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We asked Isaiah Taylor - making nuclear reactors about the nuclear announcements today. "There hasn't been a Ford or Tesla of nuclear energy yet. "Valor Atomics intends to be that company." "If we're going to win on AI, manufacturing, or supply chain, we're going to do it with a... show more

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@isaiah_p_taylor Legitimately, we can't lose the energy race any more than we can lose the AI race. Existential strategy battle.

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