The New York Post reports that startups are racing to meet surging US power demand from the tech boom with innovations like rat-brain-powered AI efficiency, wave-powered data centers, and microreactor…
Investors are shifting AI funding toward infrastructure companies, with Valar Atomics, a builder of small-modular nuclear reactors, announcing a $1 billion Series B at a $6 billion valuation led by Se…
Sequoia Capital led a $1 billion Series B equity round for Valar Atomics, a nuclear energy startup founded in 2023 by CEO Isaiah Taylor, valuing the company at $6 billion post-money. The round also in…
Valar Atomics has closed a $1 billion Series B led by Sequoia Capital, with an additional $200 million credit facility, to mass-produce nuclear reactors. The company, which reached criticality with it…
Three nuclear startups achieved reactor criticality ahead of President Trump's July 4, 2026 deadline, with Valar Atomics powering an Nvidia chip on July 1. Antares Nuclear reached criticality first on…
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox rallied leaders from 10 states at the Western Governors Association conference to endorse a $60 billion plan to overhaul the western U.S. power grid, adding or upgrading 12,600 m…