Kairos Power

Pioneering the Next Era of Energy

Kairos Power was founded in 2016, is headquartered in Alameda, United States, lists 501–1000 employees, and has $303.0M in recorded funding across 1 round.

Employees
501–1000
Founded
2016
Business Model
B2B
Total Funding
$303.0M
Last Round
$303.0M GrantDec 2020
Rounds
1

Totals include recorded grants and other qualifying funding, not just equity. What counts toward funding.

Indexed holds 1 funding round and 1 investor for this company. The full record is or through the API.

About

Kairos Power is a vertically integrated advanced nuclear energy company developing the fluoride salt-cooled high-temperature reactor (KP-FHR) as a clean, reliable replacement for natural gas baseload power. Founded in 2016 by CEO Mike Laufer and CTO Edward Blandford and headquartered in Alameda, California, the company has grown to 500+ employees across facilities in California, New Mexico, and Tennessee. Kairos Power is currently constructing the Hermes reactor series in Oak Ridge — Hermes 1 being the first non-water-cooled reactor to receive an NRC construction permit — and has secured a landmark agreement with Google to supply power from seven planned small nuclear plants.

Summary

Kairos Power is a Climate Tech company based in Alameda, United States, founded in 2016. It lists 501–1000 employees. It has raised $303.0M in total across 1 round, most recently a $303.0M Grant round in Dec 2020. Investors include U.S. Department of Energy Loan Programs Office.

Tech & App Stack

23 technologies & apps tracked

Every product and vendor across these categories, with where each signal came from.

Create a free account with 25 free credits every month, no card needed, to unlock the full tech & app stack, funding history, and valuations.

Funding History

GrantDec 2020
$303.0M

Investors

Similar Companies

Zipline

Zipline operates an autonomous delivery service that transports medical supplies, food, and retai...

South San Francisco, United States501–1000Climate Tech, Defense Tech
Series G+Total funding$2.0BMar 2026
Valar Atomics

Nuclear energy startup building hundreds of reactors at one Gigasite for heavy industrial power a...

El Segundo, United States11–50Climate Tech, Defense Tech
Series BTotal funding$1.7BAug 2026
Antares Industries

Antares Nuclear builds factory-produced fission microreactors that supply 100kWe to 1MWe of strat...

Los Angeles, United States51–200Defense Tech, Energy
Series CTotal funding$675.0MJul 2026
Sempra Infrastructure Partners

Sempra Infrastructure develops, builds, operates, and invests in infrastructure serving customers...

San Diego, United States1001–5000Climate Tech
Corporate RoundTotal funding$12.1BSep 2025
Anduril

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform US and allied mili...

Costa Mesa, United States1001–5000Artificial Intelligence, Defense Tech
Series G+Total funding$11.3BMay 2026
Crusoe

AI infrastructure company building renewable-powered data centers and cloud compute optimized for...

Denver, United States201–500Artificial Intelligence, Clean Energy
Series FTotal funding$9.4BSep 2026

Your company? Embed this profile

Add the live badge to your site — it stays current as your funding data updates.

Kairos Power on Indexed.vc
<a href="https://indexed.vc/companies/kairos-power"><img src="https://indexed.vc/api/badge/company/kairos-power" alt="Kairos Power on Indexed.vc" width="260" height="76" /></a>