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Uncapped #11 | Jordan Bramble from Antares

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Jordan Bramble is the CEO of Antares, a nuclear energy company that has raised over $50M to become America’s industrial base partner for special-purpose microreactors.

Antares focuses on high-value use cases in power-constrained environments that wouldn’t be possible without nuclear power. They are developing resilient fission-based power systems for critical assets for the Department of Defense on earth and in space. Unlike grid-scale reactors, these use cases primarily favor kilowatt-scale systems. This focus on non-commodity energy applications with smaller scale reactors will enable Antares to develop its first deployments on faster timelines with less research and development and capitalization risk. Antares also partners with commercial companies in extractive industries, edge computing, and space power, in turn bringing the benefits of commercial scale back to the DOD.

We covered:

  • History of nuclear
  • Demand for nuclear
  • Small modular reactors
  • Government collaboration
  • Building in hard tech
  • Scaling nuclear reactors

A few highlights:

  • First nuclear reactor built under UChicago’s football field
  • A nuclear powered airplane that could fly indefinitely
  • Net zero not being possible without nuclear
  • Powering the AI demand for data centers
  • The Golden Dome and lasers in space
  • Working back from the mission effect
  • Interdisciplinary problems attracting talent

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Timestamps:

(0:00) Intro

(0:22) History of nuclear

(6:50) Radical decline in development

(10:51) Current appetite for funding

(20:53) Small modular reactors

(30:11) Selling to defense

(34:30) LA becoming a hard tech hub

(37:13) Fostering a culture in hard tech

(43:42) How to scale nuclear reactors

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More on Antares:

https://antaresindustries.com/

https://x.com/jordanbramble

More on Uncapped:

https://linktr.ee/uncappedpod

https://x.com/jaltma

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Email: [email protected]

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Jordan Bramble is the CEO of Antares, a nuclear energy company that has raised over $50M to become America’s industrial base partner for special-purpose microreactors.

Antares focuses on high-value use cases in power-constrained environments that wouldn’t be possible without nuclear power. They are developing resilient fission-based power systems for critical assets for the Department of Defense on earth and in space. Unlike grid-scale reactors, these use cases primarily favor kilowatt-scale systems. This focus on non-commodity energy applications with smaller scale reactors will enable Antares to develop its first deployments on faster timelines with less research and development and capitalization risk. Antares also partners with commercial companies in extractive industries, edge computing, and space power, in turn bringing the benefits of commercial scale back to the DOD.

We covered:

  • History of nuclear
  • Demand for nuclear
  • Small modular reactors
  • Government collaboration
  • Building in hard tech
  • Scaling nuclear reactors

A few highlights:

  • First nuclear reactor built under UChicago’s football field
  • A nuclear powered airplane that could fly indefinitely
  • Net zero not being possible without nuclear
  • Powering the AI demand for data centers
  • The Golden Dome and lasers in space
  • Working back from the mission effect
  • Interdisciplinary problems attracting talent

---

Timestamps:

(0:00) Intro

(0:22) History of nuclear

(6:50) Radical decline in development

(10:51) Current appetite for funding

(20:53) Small modular reactors

(30:11) Selling to defense

(34:30) LA becoming a hard tech hub

(37:13) Fostering a culture in hard tech

(43:42) How to scale nuclear reactors

---

More on Antares:

https://antaresindustries.com/

https://x.com/jordanbramble

More on Uncapped:

https://linktr.ee/uncappedpod

https://x.com/jaltma

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Email: [email protected]

  continue reading

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