Partnering with Nominal: Powering the Next Era of Hardware Engineering

• Nominal builds DevOps-style continuous testing stack for hardware engineers.
  • Founders: ex-U.S. Navy, Lockheed Martin, Palantir. Problem lived firsthand.
• Hardware still runs on 1980s testing systems built for decade-long cycles.
  • SpaceX-era pace demands ship-every-10-weeks velocity instead.
• Nominal Core: unified telemetry — manage, monitor, analyze from test to ops.
• Nominal Connect: hardware-in-the-loop automation + edge processing.
• Customers span defense/aerospace, energy, transport; U.S. and Europe.
• Sequoia leads Series B; more product announcements incoming.
• $53M IDIQ contract with Air Force Test Center already secured.

X discourse

• @Alfred_Lin: “Love seeing portfolio companies work together, especially two doing hard things in hardware.” (16 likes)
• @Nominal_io: “Mach Industries partnership: powering next-gen unmanned systems testing fast.” (25 likes)
• @CameronLMcCord: “Air Force Test Center awarded $53M IDIQ to scale Nominal across bases. All Systems Nominal.” (10 likes)
• @bznotes: “Excited to see portfolio company Nominal receive this $53M IDIQ award to modernize hardware testing.” (13 likes)
• @tectonicdefense: “Nominal inks $53M sole-source deal with Air Force Test Center to speed next-gen platforms.” (9 likes)

Anas Biad and Alfred Lin, Sequoia Capital · 2025-06-12 · Read on sequoiacap.com