About Nominal
We equip engineers to accelerate with confidence
Nominal is the hardware intelligence platform. It keeps everything a team knows about its machines in one place, so engineers and their agents can build better machines, faster.
What we believe
Ambition is timeless. Tools are not.
Build for reality
Engineers building in the physical world work behind air gaps, across decades-old systems, and with mounds of data and context. We carry frontier technology the last mile, so it’s easy to adopt and runs wherever their hardware does.
Speed wins
The future won’t build itself. We help customers find every chance to move faster, and we hold ourselves to the same pace, from our product interfaces to our response times in shared channels.
Confidence = clarity
Engineering decisions carry real consequences. Every agent cites its sources so engineers can check the work and make the call. Version control, annotations, and integrations are built into every application so teams work from the same record.
Be their favorite partner
Our product, teams, and offices are built to build where our customers build, while architecting our systems and processes to protect customer data and IP at all costs. When they win, we help tell the story that brings the next generation of engineers to their door.
Founders
Built by engineers, for engineers
We’ve been there. We’ve watched brilliant coworkers lose weeks fighting with their tools: hunting for data, waiting on slow analysis scripts, maintaining brittle monitoring, and collaborating through PowerPoint. Nominal is the tool we wished we’d had.
Cameron McCord
Co-founder · CEO
Bryce Strauss
Co-founder
Jason Hoch
Co-founder
Trusted by the leading frontier hardware teams of all shapes and sizes
Investors
In good company
Our investors backed frontier AI, the software the world runs on, and many of our customers. Now they’re betting on tools for engineers that build the physical world.
In the press
- Nominal Secures $71M to Expand Across Collaborative Combat Aircraft Testing (opens in a new tab)Tectonic Defense
- All Systems Nominal: shaping the future of hardware development (opens in a new tab)Sequoia Capital
- These Companies Say AI Is Reviving Entry-Level Jobs, Not Killing Them (opens in a new tab)The Wall Street Journal
- Hardware testing startup Nominal hits $1B valuation, raises $155M in 10 months (opens in a new tab)TechCrunch
- Founders Fund Leads $80 Million Bet on Manufacturing Unicorn (opens in a new tab)Bloomberg
- 9 startups from Palantir alumni you need to know (opens in a new tab)Fast Company
Frequently asked questions
What does Nominal do?
Nominal is the hardware intelligence platform. It brings telemetry, logs, video, simulation and engineering workflows together, giving teams the context to understand their hardware and make better decisions across development, testing, manufacturing, and operations.
Which industries does Nominal work with?
Nominal serves teams across aerospace, defense, automotive, robotics, maritime, manufacturing, energy and beyond, wherever complex hardware is being designed, built and operated.
Who founded Nominal?
Nominal was founded by Cameron McCord, Bryce Strauss and Jason Hoch, engineers and operators with experience across the Navy, defense, and enterprise software.
Who invests in Nominal?
Nominal is backed by leading investors including Sequoia, General Catalyst, Lux Capital, Founders Fund, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and Insight Partners.
Where is Nominal based?
We have offices in Los Angeles, New York, Austin, Seattle, Washington, D.C. and London.
Is Nominal hiring?
Yes! We’re always looking for exceptional engineers, designers and operators to help build the intelligence platform for hardware. Explore our open roles on the Careers page.