content: SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                       WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
  
                                  
  
                              FORM 8-K
  
                           CURRENT REPORT
  
                                  
  
               PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (D) OF THE
                   SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
  
                                  
  
                           Date of Report
        (Date of earliest event reported)  November 25, 1998
                                  
  
                            NESTOR, INC.
  
              (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
  
                                  
  
                                  
  
           Delaware              0-12-965       13-3163744
  (State of other jurisdiction  (Commission    (IRS employer
  of incorporation)             file number)   identification no.)
  
  
  
  
           One Richmond Square, Providence, Rhode Island  02906
              (Address of principal executive offices)
  
  
  Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 401-331-9640
  
                                  
  
                                N/A
     (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
  
  
  
  
  
  Item 5.        Other Events.
  
       1) On November 25, 1998, the Registrant announced the filing
  of  a  federal and state antitrust lawsuit against HNC  Software,
  Inc.   (NASDAQ:  HNCS) for patent infringement and violations  of
  Sections  1  and  2  of  the Sherman Act  and  the  Rhode  Island
  Antitrust Act for fair business practices.  The complaint in  the
  lawsuit, a copy of which is annexed as an exhibit hereto, focuses
  on  HNC's anticompetitive, exclusionary and predatory conduct  in
  the neural credit card fraud detection system market.
  
  
  
  
  
  
                              EXHIBITS
                                  
                                  
  
  The following exhibit is filed herewith:
  
  
  Exhibit No.         Description
     103               Complaint
  
  
  
  
                             SIGNATURES
                                  
                                  
  
       Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act
  
  of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed
  
  on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
  
  
  Dated:  December 3, 1998           NESTOR, INC.
                                     (Registrant)
  
  
                                     By:/s/ Nigel P. Hebborn
                                       Chief Financial Officer
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text: SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                       WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
  
                                  
  
                              FORM 8-K
  
                           CURRENT REPORT
  
                                  
  
               PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (D) OF THE
                   SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
  
                                  
  
                           Date of Report
        (Date of earliest event reported)  November 25, 1998
                                  
  
                            NESTOR, INC.
  
              (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
  
                                  
  
                                  
  
           Delaware              0-12-965       13-3163744
  (State of other jurisdiction  (Commission    (IRS employer
  of incorporation)             file number)   identification no.)
  
           One Richmond Square, Providence, Rhode Island  02906
              (Address of principal executive offices)
  
  Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 401-331-9640
  
                                  
  
                                N/A
     (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
  
  Item 5.        Other Events.
  
       1) On November 25, 1998, the Registrant announced the filing
  of  a  federal and state antitrust lawsuit against HNC  Software,
  Inc.   (NASDAQ:  HNCS) for patent infringement and violations  of
  Sections  1  and  2  of  the Sherman Act  and  the  Rhode  Island
  Antitrust Act for fair business practices.  The complaint in  the
  lawsuit, a copy of which is annexed as an exhibit hereto, focuses
  on  HNC's anticompetitive, exclusionary and predatory conduct  in
  the neural credit card fraud detection system market.
  
                              EXHIBITS
                                  
                                  
  
  The following exhibit is filed herewith:
  
  Exhibit No.         Description
     103               Complaint
  
                             SIGNATURES
                                  
                                  
  
       Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act
  
  of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed
  
  on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
  
  Dated:  December 3, 1998           NESTOR, INC.
                                     (Registrant)
  
                                     By:/s/ Nigel P. Hebborn
                                       Chief Financial Officer