Nicolas Chaillan

Nicolas Chaillan is the first Chief Software Officer of the U.S. Air Force and Space Force, a serial entrepreneur who has founded 13 companies and built 187+ products, and the founder of Ask Sage — the AI platform for government and defense that sold for $250M in 2025.

Born in Marseille, he started coding at age 7, built his first company at 15, and came to America because he believed in meritocracy. He led DevSecOps, Cloud One, and Zero Trust architecture for the U.S. military, resigned publicly in 2021 over the AI gap with China, and now runs 13 AI agents that replace an entire staff — all while raising three daughters in Florida.