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- 2026-05-22 / MARKETSNominal Hits $1B Valuation, Gets Sequoia Spotlight — Hardware Testing AI Platform Secures 4 of 5 Largest US Defense ContractorsSequoia Capital published a May 21 spotlight on Nominal, the LA-based hardware testing platform that reached unicorn status after raising $155M in 10 months ($75M Series B from Sequoia, then $80M extension led by Founders Fund at $1B valuation). The platform replaces fragmented Excel/manual workflows for testing physical systems, now serving 75 customers across aerospace, defense, energy, and autonomous systems — including four of the five largest US defense contractors acquired in under a year. Nominal is integrating AI for automated data collection and edge computing for systems operating without connectivity, a critical requirement for astronautics applications.
- 2026-05-14 / VOICESJim Fan at AI Ascent: NVIDIA's DreamZero Has Robots 'Dreaming' Success in World Models Before ActingNVIDIA's Jim Fan returned to Sequoia AI Ascent to argue that robotics is entering its 'end game,' presenting DreamZero — a paradigm where robots dream their success in a world model before executing motor commands in reality. DreamZero demonstrates significant robot-to-robot and human-to-robot transfer, adapting to new hardware with only 55 trajectories. Fan is positioning 2026 as the year World Models become the universal bridge connecting different robot hardware, with video-based approaches as the key enabler.
- 2026-05-09 / MARKETSSequoia AI Ascent 2026 Declares 'Year of Agents' — $10 Trillion Services Market Now Addressable by Software