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How the Project Pele Microreactor Works
Pele is a transportable, high temperature, gas cooled reactor rated at 1.5 megawatts of electricity, fueled with 40,000 TRISO compacts that reached I…
13 hours ago
How High Power Microwave Weapons Stop Drone Swarms
High power microwave weapons stop drone swarms with one electromagnetic pulse, and the Army paid Epirus $43,551,060 in July 2025 for two Generation I…
13 hours ago
Founder Equity Dilution: Owning Less Than Your Option Pool
Founder Equity Pool Size and Vesting Terms at Company Formation
A founder who accepts a ten to fifteen percent employee option pool at formation witho…
19 hours ago
SNAP 10A Space Reactor
The SNAP 10A reactor, launched April 3, 1965, remains the only American fission reactor operated in space, and a failed voltage regulator ended its …
22 hours ago
Advanced Nuclear Reactor Licensing
Advanced reactor startups should reach first criticality under DOE authorization, then sell power under an NRC license issued through Part 50 or Part…
22 hours ago
NASA’s Plum Brook Reactor
NASA’s Plum Brook Reactor Facility in Ohio cost about $15 million to build and roughly $230 million to decommission before the Nuclear Regulatory Com…
22 hours ago
A $7 Billion Counter Drone Vehicle Opens Doors for Startups
A venture funded startup can win a place on the $7 billion counter drone contract vehicle through JIATF 401 channels and SBIR Phase II funding. The t…
22 hours ago
How a Robotics Startup can Finance Robots as a Service
Ultra’s $62 million round on October 9, 2026 shows robots as a service depends on financing structure and edge inference choices, because chips age f…
22 hours ago
Cost-Effective Client Negotiations Using Outside Counsel
First: Own the Commercial Terms First: Finalize business parameters (pricing, milestones, SLAs) via term sheets before involving legal counsel to avo…
1 day, 3 hours ago
How Much Should a Startup Raise After Record 3Q2026 Megarounds
Outside founders should size a round to the cash needed to reach the next milestone, because 27 rounds of $1 billion or more dominated the $159 billi…
1 day, 16 hours ago