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‘Just watch us’: Gates-backed TerraPower is bullish on being the first next-gen nuclear plant in U.S.

GeekWire

Oklo , which is backed by OpenAI’s Sam Altman, had tentatively won a military bid for its microreactors, but the offer was rescinded in November. Levesque declined to provide an updated price tag for the Kemmerer project. The companies are still forging ahead, but been forced to readjust their plans.

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How Saudi money returned to Silicon Valley

Vox

In September 2018, Open AI co-chair Sam Altman, Marc Andreessen, Apple designer Jony Ive, and former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick all joined Neom’s board. Altman publicly resigned from the board, and Ive’s name disappeared from it. Altman publicly resigned from the board, and Ive’s name disappeared from it.