Nominal

Summary

About

About Nominal

Nominal Core captures, structures and analyzes high-rate engineering data, while Nominal Connect runs test applications and hardware-in-the-loop workflows at the edge. The stack supports cloud, on-premises and air-gapped environments, allowing teams to link instrumentation, test operations, analysis and reporting across development and field use.

The company began in aerospace and defense and now serves automotive, energy, manufacturing and robotics programmes. By March 2026 it reported more than sixty customer organizations, including four of the five largest defense contractors, and was using its new capital to deepen AI-assisted investigation and expand into additional hardware categories.

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Articles

12 MAR 2026

Forterra selects Nominal for AutoDrive testing and operations data

Supply

Supply chain relationships

  • Forterra

    Outbound - Compute & Control - Nominal provides the test and validation data platform supporting Forterra’s AutoDrive production

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  • AeroVironment

    Outbound - Software - Nominal supplies test and production-data infrastructure for AeroVironment autonomous-system engineering and manufacturing

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Funding

Investors

  • Founders Fund - Lead - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-03-05
  • General Catalyst - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-03-05
  • Lightspeed - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-03-05
  • Lux Capital - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-03-05
  • Red Glass - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-03-05
  • Sequoia Capital - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-03-05

Team

  • Cameron McCord - Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer - Leads Nominal and its test, telemetry and operations software business.
  • Bryce Strauss - Co-founder - Supports company and product development for Nominal's industrial data platform.
  • Jason Hoch - Co-founder - Supports company and engineering development for Nominal's test and operations platform.

Timeline

Events

  • 2026-09-15 - Partnership - Nominal joins North Wind’s ASCENT aerospace test environment

    North Wind operates 11 facilities spanning propulsion, hypersonics and flight-systems testing, including its flagship tunnel in Plymouth, Minnesota. Telemetry, sensor data, logs and video from physical tests flow into a shared environment as they are captured. The integration is intended to let engineering teams monitor systems in real time, identify issues earlier and reuse evidence across successive tests and facilities.

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  • 2026-09-08 - Partnership - Nominal and AeroVironment connect test and production data at scale

    AeroVironment is using one shared system for test-data capture, cross-team review and traceability from engineering test through end-of-line manufacturing checks. The deployment spans growing production of uncrewed aircraft, loitering munitions and counter-UAS systems across multiple programmes and facilities. Nominal provides edge data capture, browser-based storage and analysis, and a continuous record from research and development through production scale.

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  • 2026-03-12 - Partnership - Forterra selects Nominal for AutoDrive test and mission data infrastructure

    Nominal unifies data from simulation, hardware-in-the-loop benches, test ranges and operating vehicles. The programme covers regression testing, real-time field validation, post-test analysis and fleet-wide sustainment analytics. The announcement identifies a technology selection and operating programme but does not disclose a contract value.

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  • 2026-03-05 - Funding - Nominal raises $80M Series B extension at $1B valuation

    Sequoia Capital, General Catalyst, Lux Capital, Red Glass and Lightspeed continued their support in the extension. The round followed a $75 million Series B and brought the two Series B tranches to $155 million. Nominal is expanding Core and Connect, adding AI-assisted engineering workflows and taking its test stack into automotive, robotics and other industrial sectors.

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Relations

Relationships

  • North Wind

    Ascent Data Infrastructure Partner - North Wind integrated Nominal into its ASCENT aerospace-test environment and added the company to its Technology Alliance.

  • AeroVironment

    Test And Production Data Platform - Nominal provides AeroVironment with shared test and production-data infrastructure across autonomous-system engineering and manufacturing.

  • Forterra

    Partnership Counterparty - Forterra selected Nominal to support testing, validation and mission operations for its AutoDrive autonomous-driving system.