NODA AI

Summary

About

About NODA AI

NODA's URZA reasoning engine translates an operator's mission intent into tasks distributed across a mixed fleet. It adapts task allocation as conditions change and is designed to preserve coordination through intermittent or denied communications. MELD provides the integration standard for connecting platforms from different manufacturers to this orchestration layer.

The company pairs that runtime software with a synthetic environment containing digital representations of platforms, payloads and operating conditions. Teams can test and tune behaviours before distribution to connected systems. Its Fieldcraft algorithm library includes communications-network management, sensor tracking and surveillance behaviours, while the operator selects the platform team and mission playbook. NODA supplies the coordinating software for separately developed vehicles and autonomy systems.

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Funding

Investors

  • Draper Associates - Participant - Angel / Individual - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2025-04-01 - latest 2026-02-26
  • Alumni Ventures - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-02-26
  • Bessemer Venture Partners - Lead - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-02-26
  • Bloomberg Beta - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - strategic/corporate - first seen 2026-02-26
  • Booz Allen Ventures - Participant - Corporate / CVC - 1 funding event - strategic/corporate - first seen 2026-02-26
  • Crosslink Capital - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-04-01
  • Outlander VC - Lead - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-04-01

Team

  • Philong Duong - Co-Founder
  • Thomas Corbett - Co-Founder

Timeline

Events

  • 2026-08-17 - Contract Award - NODA AI wins $100M contract to scale autonomous mission command

    The vendor-agnostic orchestration layer is designed to work across government and OEM platforms without requiring hardware or software modifications to the underlying systems. NODA combines its URZA orchestration platform with a software-defined-effects engine to translate commander intent into actions across manned and unmanned teams. NODA reports integrations with more than 30 OEM-specific vehicles and control systems, spanning subsurface platforms to space and supporting degraded or denied communications.

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  • 2026-07-22 - Contract Award - NODA AI receives $10M award to develop MAESTRO multi-domain autonomy software

    MAESTRO is intended to coordinate heterogeneous autonomous platforms as one mission team. The programme focuses on operations where communications are intermittent, degraded or denied. The $10 million award covers development of the MAESTRO software programme.

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  • 2026-02-26 - Funding - NODA AI raises USD 25M Series A for autonomous-systems orchestration

    Bessemer led the round, with Booz Allen Ventures, Draper Associates, Bloomberg Beta, Alumni Ventures, Outlander and Crosslink participating. NODA is building an orchestration layer for heterogeneous autonomous systems across defense and intelligence missions. Tectonic Defense reported the completed Series A at a USD 125 million post-money valuation.

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  • 2025-04-01 - Funding - NODA AI raises $3M in pre-seed funding

    Pre-seed round. Investors: Crosslink Capital, Draper Associates, Outlander VC. The financing supports continued product development, deployment scaling, and commercialization of the company's robotics platform.

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Relations

Relationships

  • United States Department of War

    Autonomous Mission Command Customer - NODA AI holds U.S. Department of War contracts for autonomous mission command, including a $100M Joint Force award announced in August 2026.

Context

Comparable profiles

  • Breaker

    stack adjacency - Defence Mission Autonomy Software · Mission Autonomy Software

  • Swarmer

    stack adjacency - Defence Mission Autonomy Software · Mission Autonomy Software

  • FlySight

    stack adjacency - Defence Mission Autonomy Software · Mission Autonomy Software

  • VICTUS Technologies

    stack adjacency - Defence Mission Autonomy Software

  • Apium Swarm Robotics

    stack adjacency - Defence Mission Autonomy Software

  • Hive Robotics

    stack adjacency - Defence Mission Autonomy Software

  • Autonodyne

    stack adjacency - Mission Autonomy Software

  • Scientific Systems

    stack adjacency - Mission Autonomy Software

  • Mission Systems

    stack adjacency - Mission Autonomy Software

  • HAT.tec

    stack adjacency - Mission Autonomy Software

  • SandboxAQ

    stack adjacency - Mission Autonomy Software

  • IG Defence

    stack adjacency - Defence Mission Autonomy Software

Shared workflows

Context tags

  • Defence mission-autonomy software stack - Stack Layer - NODA describes a vendor-agnostic defence autonomy layer for multi-domain mission orchestration.
  • Multi-robot mission orchestration - Workflow - NODA describes a vendor-agnostic defence autonomy layer for multi-domain mission orchestration.
  • Tactical autonomous missions - Workflow - NODA describes a vendor-agnostic defence autonomy layer for multi-domain mission orchestration.
  • Mission autonomy software - Stack Layer - NODA describes a vendor-agnostic defence autonomy layer for multi-domain mission orchestration.

Commercial

  • NODA AI wins $100M contract to scale autonomous mission command

    2026-08-17 · Order / contract · NODA AI was awarded a $100 million U.S. Department of War contract to scale mission-command and software-defined-effects software across the Joint Force.

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  • NODA AI receives $10M award to develop MAESTRO multi-domain autonomy software

    2026-07-22 · Order / contract · NODA AI received a $10 million U.S. defense award to develop MAESTRO, software for coordinating autonomous air, ground, surface and underwater systems when communications are degraded or jammed. · $10M award/order

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