Nominal, Inc.

Nominal, Inc. is a privately held technology company that develops a unified industrial data stack, providing software solutions for high-speed test engineering. The company's mission is to equip engineers with the tools and infrastructure necessary to rapidly test and operate critical technology, enabling the delivery of mission-critical capabilities at scale. Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, Nominal aims to accelerate development, production, and operations for hardware teams across various industries.

Nominal's core offerings include Nominal Core, an all-in-one data platform for hardware engineering that facilitates the capture, monitoring, and analysis of telemetry, logs, video, and simulation results, alongside automated reporting. Additionally, Nominal Connect serves as an edge platform for hardware test applications. These solutions cater to a diverse range of market segments, including aerospace, defense, industrial machinery, transportation, and energy sectors.

Co-founded by Cameron McCord (CEO), Bryce Strauss, and Jason Hoch, Nominal, Inc. has rapidly gained traction, emerging from stealth in April 2024 with significant seed and Series A funding. The company has since raised a total of $182 million, achieving a valuation of $1 billion as of March 2026, with its latest Series B round closing in February 2026. Nominal's leadership team comprises experienced engineers from prominent organizations such as Palantir, SpaceX, Anduril, and Lockheed Martin. The company has established key partnerships, including one with Pratt Miller Motorsports, where its technology serves as the data backbone for racing operations, and supports critical data analysis for clients like the U.S. Air Force.

Latest updates

Nominal Acquires Fid Labs to Embed AI in Hardware Engineering

Event summary

  • Nominal, a hardware data infrastructure platform, acquired Fid Labs, a startup specializing in AI agents for hardware workflows.
  • Adam Wolnikowski, founder of Fid Labs, has joined Nominal as AI Product Lead.
  • Nominal’s $80 million Series B-2 round, valuing the company above $1 billion, earmarked strategic acquisitions.
  • Nominal’s ARR grew 7x in 2025, and it serves four of the five largest U.S. defense prime contractors.

The big picture

Nominal's acquisition of Fid Labs represents a strategic move to address a long-standing challenge in the hardware engineering sector: the lack of accessible and usable data. By combining Nominal’s data infrastructure platform with Fid Labs’ AI expertise, the company aims to accelerate hardware development cycles and establish itself as a central platform for advanced engineering teams, a market estimated to be worth billions annually.

What we're watching

Execution Risk
Integrating Fid Labs’ AI agents into Nominal’s existing platform and achieving the promised exponential impact will be a key test of Nominal’s acquisition strategy.
Market Adoption
The success of Nominal’s AI-powered hardware engineering platform hinges on overcoming the industry’s historical data silos and gaining widespread adoption among engineering teams.
Competitive Landscape
While Nominal addresses a critical gap in hardware engineering, other players may emerge to capitalize on the growing demand for AI-driven solutions, intensifying competition in the data infrastructure space.
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