring part of a company out of the UK that works with AI and data. SAS is taking over the principal software assets of Hazy, a London-based firm that specializes in synthetic data technology.

To help build its new artificial data generator, the Cary analytics company SAS Institute announced Tuesday it has acquired core software from the London-based synthetic data provider Hazy. SAS says this purchase, which is for Hazy’s “principal ...