This Newly Public Nuclear IPO Is Already Using AI to Speed Up Reactor Design. Is It a Buy?

X-Energy has emerged as a company positioned at the convergence of two significant market trends: artificial intelligence and nuclear energy. The company, which began trading publicly in April, joined Project Prometheus in July as a founding member alongside Idaho National Laboratory, Nvidia, and Amazon. The Department of Energy provided $60 million in funding for the initiative, with X-Energy committing $10 million and contributing proprietary reactor and nuclear fuel data.
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