Nominal, founded in 2022, builds a unified, real-time test stack for physical systems, aiming to bridge the gap between hardware and software engineering tools. The company's platform serves over sixty organizations, including four of the five largest defense contractors in the world, operating across sectors such as defense, aerospace, energy, and autonomous vehicles. It maintains offices in Austin, Texas; New York; Los Angeles; Washington D.C.; and London.
The company's product suite includes Nominal Core, a data platform for managing, monitoring, and analyzing hardware telemetry data, and Nominal Connect, an edge compute platform for developing hardware-in-the-loop test applications. Core technical domains encompass hardware telemetry data management, edge compute, and real-time test stack development.
The founding team, which includes individuals with experience at the U.S. Navy, Lockheed Martin, and Palantir, established the company to address legacy tool challenges faced by hardware engineers. Nominal has secured $155M in funding.
