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NestAI

Physical AI for defense autonomous systems
Defense 📍 Espoo Founded 2024
Current Valuation
Private
as of 2025-Q4
PRIVATE

IPO Outlookprivate

Is NestAI going public?
No. NestAI is private and has not filed to go public. There is no S-1 on file.
What is NestAI's valuation in 2026?
No confirmed valuation is on record for NestAI. The roster shows funding and investors where they are public; it does not estimate a mark.
Has NestAI filed an S-1?
No public S-1 is on file for NestAI.
Who are NestAI's investors?
NestAI's investors include Tesi (Finnish Industry Investment), Nokia.
Answers are derived from the roster record shown on this page — filing status, last round and confirmed marks. Where the record is silent, the answer says so rather than guessing.
NestAI is a Finnish physical AI lab building defense applications for autonomous vehicles and command-and-control systems. Headquartered in Espoo, the Helsinki-area startup emerged from stealth in November 2025 with a EUR 100M (~$115M) strategic round led by Finland's sovereign investment fund Tesi alongside Nokia, in conjunction with a partnership with Nokia to build Europe's premier defense AI lab.

Company Profile

CEO
Topi Manner
Founded
2024
HQ
Espoo
Employees
~100
Total Raised
$115M
Growth
EUR 100M (~$115M) strategic round Nov 2025; emerged from stealth
Last Round
Strategic — $115M (Nov 2025) · Lead: Tesi
IPO Status
Private

Fundraising Status

Strategic · $115M · 9 mo ago
PrivateTotal raised $115M

Latest Funding Round

RoundAmountDateLead InvestorPost-Money
Strategic$115MNov 2025Tesi

Vertical Intelligence — Defense / Aerospace

No name-verified federal prime awards for NestAI in the last 36 months on USASpending.gov — revenue may be classified, flow through subcontracts, or be non-US. Absence of a registry match is reported as-is.
Checked usaspending.gov as of 2026-08-20. Re-checked weekly.

Talent Signal

Hiring trend
First snapshot
trend accrues with monthly sweeps
Open roles
6
via careers page
Product-build share
83%
engineering, research, product, design
Trajectory
steady
heavy product build — 83% of open roles are product-building functions (engineering/research/product) — 3 of 6 open roles are engineering.
Actively hiring with no tracked executive churn.
Open roles by month
Open roles by month6Aug '26
Open roles by function
Open roles by functionEngineering3Data & ML1Design1Marketing1
product-building   go-to-market / G&A
engineering domains at nestaiData platforms for AI systemsSecure infrastructure and connectivityForward-deployed engineeringResponsibility by designTeam and community
Counted from NestAI's live job board as of 2026-08-17; role functions classified from posting titles. Open-role counts are an activity signal, not headcount. Refreshed monthly.

Founders & Key People

Topi Manner

Investors

Tesi (Finnish Industry Investment) · Nokia

Products

  • Physical AI defense platform
  • Autonomous vehicle AI for defense
  • Command and control AI systems

Competitors

Anduril · Helsing · Shield AI · Palantir · Tekever
Defense AIPhysical AIAutonomous systemsEuropean defenseNokia partnershipFinland tech
Private-company numbers are not real-time. Reflects publicly disclosed valuations from press releases, news reports, and tender offers as of 2025-Q4. Refreshed quarterly.