Nominal

Nominal is the faster, more reliable way to validate mission-critical systems. We build workflows for modern hardware teams to confirm all systems are nominal.

[Nominal @Nominal_io]

Ambition is timeless. Tools are not.

Today @nominal_io is announcing an $80M fundraise at a $1B valuation, led by @traestephens and @zebulgar at @foundersfund.

Since our Series B 10 months ago: 7x revenue growth. 2x team growth.

Hardware engineers are stuck between 1980s-era tools and .com software built to be replaced. We're fixing the data supply chain so the industrial sector can adopt AI and enter the next era of ambition.

We’re also releasing Volume 1 of the Nominal Product Catalog: "Tools for Progress."

https://t.co/tdpswqw0ek

We're grateful for continued participation from @sequoia, @generalcatalyst, @Lux_Capital, @lightspeedvp, @redglassvc, @avenirgrowth, and @haystackvc.

All Systems Nominal.

[Arena Magazine @arenamagdotcom]

Arena Magazine Issue 008 Launch.

@Nominal_io

[Jason Hoch @jrshoch]

The tools software engineers take for granted don't exist in hardware yet. Software agents loop in seconds. Hardware feedback loops can cost millions and happen once a day, or maybe only once ever.

Before AI can help hardware engineers, we need better data infrastructure. That mostly doesn't exist yet.

It's why we built @nominal_io. Full episode on @software_daily with @kbal11: https://t.co/ViwGHRi8Et

[Nominal @Nominal_io]

Defense acquisition reform runs through test infrastructure.

@CameronLMcCord joined @NSheinbaum on Crossing the Valley to break down how Nominal is turning TRL scores into real, data-backed numbers — and what that means for how programs buy and build.

https://t.co/CEUwIAorbN

[Cameron McCord @CameronLMcCord]

Every hire either preserves your culture or dilutes it. There's no neutral.

"Are you passionate about the mission?" doesn't work. People know the right answer.

You have to go three layers deep. By the third answer, nobody's reciting a rehearsed line and you find out what really makes people tick. At @Nominal_io, we look for people that we'd trust to stand the night watch.

Talked through this and a lot more with @nakul.

[Nominal @Nominal_io]

Third annual Camp Nominal, wrapped!

The team's nearly tripled since last summer. Some things you can't build over Slack.

[Nominal @Nominal_io]

Kelly Johnson built a jet aircraft in 143 days in 1943 without digital infrastructure or a data stack.

A modern F-35 test event generates more data than Johnson's entire program, and most orgs still can't act on it fast.

@DefTechSignals breaks down how we're changing that: https://t.co/60SwQYXMEh

[Nominal @Nominal_io]

We call them the Mission Team. Thanks for having us @southpkcommons!

[Finn Meeks @finn_meeks]

FDE job openings are up 10x YoY!

I sat down with @colintjarvis, @calvinleenyc, @jrshoch, and @howard_zuo to discuss why top AI companies are bringing their best engineers on-site with customers.

One reason: coding agent empower engineers to focus less on integrations/grunt work and more on solving end-to-end customer problems, where on-the-ground context is critical.

[Nominal @Nominal_io]

@CameronLMcCord Read the article:
https://t.co/QJ8lqfx6UE

[Nominal @Nominal_io]

Sequoia published a profile of our CEO @CameronLMcCord today.

From 484 days on a nuclear submarine, to the House Armed Services Committee, to the Anduril desert, it's the story of how the problem @Nominal_io was built to solve became impossible to ignore.

[Nominal @Nominal_io]

Nominal's sales team has tripled in the last 6 months.

Every quarter we get the whole team in a room. Not to celebrate. To think: which customers are the right ones to grow with, and how do we better serve their missions?

25+ sales pros in Austin last week. One theme: grow in a way that empowers our customers.

Most sales teams don't think this way. Should they?

[Nominal @Nominal_io]

@CaitlinCloud9 @AaloAtomics @8vc @ensemblevc @allencontrol @togethercompute @balerionspace Hats that are "in good companies"

[Nominal @Nominal_io]

@OdysAviation Read the case study: https://t.co/ZgVwndu2ew

[Nominal @Nominal_io]

Pull the SD card. Run the parsing script. Hope the file cooperated.

Two years ago, that was @OdysAviation after every flight test.

Now telemetry streams live into Nominal. First review ready before the aircraft cools down.

[Nominal @Nominal_io]

Our customers fly spacecraft, build autonomous fighter jets, ship defense systems that have to work the first time. They can tell in three seconds whether a website was made by people who know what they're talking about.

We're hiring a web designer in Austin to own ours. Type set right, motion that feels deliberate, pages that hold up on slow connections.

Make it read as serious as the work behind it.

Apply now: https://t.co/IleAVcGUvh

[Nominal @Nominal_io]

@OdysAviation Case study: https://t.co/ZgVwnduA44

[Nominal @Nominal_io]

@OdysAviation is building one aircraft architecture for two missions.

Laila: 450-mile autonomous cargo drone for defense logistics. Alta: 1,200-mile crewed regional aircraft for civil aviation.

Same flap-based thrust vectoring. Same hybrid-electric propulsion. Their test cadence runs on Nominal.

Link to full case study in the replies.

[Nominal @Nominal_io]

Race engineers don't get a second take.

At Laguna Seca last weekend, @PrattMillerMS ran two Corvette Z06 GT3 Rs at Laguna Seca with Nominal live on the pit wall.

Engineered to win.

[Bilal Zuberi // Red Glass Ventures @bznotes]

Discussing how data will rule the physical world with @CameronLMcCord of @Nominal_io.

[Nominal @Nominal_io]

Nominal has acquired @FidLabs. AI that actually understands hardware test data, built into the workflows engineers already use.

Fid Labs CEO @AdamWoptimized joins as AI Product Lead.

More from Nominal co-founder @jrshoch: https://t.co/B4hxO2ugHJ