Matt Loszak is the co-founder and CEO of Aalo Atomics, building factory-manufactured small modular nuclear reactors designed to power AI data centers. In just 18 months, Aalo has grown from 2 people to 50 employees with a 40,000 square foot factory and a completed full-scale non-nuclear reactor prototype.
What you'll learn:
- How Aalo's liquid metal cooled reactors could transform clean energy production
- Why data centers are the perfect first customer for next-generation nuclear power
- Matt's transition from selling his software company Hume to pursuing nuclear innovation
- The regulatory strategies that could enable faster nuclear deployment
- Why factory mass manufacturing could solve nuclear's historical cost and timeline challenges
- The safety advantages of liquid metal cooling and small modular designs
- How the US compares to China and Russia in nuclear innovation
- Matt's surprising perspective on fusion vs. fission energy investment
- The capital journey from $6M seed to $30M Series A to upcoming $100M round
- A vision for how abundant nuclear energy could enable everything from desalination to vertical farming
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