Valar Atomics

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Location El Segundo, California
Founded 2023
Latest Stage Growth
Total Raised $580M+
Website https://www.valaratomics.com
Sector
nuclear-energy AI-infrastructure deep-tech

Investors

Palmer Luckey 2025 (2025)
snowpoint-ventures series-a (2025)
day-one-ventures series-a (2025)
anduril-industries 2025 (2025)

About

Valar Atomics is an El Segundo, California-based startup founded in 2023 that builds clusters of small nuclear reactors to power AI data centers 1. In November 2025, the company achieved zero-power criticality at Los Alamos National Laboratory, becoming the first company to reach that milestone under the US Department of Energy’s Nuclear Reactor Pilot Programme 2.

Funding History

Date Round Amount Lead Co-investors
2025-11 Series A $130M Snowpoint Ventures Day One Ventures, Dream Ventures, Palmer Luckey, Shyam Sankar, John Donovan 2
2026-03-31 Growth $450M ($340M equity, $110M debt) — Palmer Luckey, Shyam Sankar 12

The latest round values the company at $2 billion 1.

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Sources

  1. The Next Web, “Valar Atomics raises $450M at $2B valuation to power AI with small nuclear reactors,” March 31, 2026. https://thenextweb.com/news/valar-atomics-nuclear-ai-data-centre-funding↩↩↩

  2. Bloomberg, “Palmer Luckey-Backed Nuclear Startup Valar Lands $2 Billion Valuation,” March 31, 2026. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-31/palmer-luckey-backed-nuclear-startup-valar-lands-2-billion-valuation↩↩↩