Atomic Canyon, a San Louis Obispo, CA-based developer of the Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered search and generative AI tools for the nuclear power industry, raised $7M in funding.
The round was led by Elevate Future Fund from Energy Impact Partners (EIP), with participation from Commonweal Ventures, Plug and Play Ventures, Wischoff Ventures, Tower Research Ventures, and previous angel investors. As part of the investment, Jenny Gao, a Vice President of Energy Impact Partners, will join the Atomic Canyon board of directors.
The company intends to use the funds to accelerate deployments across the country.
Led by CEO Trey Lauderdale, Atomic Canyon supports the nuclear energy sector with AI-powered solutions that streamline operations, enhance efficiency, and support regulatory compliance. Its flagship product, Neutron Enterprise, which leverages FERMI AI models that are specifically trained on nuclear terminology, is currently in use at PG&E’s Diablo Canyon Power Plant as a dedicated AI platform for document search, retrieval, augmented generation, and knowledge management.
With the funding, the company also announced its board of advisors including:
- Juliann Edwards, the Chief Development Officer of The Nuclear Company and the chair of U.S. Women in Nuclear;
- Bud Albright, the former Chair and CEO of the United States Nuclear Industry Council;
- David Nelson, former CIO of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; and
- Jon Guidroz, SVP of the small modular reactor technology developer Aalo Atomics and former Senior Strategy Officer and Senior Director of Energy and Resources at Microsoft.
FinSMEs
29/05/2025