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Federal Growth Lead, Combatant Commands

Kaizen · Washington, D.C. · Remote

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About Kaizen

Automate anything on the web. Backed by a16z, Accel and NEA.

About the role

The combatant commands run differently from any single service: joint staffs, compressed decision cycles when something urgent comes up, and buying authorities built for speed rather than the standard program-of-record path. Kaizen already has a version of that speed built in — the counter-drone marketplace we built for JIATF-401 went live and accredited on cuas.mil in about nine weeks.

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Government technology has failed citizens, public servants, and service members for decades.

Kaizen powers America’s application layer. We replace the legacy systems federal agencies run on with modern software, built with craft. The ticketing platform a resident uses to visit a presidential library. The marketplace DoW uses for counter-drone procurement to protect lives and critical infrastructure. The system a Veteran uses to access benefits. We build systems of record, of national consequence. Our AI-native modules and harness allow us to do so in weeks and months, not years.

This year, our revenue has grown 35x. Next year, our software will serve over 100 million Americans across dozens of federal agencies.

Founded in 2022 and based in New York City and DC, Kaizen has raised $35 million from NEA, a16z, Accel, 776, and Carpenter Capital.

The combatant commands run differently from any single service: joint staffs, compressed decision cycles when something urgent comes up, and buying authorities built for speed rather than the standard program-of-record path. Kaizen already has a version of that speed built in — the counter-drone marketplace we built for JIATF-401 went live and...

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