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Slattery: Custom hardware toolchains rarely generalize to subsequent product lines
“They might have built a tool chain that worked very well for product one, but almost always what we're seeing is that it's typically over tailored to that system in terms of the data types it supports, the analysis workflows, how commoditized it is. And then t…”
Stephen Slattery Jun 12, 2025 ▶ 29:34 Sequoia Leads $75M Series B Into Nominal | Alfred Lin Joins Board · Sourcery with Molly O'Shea
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Slattery: SpaceX and Anduril diaspora is standardizing hardware data models
“One of the things that's made nominal possible now, or say three years ago, is that there is this crunch happening across all of these disparate industries in terms of the data types that they are using. Where, 20 years ago, if we were going in and trying to i…”
Stephen Slattery Jun 12, 2025 ▶ 48:34 Sequoia Leads $75M Series B Into Nominal | Alfred Lin Joins Board · Sourcery with Molly O'Shea
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Slattery: Maritime, nuclear, and aerospace share identical core telemetry needs
“What we're seeing, you know, maritime, nuclear, aerospace, is that we're not getting bombarded with a million different maritime-specific feature requests. Right. We're seeing a lot of commonality across these industries. Folks want the same answers. They want…”
Stephen Slattery Jun 12, 2025 ▶ 58:58 Sequoia Leads $75M Series B Into Nominal | Alfred Lin Joins Board · Sourcery with Molly O'Shea
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Slattery: Onshoring hardware supply chains demands massive continuous component re-testing
“Once you find that vendor, the next thing that happens is testing. If I'm, you know, previously was buying my brushless motor from China, and now I'm gonna buy it from a US vendor or a Czech vendor, whoever it might be, that is a test campaign that needs to go…”
Stephen Slattery Jun 12, 2025 ▶ 21:38 Sequoia Leads $75M Series B Into Nominal | Alfred Lin Joins Board · Sourcery with Molly O'Shea
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Slattery: Hardware acceleration depends on rapidly proving safety of minor improvements
“Where you got this acceleration, if you're a SpaceX or an Andrel, is how fast can I identify an improvement I want to make and then convince my customers That that is a safe improvement, and that I can deploy that into the field, whether it's new software or a…”
Stephen Slattery Jun 12, 2025 ▶ 32:05 Sequoia Leads $75M Series B Into Nominal | Alfred Lin Joins Board · Sourcery with Molly O'Shea
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