Julia DeWahl of Antares on building nuclear reactors for the US military
Cheeky Pint
2025/11/25
Julia DeWahl of Antares on building nuclear reactors for the US military
Julia DeWahl of Antares on building nuclear reactors for the US military

Cheeky Pint
2025/11/25
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Shownote
Shownote
Julia DeWahl is the cofounder of Antares, a company developing nuclear
micro-reactors for the US military and critical infrastructure. She sits down
with John to discuss the vision for the "Starlink of electricity", and why AI
hyperscalers are driving a nuclear renaissance. They cover the bipartisan shift
in nuclear regulation (and why the NRC’s old mandate made "zero" the safest
number of reactors), and why true energy resilience requires more than just
solar and batteries. Julia also shares lessons from the early days of Opendoor
and Starlink, including why customer obsession sometimes means sitting outside a
bagel shop.
Timestamps
(00:00) Lessons from SpaceX and Opendoor
(02:46) Introducing Antares
(06:30) The path to market
(12:20) Nuclear vibe shift
(15:11) Regulation
(19:21) Possible energy futures
(24:02) Stripe Radar
(24:55) Nuclear supply chains
(26:43) Antares origin story
(30:24) Funding Antares
(36:09) If Julia was energy tsar
(42:33) Restarting shuttered plants
Highlights
Highlights
Chapters
Chapters
Transcript
Transcript
