BLEN is a small team in D.C. that's been at it since 2004, does the right thing, is run by four people you can call, and is easy to buy from.

Since 2004

From a basement design shop to 100+ customers.

Twenty-two years building federal software for USPTO, GSA, HHS Head Start and the VA. Lately: 15 products open-sourced in twelve months and two VHA hackathon wins.

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Founded in D.C.: 2004
Customers served: 100+
Products open-sourced in 12 months: 15
VHA hackathon winners: 2×

It started in a basement. It still feels like one.

We started in 2004 as a small design shop. Twenty-two years later we build the software behind federal programs at USPTO, GSA, HHS Head Start and the VA.

Research, design, product, security and engineering sit at one table. Our leadership team has worked together for more than a decade. Most of our work is moving agencies off legacy systems, and lately putting AI to work inside them, without breaking what already works.

We're an OpenAI Select Partner and work across AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud.

How we work.

Integrity first.
We do the right thing, even when it's hard. It shows in the code and in the relationship.
We love the work.
A small team of engineers and designers who would build this stuff on weekends anyway.
Scrappy, not sloppy.
We dream big and still refuse the shortcut.
We finish.
Projects end in production, not in a final report.
Small by design.
We're picky about partners and clients, so each one gets the whole team.
Fast on purpose.
Working software in weeks. We don't like wasting your time or ours.