Cloudforce doubles National Harbor HQ as nebulaONE demand surges

Cloudforce is expanding its National Harbor headquarters by 15,000 square feet as demand for its nebulaONE AI platform accelerates and the company adds 250 jobs in Maryland. The move comes as Cloudforce says its usage-based model is helping enterprises cut AI adoption costs and positions the startup for more than double revenue in 2026.

Why it matters: - Cloudforce is scaling in Maryland instead of moving elsewhere, which keeps high-growth AI jobs and investment in Prince George’s County. - The headquarters expansion supports a platform that now serves more than 4 million users across North America, Europe, the United Kingdom and Australia. - Cloudforce says nebulaONE’s licensing model can reduce AI adoption costs by roughly an order of magnitude, a key advantage as token costs rise.

What happened: - Cloudforce is doubling its National Harbor headquarters with an additional 15,000 square feet. - The expansion is tied to a broader plan to add 250 jobs in Maryland. - Governor Wes Moore and the Maryland Department of Commerce announced the job creation plan and state support this week. - Cloudforce chose National Harbor after evaluating several sites across the DC metro region and beyond.

The details: - Conditional loans from Advantage Maryland and the Prince George’s County Economic Development Corporation are covering construction and materials costs. - The company says that structure preserves more of its capital for customer growth and hiring. - Cloudforce recently closed a $10 million Series A led by Owl Ventures and M12, Microsoft’s venture fund. - The company’s team has grown 83% in two years and is approaching 150 employees. - Microsoft named Cloudforce its global Education Partner of the Year. - nebulaONE adoption includes the University of Maryland, UCLA and the University of Oxford. - Cloudforce says nebulaONE is licensed based on value delivered rather than per-user seats, allowing institutions to turn it on for every user and use case. - Cloudforce’s flagship product gives institutions private access to frontier AI models and agentic workflows inside their own cloud, with data kept under customer control and out of model training.

Between the lines: - The National Harbor expansion signals that Cloudforce sees Maryland as a long-term operating base, not just a headquarters placeholder. - The financing mix suggests public incentives are being used to help the company absorb fixed scaling costs while it directs investor capital toward sales, product and talent. - Cloudforce’s growth story is increasingly tied to enterprise demand for lower-cost, governed AI deployment rather than consumer-facing AI hype.

What's next: - Cloudforce is on track to more than double revenue in 2026. - The new space should support additional hiring and customer expansion as nebulaONE adoption grows. - More information is available in the company’s announcement.

The bottom line: - Cloudforce is using public support, private capital and fast-growing demand for agentic AI to turn National Harbor into a bigger launchpad for expansion.