About Thazen
Senior AI and software engineers for defense and federal programs nationwide.
Founded in 2017, Thazen is an SBA Certified HUBZone Small Business delivering AI engineering, modern software and cloud solutions for defense, federal civilian and commercial customers nationwide.
Who We Are
For decades, our engineers have delivered modern software and cloud solutions for commercial and defense programs. Thazen brings that enterprise commercial engineering experience, and commercial speed, to federal and DoW programs.
Today our engineers are embedded on DoW cloud modernization and training & simulation programs, including U.S. Army programs, through our defense partners, and on federal civilian programs including the U.S. Courts – Ninth Circuit, USPS and CBP through our federal partners. We also continue to build for enterprise commercial clients.
We apply AI to our own engineering, too: our engineers built and use Topsoil, a private AI coding agent, with a person reviewing every change.
By the Numbers
- Year Founded
- 2017
- Of Engineering Experience
- Decades
- SBA Certified HUBZone Small Business
- HUBZone
Our Story
Before 2017
Founders’ Experience
Before Thazen, its founders delivered modern software and cloud platform solutions to enterprise commercial clients and brought that deep experience into defense simulation programs and IRAD engagements at Riptide Software / Phoenix Defense.2017
Thazen Is Founded
Thazen is founded to bring commercial cloud and modern software practices to defense, federal and commercial programs.Commercial Roots
Enterprise Work
Software engineering, data analytics, cloud and legacy modernization for commercial enterprises including Siemens Energy, CFI Westgate, Amscot, RedShred, Ingenyx, Thynk and Dominion Energy, work that continues today.Defense Programs
Training, Simulation and Cloud
Embedded engineering on DoW programs, including U.S. Army training, simulation and cloud programs, as a subcontractor to General Dynamics Mission Systems and Cole Engineering Services.2024
AI on Amazon Bedrock
Our AI proposal-evaluation prototype on Amazon Bedrock and AWS GovCloud (US) reaches the semi-finalist round of the NAWCTSD Prize Challenge.2025
HUBZone Certified
Thazen is an SBA Certified HUBZone Small Business.Aug 2026
Enactic Labs
Thazen and Design Interactive form the Enactic Labs joint venture.
Oct 2026
CMMC Level 2 Self-Assessment Complete
We complete our final CMMC Level 2 self-assessment against NIST SP 800-171 Rev 2. It is verifiable in SPRS.Oct 2026
Topsoil Launches
We release Topsoil, the private AI coding agent our own engineers had been using every day.
Why Thazen
What We Bring to a Program
Senior Engineers on Every Program
Our engineers bring deep commercial and defense experience, and they own the outcome of the work.
AI Engineering in Production
We design and deliver AI systems, from production machine learning to GenAI on Amazon Bedrock, and hold them to the same engineering discipline as any software.
Embedded on Federal and DoW Programs
Our engineers work inside program teams through our defense and federal partners, on cloud modernization, AI, and training & simulation software.
Commercially Rooted
We still build for enterprise commercial clients, and we apply those same practices, at commercial speed, to federal and DoW programs.
Stable and Ready to Scale
A stable company with the capacity to add senior engineers as your program grows.
HUBZone Certified
An SBA Certified HUBZone Small Business, and a founding member of the Enactic Labs joint venture.
How We Work
One Method on Every Program
Small loops, automated checks and a person reviewing the result, whether the work is done by our engineers, an AI agent, or both.
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