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No Priors
Elad Gil and Sarah Guo speak with leading AI engineers, researchers, and founders about model progress, markets at risk of disruption, and how commerce, culture, and society may change.
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How Nuclear Will Unlock Energy Abundance with Valar Atomics Founder Isaiah Taylor
Valar Atomics treats nuclear as a manufacturing problem, targeting a simple, intrinsically safe “Toyota Camry” rather than a bespoke paper reactor.DOE testing authority enabled its 100 kW W-250 to reach criticality, while passive heat removal and a seven-month milestone interval provide operating evidence.Equity-funded deployment could precede project finance, with AI as an initial catalyst and cheaper energy as the longer-term demand thesis.
No Priors Ep. 136 | Base Power CEO and Co-Founder Zach Dell
Base Power is vertically integrating residential backup in Texas—designing, manufacturing, installing, owning, and operating batteries while selling household electricity—and says customers save 10–20% monthly.Software and time-shifting could lower bills while unlocking 300–400 GW of latent US grid capacity, but scaling depends on talent, its first Austin factory, and the $1.3 billion raised to start a cost-and-scale flywheel.