Normal

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Testing and certifying the hardware of the future

Summer 2025Founded 20252 peopleSan Francisco, CA, USA

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Testing and certifying the hardware of the future

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as of Jun 7, 2026www.normalfactory.com ↗

SaaS

Normal Factory automates hardware testing and certification to help companies get compliant with standards like FCC, ISED, CE, and ASTM. It promises a transparent, step-by-step process to reduce compliance time and eliminate hidden fees and delays.

Offers pre-compliance software for planning, coordinates testing through ISO-accredited partner labs, interprets lab results in plain language, and assembles audit-ready technical files. The process follows five steps: initial assessment, booking lab tests, reviewing results, preparing the technical file, and obtaining certification to enable market expansion.

Who it’s for: Hardware manufacturers needing regulatory certification and compliance for product launches and market expansion

Features

pre-compliance software to simplify planning
coordinated testing with ISO-accredited labs
transparent scheduling and costs
plain-language lab result interpretation
audit-ready technical file preparation
step-by-step certification process
support for multiple standards (FCC, ISED, CE, ASTM)

Pricing page present but loading; mentions onboarding call and transparent process, indicating early traction and potential sales funnel activity

Founders · 2

Anson YuFounder

Waterloo

Co-founder and CEO of Normal. Prev Engineering at Waterloo, Notion, and Fuse.

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Hudhayfa NazoordeenFounder

Co-founder of Normal. Previously worked at Cohere and Xanadu

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Launch

Launched on Y Combinator · Aug 2025

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Automated hardware testing & compliance, saving 50x the time

Normal Factory automates hardware certification, targeting hardware teams needing FCC/CE/UL/ASTM compliance. It provides a certification roadmap, automated lab bookings, live test tracking, and auto-generated technical files to reduce certification time and enable faster market access.