We got really good at doing boring stuff well using AI.

BLEN is a small, AI-native team building digital services for federal agencies. The unglamorous parts, like intake, reconciliation and legacy data, are where AI earns its keep.

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Every day, millions of people rely on programs that run on decades-old systems. We make them work like they should.

Three practices. One team.

The same people design, build and run it, so nothing gets lost between teams.

Emerging technologies

AI agents that work inside the systems agencies already run.

Agentic AI & MCP
Enterprise LLMs
ML
RPA
Data analytics

In use at VA: VA Assist at the point of care and VA GPT for staff knowledge.

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IT modernization

Legacy platforms moved to the cloud, without stopping the mission.

DevSecOps
AWS
Azure
Google Cloud
Microservices

In use at GSA Fleet, USPTO.gov and the USPTO Open Data portal.

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Human-centered design

Services people can use the first time, on any device.

Product design
UI/UX
Section 508
USWDS
Web & mobile

In use at Head Start grant monitoring at HHS and USDA greenhouse gas field data.

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Free for every agency.

We open-source the tools we build for ourselves. Fifteen in the last twelve months.

Notes from the work.

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