# Philong Duong

> Philong Duong is CEO and co-founder of NODA AI, an Austin-based defense technology company building an AI-native orchestration platform (Urza) that acts as the 'chess player' coordinating heterogeneous unmanned and manned assets across vendors. A Marine Corps veteran, former CH-46E and MV-22B pilot, and JTAC on multiple Middle East deployments, he was C3.ai's first Federal Product Manager, helping scale its federal ARR from under $1M to nearly $100M. NODA closed a $25M Series A in February 2026 led by Bessemer at a $125M valuation.

- **Role:** CEO and Co-Founder at NODA AI
- **Organizations:** NODA AI, United States Marine Corps (Reserves), The Wingman Foundation, C3.ai (former)
- **From:** Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.S., Computer Science (minor in Philosophy), Elon University, MBA, Columbia Business School
- **Known for:** Scaled C3.ai's federal practice from under $1M to nearly $100M in ARR in under four years, Built and demonstrated the Urza orchestration platform within months of founding NODA AI, Selected by the Department of War as sole orchestrator for the Multi-domain Collaborative Autonomy program

## Career timeline

- **pre-2020** — Active-duty U.S. Marine Corps: CH-46E and MV-22B pilot, flight line maintenance officer, JTAC on multiple Middle East deployments, foreign military advisor
- **~2019** — Joined C3.ai as its first Federal Product Manager
- **2020** — Helped C3.ai IPO and scale federal ARR from under $1M toward nearly $100M
- **~2024-2025** — Led C3.ai's Defense and Intelligence Products team
- **2025** — Co-founded NODA AI with Dave Corbett; closed $4M pre-seed
- **2026-02** — Closed $25M Series A led by Bessemer at $125M valuation
- **2026-04** — Booz Allen Ventures announces strategic investment in NODA AI

## Achievements

- Scaled C3.ai's federal practice from under $1M to nearly $100M in ARR in under four years
- Built and demonstrated the Urza orchestration platform within months of founding NODA AI
- Selected by the Department of War as sole orchestrator for the Multi-domain Collaborative Autonomy program
- Raised $25M Series A at $125M valuation nine months after pre-seed
- Co-founded The Wingman Foundation, the first non-profit dedicated to families of fallen naval aviators and maintainers

## Latest updates

- **2026-02** — NODA AI announces $25M Series A led by Bessemer Venture Partners at a $125M valuation.
- **2026-04** — Booz Allen Ventures announces strategic investment expanding its autonomy ecosystem.

## Links

- Website: https://nodaintelligence.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/philongduong/

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