Saturday, August 1, 2026
Valar Atomics in talks to raise $1B at $6B valuation
Nuclear startup Valar Atomics is reportedly in talks to raise roughly $1 billion at about a $6 billion valuation, with Sequoia Capital said to be leading alongside existing backers Palmer Luckey and Shyam Sankar. The mark would triple Valar's $2 billion valuation from its March 2026 round, driven by its Ward250 reactor reaching criticality and full power in June and a subsequent Nvidia data-center partnership announcement.