Shipa is a cloud-native application API platform that introduces a standard application operating definition that instead enables developers to build and manage applications using a single approach that works across all infrastructures. This streamlined efficiency transforms the developer experience, allowing developers to focus on their preferred product development work instead of complex overhead. On the DevOps side, the standard AppOps model similarly empowers teams to introduce new infrastructure platforms or alter existing ones without altering the developer experience. Shipa also eliminates the complexity of securing multiple infrastructure platforms by enabling policy-as-code. DevOps can define standard application-level policies and visualize compliance and conformance to these policies.