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Oklo is making a bet on artificial intelligence to usher in new breakthroughs in nuclear energy. And they’re partnering up with Nvidia to do it.
What’s happening:
- Oklo (NYSE: OKLO) has formed a new collaboration with Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) and Los Alamos National Laboratory to leverage artificial intelligence enabled research for new breakthroughs in nuclear fuel
Why it matters:
- This is the first time ever that Oklo has partnered with Nvidia to use their artificial intelligence software for nuclear fuel validation and materials research
Going deeper:
- Nvidia and Oklo have both publicly stated they plan to initially focus on materials science and fabrication for plutonium bearing fuels
- Oklo will supply the reactor designs, fuel concepts and operational scenarios for the new artificial intelligence models to simulate
- Los Alamos National Laboratory will run experiments and simulations as part of the new collaboration and provide benchmark nuclear data for the new artificial intelligence models being tested by Nvidia and Oklo
