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Isaiah Taylor

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The Shawn Ryan Show
#219 Isaiah Taylor - CEO of Valar Atomics

So it's an unbelievably energetic and powerful format for space exploration and for terraforming on Mars.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#219 Isaiah Taylor - CEO of Valar Atomics

They'll be above ground.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#219 Isaiah Taylor - CEO of Valar Atomics

They'll be very simple.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#219 Isaiah Taylor - CEO of Valar Atomics

We've already got one unit sitting in LA that we've been testing.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#219 Isaiah Taylor - CEO of Valar Atomics

We've taken it up to pressure, up to heat, and been testing all the mechanical components.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#219 Isaiah Taylor - CEO of Valar Atomics

And essentially, they'll just look like a bunch of those next to each other out in the desert.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#219 Isaiah Taylor - CEO of Valar Atomics

We're starting in Utah.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#219 Isaiah Taylor - CEO of Valar Atomics

We've got our first reactor turning on there in the next year, which is super exciting.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#219 Isaiah Taylor - CEO of Valar Atomics

Is it going to be one?

The Shawn Ryan Show
#219 Isaiah Taylor - CEO of Valar Atomics

Just one.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#219 Isaiah Taylor - CEO of Valar Atomics

And then we'll build another one, and we'll build another one, and we'll just keep doing that, right?

The Shawn Ryan Show
#219 Isaiah Taylor - CEO of Valar Atomics

Off to the races.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#219 Isaiah Taylor - CEO of Valar Atomics

Awesome.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#219 Isaiah Taylor - CEO of Valar Atomics

So I think data centers are like the really obvious screaming need today, right?

The Shawn Ryan Show
#219 Isaiah Taylor - CEO of Valar Atomics

We have to beat China on AI.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#219 Isaiah Taylor - CEO of Valar Atomics

The Trump administration has made it clear that this is a national security priority for them, that we have to beat China on AI.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#219 Isaiah Taylor - CEO of Valar Atomics

So powering data centers is sort of like the really urgent concern.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#219 Isaiah Taylor - CEO of Valar Atomics

Beyond that, I'm really excited about advanced manufacturing and reshoring manufacturing to the United States.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#219 Isaiah Taylor - CEO of Valar Atomics

If you think about some of the reasons that we exported manufacturing to other countries, one of the big reasons was labor cost, right?

The Shawn Ryan Show
#219 Isaiah Taylor - CEO of Valar Atomics

So it's cheaper to get foreign labor to operate these factories.