Sam Altman, CEO of Openai, at Station F, is seen through the glass, during an event on the sidelines of the summit of the action of artificial intelligence in Paris, France, February 11, 2025.
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Sam Altman of Openai moves as chairman of the board of directors of the nuclear startup Ok heyAfter bringing the public business by a merger with its spac, ALTC Acquisition Corp, in May 2024.
This decision gives Oklo, which develops advanced nuclear reactors, more flexibility to potentially explore partnerships with OPENAI or other hyperscalers, in the midst of data centers companies to secure power.
“We are delighted to continue working with him (Sam Altman) to provide evolutionary and specific energy to the AI and beyond sector, and to continue to explore strategic partnerships with the main IA companies, including potentially with OpenAI,” said Caroline Cochran, co-founder and COO of Oklo, in a press release.
“While Oklo explores strategic partnerships to deploy large -scale energy on a large scale, in particular to allow the deployment of AI, I think it's the right time for me to resign,” added Altman.
OKLO shares fell 12% in prolonged exchanges after the announcement.
In December, OKLO signed an agreement to provide up to 12 electricity gigawatts for the contract company switch. But to date, Oklo has not signed an agreement with one of the hyperscalers, despite the interest of the technological industry for Baseload, a powerless power.
Oklo says that its reactors, called Aurora, have smaller and simpler conceptions that range from 75 megawatts to 100 megawatts or more. The company plans to build and operate factories, selling energy directly to customers as part of long -term contracts.
Oklo plans to launch its first reactor at the Idaho National Laboratory in Idaho Falls before the end of the decade.
– Spencer Kimball of CNBC contributed to this report.
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