# NODA AI

> NODA AI is an Austin-based defense technology company building an AI reasoning engine that orchestrates fleets of autonomous systems across vendors and domains. Founded in 2024 by Marine Corps veterans, its platform lets operators command desired effects rather than individual machines, coordinating mixed fleets of manned and unmanned assets from air to subsurface. NODA raised a $25M Series A led by Bessemer Venture Partners in February 2026, with backing from Booz Allen Ventures, and works with the U.S. Department of War, the UK Ministry of Defense, and defense primes.

- **Founded:** 2024
- **Headquarters:** Austin, Texas, United States
- **Founders:** Philong Duong (CEO & Co-Founder), Dave Corbett (Co-Founder)
- **Team size:** ~23 employees
- **Products:** URZA, LARIA, Tactical Algorithms
- **Notable:** Raised a $25M Series A led by Bessemer Venture Partners in February 2026 at a reported $125M valuation., Went from pre-seed to Series A in roughly nine months., Selected to help develop the orchestration layer for a U.S. multi-domain collaborative autonomy program.

## Products & services

- **URZA** — Master orchestration platform enabling cross-vendor, mixed-fleet tactical coordination with real-time task brokering and integration across 30+ OEM systems.
- **LARIA** — Synthetic training environment for developing, testing, certifying and distributing autonomous tactics, techniques and procedures.
- **Tactical Algorithms** — Pre-developed, reusable autonomy modules including MONET (network optimization), ANGELSCAPE (multi-sensor tracking), KRAKEN (distributed inference), COUNTER SHORAD (air defense coordination), URBAN ISR NETWORK (surveillance) and ELECTRONIC ATTACK FORMATION (jamming coordination).

## Achievements

- Raised a $25M Series A led by Bessemer Venture Partners in February 2026 at a reported $125M valuation.
- Went from pre-seed to Series A in roughly nine months.
- Selected to help develop the orchestration layer for a U.S. multi-domain collaborative autonomy program.
- Built what it describes as the largest technically integrated partner ecosystem in defense autonomy within its first year.
- Integrated 30+ OEM autonomous platforms into a single vendor-agnostic command layer.

## Latest updates

- **2026-02** — Raised $25M Series A led by Bessemer Venture Partners at a reported $125M valuation.
- **2026-04** — Booz Allen Ventures invested in NODA AI to expand its defense autonomy portfolio.
- **2026-03** — Detailed its Series A capital round and expansion plans in defense-industry press.

## Links

- Website: https://nodaintelligence.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/noda-ai
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/NODA_AI_atx

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Last updated: 2026-07-18