About
AI runs on data nobody reads, but they should.
We build the layer that reads it. NOL8 is the AI Data Plane.
What we believe
The gap
AI systems act on data their teams cannot see. You inspect a sample, report the sample as a control, and everything else is an estimate. Uncertainty at that layer compounds into every decision built on top of it.
Why we exist
To replace the estimate with an answer, so the infrastructure underneath AI is something you can check rather than something you hope is working.
The standard
Certainty is not a feature we add later. Nothing ships on assumption: it is proven before it is promised. Confidence, built the only way confidence can be, by knowing rather than guessing.
How we work
It matters as much as what we build.
Plain answers
You never have to guess where things stand. We tell you what is happening, without spin, because clarity is a form of respect for your time.
One team
You get the whole team’s expertise, not whoever picked up the ticket. We hold a high bar and share what we learn openly, so the support behind you keeps getting stronger.
Speed
You do not wait on us. When something needs to move, we move, and we carry it to a real finish rather than a good-enough one.
Ownership
You can count on us. When we commit to an outcome we own it end to end, and we build the team to sustain that over years, not one launch cycle.
Who we are
Our leadership.
Kelly Herrell
CEO
Kelly Herrell
CEO
Alon Rashelbach
CTO and Founder
Alon Rashelbach
CTO and Founder
Jamie Pope
Chief Solutions Officer
Jamie Pope
Chief Solutions Officer
Boris Levin
VP of Finance
Boris Levin
VP of Finance
Advisory Board
Jason Forget
Advisor
Jason Forget
Advisor
Priya Shivakumar
Advisor
Priya Shivakumar
Advisor
David Walker
Advisor
David Walker
Advisor
Tim Edwards
Advisor
Tim Edwards
Advisor
Board of Directors
Shannon Robinson
Chairwoman
Shannon Robinson
Chairwoman
Sonu Cheema
Director
Sonu Cheema
Director
Newsroom
Recent coverage of NOL8.
TipRanks
NOL8 posts a 10x cost edge in global Megaport tests, governing 34TB a day against 2.6TB for CPU software.
Proactive Investors
Silicon Valley veteran Kelly Herrell appointed chief executive of FortifAI and NOL8.
Stocks Down Under
NOL8 joins the Megaport AI Exchange, opening proof-of-concept deployments on live customer workloads.
Kalkine
FortifAI’s NOL8 roadmap signals a new AI infrastructure era.
Uncertainty sucks.
Stop estimating. Your rules, your payloads, your P99.