Nuclearn secures $10.5 million to expand AI platform for nuclear operations

Nuclearn secures $10.5 million to expand AI platform for nuclear operations
by Clarence Oxford
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 11, 2025

Nuclearn has raised $10.5 million in Series A financing to accelerate development and global deployment of its AI-powered platform for nuclear operations. The round, led by Blue Bear Capital with participation from SJF Ventures, AZ-VC, and Nucleation Capital, will support expansion of the company's domain-specific tools for operations, engineering, and regulatory compliance.

The announcement arrives as nuclear energy gains renewed momentum amid growing demand for reliable, carbon-free baseload power. With data center electricity consumption projected to more than double by 2030, industry analysts expect nuclear plants to play an increasingly central role in meeting 24/7 clean energy needs.

Currently deployed in more than 65 reactors worldwide, Nuclearn's platform integrates advanced AI with deep sector expertise to streamline complex processes. Developed by a founding team with over three decades of operational experience and trained on millions of nuclear-specific documents and diagrams, the system supports critical functions such as outage planning, condition report analysis, and regulatory documentation.

"AI is driving unprecedented innovation in nuclear, but there's a critical gap everyone's missing: operational expertise," stated Bradley Fox, CEO and Co-Founder of Nuclearn. "You can't just flip the switch on a nuclear plant - they require decades of domain knowledge to run safely and efficiently. This Series A lets us scale that expertise to every plant as the industry grows to meet unprecedented energy demand."

Jerrold Vincent, CFO and Co-Founder, emphasized that the platform's strength lies in its ability to interpret regulatory and safety contexts: "Our platform doesn't just process nuclear terminology - it understands the operational context, regulatory implications, and safety considerations behind every decision."

With 440 active reactors globally and dozens more under development - each requiring over 500 skilled workers - the sector faces significant workforce challenges as one-quarter of nuclear professionals approach retirement. Nuclearn's AI capabilities are positioned to mitigate knowledge loss and maintain safety standards during this generational transition.

"Nuclearn provides nuclear plants with much-needed capabilities to avoid critical knowledge loss and uphold the industry's safety-first standard - all at a time when reactors are extending their licenses further into the future," said Joey Barrick, principal at SJF Ventures.

The company offers flexible deployment options including on-premise, hosted, and government cloud environments, enabling rapid adoption by nuclear operators.

"We invested in Nuclearn because the founders have lived in the mission-critical world of nuclear operations and have built a deeply specialized AI solution that dozens of large-scale operations already trust," said Ernst Sack, Partner at Blue Bear Capital. "This is exactly the kind of purposeful, intelligent infrastructure we need to accelerate safe, sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy at scale."