AI hardware startup Nominal triples valuation to $3B in 8 months (opens techcrunch.com)
Nominal sells an AI platform for hardware engineering and names Anduril as a major customer; the round triples its valuation to $3B in 8 months.
Context: US commercial revenue rose 148% to $984M and topped US government revenue ($953M) for the first time.
From CNBC: Palantir reports Q3 revenue up 96% YoY to $2.31B, above $2.18B est., US commercial revenue up 148% YoY to $984M, and raises FY 2026 revenue guidance to ~$8.53B — Palantir beat Wall Street's third-quarter estimates after the bell on Monday, with U.S. commercial revenue topping government …
Nominal sells an AI platform for hardware engineering and names Anduril as a major customer; the round triples its valuation to $3B in 8 months.
Lightspeed led and Insight co-led; TechCrunch notes Nominal claims Anduril as a major customer and that the valuation tripled in eight months.
Rune's AI software helps the military plan supplies near the front line; it joins Missionforce, the defence business Salesforce launched a year ago.
The AI logistics startup would bolster Salesforce's Missionforce defense platform.
Rune makes AI military logistics software and had raised $30M from a16z and others; TechCrunch says it will join Salesforce's Missionforce defense platform.
Path automates industrial welding; Georgian led, joined by a consortium including Yamaha Motor's venture arm.