Nominal

Awards received1

• Air Force Test Center data infrastructure IDIQ (SBIR Phase III)

  Apr 14, 2026 · SBIR Phase III

  From U.S. Air Force

  Confirmed
  Up to $53.0M

  Ceiling

Profile2

1. 1
   CompanyAviation | Nominal - Unified Industrial Data Stack

   Nominal · Supports Organization · description

   “Nominal accelerates flight test campaigns for advanced aircraft. Despite advancements in flight technologies, the software for testing and validating these systems hasn't kept pace with innovation. Test engineers frequently waste time linking various tools for a tech stack instead of concentrating on new systems, especially for cloud software observability. Some choose to create in-house solutions, which face challenges with growing data scales and reliability as production increases. Where Tests Actually Get Stuck Long waits Data reviews took hours or days, delaying iteration and risking missed test points. Messy data Incompatible formats and changing schemas across simulations, engines, and flight systems. Laborious Manual Work Engineers manually aligned telemetry, logs, and video across disparate test environments. Siloed Knowledge Teams at different sites struggled to share real-time insights, losing historical context. Nominal provides a complete platform for managing and automating flight test review. A Nominal integration can accelerate test cadence by an order of magnitude. Engineers compare test points across all historical flights in clicks, validating behavior in-flight with streaming checklists.”

2. 2
   DatabaseSixth-Domain public startup directory

   Sixth-Domain · Supports Organization · kind

   “{"group": "startups", "id": "84ac2818-d9f9-4bb8-b1cb-193faa33c72a", "name": "Nominal"}”

Funding4

1. 3
   CompanyWe raised $80M to make hardware teams AI-ready

   Nominal · Mar 5, 2026 · Supports Funding round · amount, Funding round · post money valuation usd, Organization, Organization · description

   “Nominal raised an additional $80 million at a valuation of $1 billion”

2. 4
   NewsFounders Fund Leads $80 Million Bet on Manufacturing Unicorn

   Bloomberg · Mar 5, 2026 · Supports Funding round · announced on, Funding round · notes

   “March 5, 2026 at 8:00 AM EST”

3. 5
   CompanyNominal Raises $75 Million, led by Sequoia Capital, to Modernize Hardware Testing

   PR Newswire · Jun 12, 2025 · Supports Funding round · amount

   “today announced a $75 million Series B led by Sequoia Capital”

4. 6
   CompanyNominal Emerges From Stealth With Backing From General Catalyst, Lux Capital, Founders Fund

   Business Wire · Apr 18, 2024 · Supports Funding round · amount

   “The startup raised $7.5M in Seed funding led by Lux Capital with support from Founders Fund”

Government1

1. 7
   CompanyNominal Awarded $53 Million IDIQ Contract to Support Modernization of Air Force Test Center Data Infrastructure

   Nominal (GlobeNewswire) · Apr 14, 2026 · Supports Government award, Organization, Organization · country, Organization · legal name, Organization · name, Organization · website

   “The contract, which carries a ceiling of $53 million, represents a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase III transition”