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50+ years on the mission's hardest software. Cleared. Mission-first.

From the Valley
to the mission.

Former agency. We get commercial software to mission users. No prime pyramid. No ISV labyrinth. No theater.

Start a conversation → How we work
~/outpost
$ svio --bridge "silicon valley" --to "mission"
# scanning roster of cleared operators...
found: 50+ combined years on the nation's hardest software
# reaching out to SV partners...
connected: founders, CTOs, product leads
$ ready. commercial core, no overhead.
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Mission

We spent fifty years iterating on the nation's most mission-critical software.

We had to leave to save them.

Small bench. Former agency. We've shipped in places where most software goes to die. We know what holds. We know what's theater.

We partner with founders. We use commercial wherever it works. We build only in the seams where industry isn't engaged. We close the gap between commercial-grade and mission-grade. Then we get out of the way.

Capabilities

We do what others cannot.

Four things, executed cleanly. We don't run a pyramid. We don't bill a bench. We solve the problem and ship.

01

Strategic Partnership

We partner with like-minded founders to leverage commercial solutions wherever they exist. We build only in the seams where industry is less engaged. No wheel reinvention, no NIH theater.

02

Workshops & Dev Sprints

Mission-critical workflows, designed and shipped in focused sprints. Real outcomes in weeks. No 50-person O&M tail filling time between weekends.

03

Direct Access

Silicon Valley founders, CTOs, and product leaders in direct conversation with mission decision-makers. The people who build, talking to the people who use.

04

Smallest Team That Wins

We don't staff to a contract ceiling. We pick the problem, assemble the smallest team that can solve it, and ship. No bench-warmers, no shadow org chart.

The traditional path

  • Prime contractor with a 200-person org chart
  • 50-person O&M team filling time between weekends
  • Custom rebuild of what already exists commercially
  • Founder never meets the mission user
  • Tool ships when the market has moved on

The outpost path

  • Lean bench, no pyramid
  • Workshops and sprints, not bench-warming
  • Commercial core, configured for the mission
  • Founder in the room with the mission lead
  • Mission-critical workflow live while it still matters
The Outpost

Who we are.

A small bench of A-plus operators. Former agency, active clearances, fifty-plus combined years on the nation's most mission-critical software. We work on a handful of engagements at a time, on purpose. We hire the people who care more about the mission than their resumes.

50+
Years combined on the mission's hardest software.
100%
Former agency. Active clearances.
0
Body shop bench warmers on payroll.
<90d
From first call to mission user in pilot.
Contact

Get the outpost involved.

If you are a Silicon Valley founder, product leader, or operator, and you want to get your software in front of mission users without rebuilding it for procurement, talk to us. If you are a mission lead tired of waiting on the next IDIQ, same.

Bring us a real problem.

We'll tell you in a week whether we can help. If we can't, we'll tell you who can.

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