The founder connects the company's mission to a civilizational imperative: microreactors built at scale, reliable in the wildest conditions, give humanity the power density needed to leave the sun and reach other stars. ✦ AI generated
Speaker 1 · a16z Podcast · 2026-08-05 · original ↗
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Nuclear micro reactors that are mass-produced, that are reliable in the most wild scenario enables humans to leave the star that we were born at, the sun, and go to other ones. And it's imperative that we do it as a civilization.
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11:55Radiant is considered reasonable. We're an energy company at our core. We want to change society's relationship to energy. [music] You don't do that by doing a slightly different version of something that's always been done. You have to come out with a kind of ridiculous stance and really drive in that direction to accomplish it. [music] >> Nuclear micro reactors that are mass-produced, that are reliable in the most wild scenario enables humans to
12:22leave the star that we were born [music] at, the sun, and go to other ones. And it's imperative that we do it as a civilization. [music] [music]