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Nominal

Nominal provides a unified software suite for hardware engineering teams to test, operate, and analyze complex physical systems.

nominal.io · Los Angeles

CALL NO.CS·NOMINAL·26
StageSeries B-2March 2026 · led by Founders Fund[1][2][9][17]
Raised$183Mdisclosed rounds[18]
Headcount135as of Mar 2026[9]
Valuationnot publicly disclosedno source in ledger
Founded2022[18]
Money

Raised $183M across disclosed rounds.[18]

Series B-2 closed March 2026, led by Founders Fund.[1][2][9][17]

post-money valuation is not publicly disclosed.

Named investors include Founders Fund, Sequoia Capital, General Catalyst, Lux Capital, Red Glass, Lightspeed, XYZ, Haystack, Human Capital, BoxGroup.[1][9][10][18]

People

Cameron McCord, Co-founder, CEO[18][19][20][25][6][22]

Bryce Strauss, Co-founder[18][19][20][25][6][22]

Jason Hoch, Co-founder[18][19][20][25][6][22]

Stephen Slattery, Head of Product[6][18][19][20][22][25]

David Jannotta, Security Lead[6][18][19][20][22][25]

Signals
Sep 15 2026newsNorth Wind welcomes Nominal as newest Technology Alliance partner[8]
Aug 3 2026news$1 billion industrial AI startup bets on Seattle's aerospace engineers, plans to hire 50 by 2027[7]
Jul 29 2026newsSeattle lands another $1B startup: Here’s the latest arrival in the industrial AI boom[6]
Mar 24 2026newsMach Industries Selects Nominal to Run Test Infrastructure for Its Next-Generation Strike and Surveillance Systems company claim, not independently confirmed[11]
Mar 5 2026fundingNominal Valued at $1B as Founders Fund Leads $80M Acceleration Round company claim, not independently confirmed[17]
Comps

Anduril Industries · anduril.com · Same buyer (defense contractors), co-founder of Anduril is a lead investor in Nominal, and Anduril is a customer of Nominal.[1][13][17]

Palantir Technologies · palantir.com · Several Nominal team members previously worked at Palantir, indicating a shared talent pool and potentially similar problem spaces.[13]

Mach Industries · machindustries.com · Same buyer and same job to be done: a defense hardware prime running its own test and validation stack. Nominal announced Mach Industries selected it to run test infrastructure with automated readiness decisions and full traceability from simulation to the...[11]

Yokogawa · yokogawa.com · Same buyer and same system of record: industrial data acquisition and monitoring for engineering and operations teams. Tracxn lists Yokogawa as a top competitor to Nominal's unified industrial data stack, meaning the same industrial buyer weighing data...[24]

Inductive Automation · inductiveautomation.com · Same buyer and same workflow: plant and asset data connectivity, monitoring, and control software for industrial engineering teams.[24]

Phaidra · phaidra.ai · Same buyer and same budget line: industrial operations software for facilities and process equipment. Tracxn names it a top competitor to Nominal, placing both in the same industrial data and manufacturing technology evaluation set.[24]

North Wind · north-wind.com · similar, not yet paired · Same buyer and same budget line: aerospace test and validation services. North Wind sells aerospace testing to the same engineering organizations Nominal targets, and the two are named together in a partnership covering hardware intelligence for those...[8]

Risk

The customer proof is company-sourced only. No independent source in this ledger confirms it.[11]

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Nominal

CALL NO.CS·NOMINAL·26

Nominal provides a unified software suite for hardware engineering teams to test, operate, and analyze complex physical systems.

nominal.io · Los Angeles

StageSeries B-2
Raised$183M
Headcount135
Valuationnot publicly disclosed
Founded2022
CompsAnduril Industries +6

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