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Kaizen
AI-native software for mission-critical government services
About Kaizen
Kaizen (Kaizen Labs) is a New York-based software company that builds and operates digital services for government. It describes its mission as powering America's mission-critical government services with AI-native software, replacing legacy systems with modular, production-ready services that are shipped in weeks rather than years.
Its work is built on two in-house technologies: Blacksmith, an AI-driven build engine, and Taproot, a modular component library that underpins all of its active federal deployments. Customers are U.S. federal agencies and their programs. A flagship project is the unified Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-UAS) Marketplace built and operated with the U.S. Department of War and JIATF-401, where vendors onboard validated counter-drone products and government buyers compare systems and submit acquisition requests, supported by an AI Capability Planner that assembles layered defense packages from validated listings.
Kaizen operates as a software and managed-operations provider that wins government contracts to build, accredit and run citizen-facing and mission-facing platforms, using its reusable stack to deliver faster than traditional consulting-led government IT.
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| Deal type | Date | Amount | Valuation | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SERIES AOther financing | May 2026 | $50M | $200M | Seven Seven Six · Accel · Alexis Ohanian · NEA | ↗ |
| SEEDOther financing | May 2023 | — | — | Accel · Andreessen Horowitz | ↗ |
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