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New eyes on reliability, built by people who know the measures.

Industrial AI has a weakness: data. At Innova-Harmonics, we've set out to fix that, utilizing a dynamic team makeup and our own proprietary hardware. In a world crowded with software-only tools, Innova isn't just a data company, it's a future pillar of industry.

Origin

Four disciplines, one focus.

Innova-Harmonics started when four engineers' backgrounds converged. Nathaniel was building industrial controls, Paul was hardening mechanical assemblies for washdown environments, Andrew was wiring up sensor-rich robotics, and Micah was constructing advanced models in low-data regimes.

Together, each of us has shipped the hardest part of this stack before, and now we've done it under the same logo. Our multi-disciplinary composition has allowed us to succeed where others were unable to go and now, we offer the most extensive sensor kit in industry.

That's the truth our investors and partners have responded to. The hardest part of founding Innova-Harmonics was finding each other.

Where we are

Founded for expansion.

We're headquartered in Springdale, in the heart of Northwest Arkansas, minutes from Tyson Foods, Walmart, and J.B. Hunt, and the University of Arkansas. This region is one of the densest food-and-beverage manufacturing corridors in the country, and it's also home for everyone on the team.

NWA has made massive efforts to highlight itself as a new frontier for industry and tech since its founding, so much so that the Milken Institute rated us number one among large cities in 2026. Walton-backed initiatives, an extensive, opportunity-driven startup culture led by councils like Onward FX, and active research at University of Arkansas have all made the area an ideal landing pad for a company that supports industry just as strongly as the people do.

Headquarters
1921 Ford Avenue
Springdale, AR 72764
Operating region
Northwest Arkansas
F&B-first, expanding outward
Team

The four under the roof.

Cofounders only. Portraits are placeholders — real ones drop in shortly.

Nathaniel House

Chief Executive Officer

A strong background in engineering and industrial controls design. His focus is steering product direction, leading customer conversations, and forging the path from prototype to pilot.

nathaniel@innovaharmonics.com

Paul Foster

Chief Technology Officer

Over 15 years of proven mechanical design in industry, with deep specialization in IP69K washdown environments and an understanding of the patent market. His focus is perfecting the physical design of The Octopus and ensuring its survival on the line.

paul@innovaharmonics.com

Micah Collins

Chief Science Officer

A master's in data science at UC Berkeley with immense multi-disciplinary knowledge. His focus is perfecting the extensive data pipeline and system-modeling process that turns raw sensor streams into something an operator can act on.

micah@innovaharmonics.com

Andrew Shields

Vice President of Engineering

Five years of electrical design across robotics and IIoT. His focus is the boards themselves, designing signal chains that feed out the clean, well-conditioned data required to catch failures before they happen.

andrew@innovaharmonics.com
Where we're going

Machine management is just the beginning.

Data is the key to our future. As long-running sensors produce billions of physically-grounded industrial datapoints, we see an opportunity to start offering what industry really needs: informed, physics-faithful models that represent your entire factory, not just one floor.

Our goal is to build a world model for industry, one sensor at a time, and here's how we'd like to do it.

Phase 01

Reliability monitoring and machine management.

The current phase. Our cohort of active and upcoming pilots in the Arkansas food and beverage industry currently receive multi-channel sensor fusion, active maintenance interfacing, and plain-English diagnostics.

Phase 02

New industries.

Manufacturing is our core, but we know this technology could change hundreds of process-heavy industries for the better. We plan to find and work with companies across the spectrum from pulp and paper to power generation as our data substrate scales and our hardware matures.

Phase 03

Industrial workflows, built to suit customer needs.

We want to take point in a future where your desires for AI automation are met with new technology from Innova-Harmonics regularly. As we bridge the data moat, our team sees untapped openings for simplification in retrofit planning, throughput management, ERP auditing, and downtime-insurance underwriting.

Phase 04

World model architecture.

The data we collect here could power a new generation of physics-faithful industrial AI world modeling, that's something we want to make happen.

Talk to us

Reach out.

Pilots, partnerships, advisory intros, or just plain curiosity, our team would love to hear from you. Contact us all or get in touch with the person best suited to your thoughts.

nathaniel@innovaharmonics.comProduct, pilots, partnerships — Nathaniel House, CEO
paul@innovaharmonics.comHardware and mechanical — Paul Foster, CTO
micah@innovaharmonics.comData and modeling — Micah Collins, CSO
andrew@innovaharmonics.comElectrical and integration — Andrew Shields, VP Engineering

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