Jason Hoch

Jason Hoch is a co-founder of Nominal, a startup that emerged from stealth mode in April 2024.13 Nominal specializes in creating end-to-end data analysis solutions for industrial engineering teams, particularly in sectors such as Aerospace, Defense, Industrial Machinery, Transportation, and Energy.1

Professional Background

Jason Hoch has a strong background in software engineering and has held several notable positions before co-founding Nominal:

• Software Engineer and Engineering Lead at Vercel (formerly ZEIT)45
• Worked at a YC S20 Company4
• Software Engineer at Newfront Insurance6
• Experience at Palantir Technologies and Google6

Education

Jason Hoch received his education from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)2, which likely contributed to his expertise in technology and engineering.

Role at Nominal

As a co-founder of Nominal, Jason Hoch is part of the leadership team that has successfully raised $27.5 million in funding, including a $7.5 million seed round led by Lux Capital and a $20 million Series A round led by General Catalyst.1 The company's platform is designed to handle sensitive government and industrial data, offering teams a quick and efficient way to test and deploy complex hardware systems.1

Vision and Impact

Jason Hoch shares the company's vision of revolutionizing data analysis for industrial engineering teams. Nominal's platform aims to connect machines to the humans who develop, test, and operate them, addressing the lag in software tools and infrastructure used by engineers in complex, software-defined systems.3

Jason Hoch's expertise and leadership are contributing to Nominal's mission of providing modern workflows tailored to the needs of engineering teams that develop, validate, and monitor hardware in critical industries.1