TAMPA, FL – May 28, 2025 – Rise8 announces that the Platform One (P1) Solutions Marketplace has designated its Software Refinery DevSecOps solution as “Awardable.” The P1 Solutions Marketplace is a digital repository of post-competition, readily awardable pitch videos addressing the Department of Defense’s most urgent hardware, software, and services needs.
Software Refinery by Rise8 is a transformative DevSecOps solution that combines people, process, and technology to continuously deliver high-quality software users love, at the speed of relevance. Through curated services spanning cloud and platform engineering, custom app development, and cybersecurity, Software Refinery is designed to reduce time-to-value, enhance security, and upskill teams through hands-on pairing. Software refinery operationalizes the Risk Management Framework with automation and secure pipelines for continuous compliance.
“Our listing in the P1 Marketplace is a reflection of our capabilities and the operational outcomes we've delivered to real users in production across the DoD and VA,” said Bryon Kroger, Founder & CEO of Rise8. “Software Refinery isn’t just about shipping code. It’s about delivering impact faster, safer, and with less waste.”
Rise8’s video, titled Software Refinery, is accessible to government customers via the P1 Solutions Marketplace. It showcases mission-proven use cases such as:
- Application Development: Seven Space Command & Control apps delivered with an average MVP time of 64 days for the USSF’s Kobayashi Maru program.
- Cloud Platform & Infrastructure: A secure PaaS on Azure AKS for command and control operations, and a cloud-native AWS platform for the VA supporting 231 apps and 16 million monthly API calls.
- Continuous ATO (cATO): The VA’s first-ever continuous ATO, reducing time-to-ATO from 568 days to just 87 days.
Rise8 was selected from a competitive pool of applicants whose solutions demonstrated innovation, scalability, and tangible impact on defense missions. Government customers interested in viewing the Software Refinery pitch can create a P1 Solutions Marketplace account here.
About Rise8
Rise8 exists to create a future where fewer bad things happen because of bad software by enabling government organizations to continuously deliver valuable software users love. We think big, start small, and scale fast with incredible engineering, a product mindset, and human-centered design to develop custom software for critical missions.
Rise8 is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) with headquarters in Tampa, FL, and a fully remote workforce.
For media inquiries, contact: rise8@req.com
About the P1 Solutions Marketplace
The P1 Solutions Marketplace is a curated library of awardable video pitches addressing critical Department of Defense challenges. Each solution is assessed using a competitive rubric and made available to authorized government buyers via the Marketplace.
