Valar Atomics

Summary

Valar Atomics, based in Hawthorne, California, has raised $130 million in Series A funding to develop its next-generation nuclear reactor 'gigasites.' At a time when energy demand is surging due to AI and data centers, the company is pitching high-output, safe nuclear sites as critical base-load infrastructure. The round, backed by well-known tech and defense investors including Oculus founder Palmer Luckey, will fund reactor design progress and early facility build-out. The scale of this Series A highlights renewed venture interest in nuclear as a climate and energy-security solution, especially for nations and companies that need massive, predictable power for AI and industrial workloads.