Kairos Power
U.S. nuclear technology and manufacturing company developing fluoride salt-cooled high-temperature reactors for clean electricity generation.
- CEO / Founder
- Mike Laufer
- Team Size
- 501-1000
- Stage
- Active
- Total Funding
- $303M
- Latest Round
- Grant
- Key Investors
- U.S. Department of Energy
Technology & Products
Key Products
KP-FHR fluoride salt-cooled high-temperature reactor technology; Hermes demonstration reactor series; Engineering Test Units; reactor components, fuel, and molten-salt coolant manufacturing.
Technological Advantage
The company uses successive test units and the Hermes reactor program to collect operating data and reduce construction, supply-chain, and operational risk before commercial deployment.
Differentiation
Value Proposition
Develop firm carbon-free power plants through reactor demonstrations, iterative engineering, and vertically integrated manufacturing.
How They Differentiate
Kairos is pursuing a fluoride salt-cooled, high-temperature reactor design with TRISO pebble fuel and a staged demonstration pathway supported by vertically integrated manufacturing.
Market & Competition
Target Customers
Electric utilities and large electricity users seeking firm clean power.
Industry Verticals
Electric power generation; utilities; data centers; industrial energy users.
Competitors
TerraPower; X-energy; Oklo.
Growth & Milestones
Growth Metrics
500+ employees; Google and Kairos Power announced a path to deploy up to 500 MW of clean electricity generation by 2035.
Major Milestones
Founded in 2016; Hermes demonstration reactor construction is underway in Oak Ridge, Tennessee; the company is expanding manufacturing capabilities in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Notable Customers
Google; Tennessee Valley Authority.