Startup profile for Nuclearn: latest funding, latest known valuation, total disclosed funding, investors, status, sources, and why the company is interesting. Part of the Venture Capital Tracker startup directory.

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Nuclearn funding, valuation and investors

AI platform built for nuclear power plant operations, engineering, and regulatory compliance.

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Funding, valuation & investors

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Latest funding

Series A

$10.5M · September 2025

Latest known valuation

Not publicly disclosed

Total disclosed equity funding

$11M

Excludes debt, grants, acquisitions, secondaries, and IPO proceeds.

Current status

private

series a · Scottsdale, AZ

Investors in latest funding

Lead: Blue Bear Capital

Other: Copper Sky Capital (AZ-VC)

Sources: latest funding · prnewswire.com Last verified: 2026-07-29

Overview

Nuclearn builds secure, on-premise-ready AI software for nuclear professionals — automating operations, engineering, and regulatory workflows. Founded in 2021 by industry veterans including CEO Bradley Fox (ex-Palo Verde), the Phoenix-area company raised a $10.5M Series A in September 2025 led by Blue Bear Capital with SJF Ventures and existing investors AZ-VC and Nucleation Capital, bringing total funding to roughly $13M.

The platform serves 70+ nuclear facilities in North America and the U.K. per company materials.

Why Nuclearn is interesting

Scottsdale/Phoenix nuclear-grade AI — $10.5M Series A (Sep 2025) led by Blue Bear Capital with AZ-VC (now Copper Sky Capital) re-upping; domain-specific models for an industry that cannot tolerate generic ChatGPT wrappers.

Product & use cases

Nuclear-domain AI including AtomAssist — private foundation models for operations, engineering, and compliance workflows.

  • Nuclear plant operations documentation and search
  • Regulatory compliance automation
  • Engineering workflow modernization

Key facts

  • Phoenix/Scottsdale HQ — nuclear-specific AI platform
  • Series A (Sep 2025): $10.5M led by Blue Bear Capital; ~$13M total
  • AZ-VC / Copper Sky Capital seed and follow-on participant
  • 70+ nuclear facilities on platform (company claim)

Funding history (newest first)

Series A

2025-09 $10.5M

Source: Read source · prnewswire.com

Investors in our directory

Funds linked from Nuclearn's profile — open a fund page for stage focus and related deal articles.

Competitive landscape

Edge: Nuclear-trained private models with on-prem/Azure Government deployment — safety and compliance bar generic LLMs cannot meet.

  • Generic enterprise AI vendors adjacent

    Lack nuclear regulatory training data and deployment modes.

  • Legacy nuclear software vendors incumbent

    Slow UX; Nuclearn pitches AI layer on workflows.

Industries

Market / IPO context

Editorial / static context — not a live quote.

FAQs about Nuclearn

Practical answers founders, operators, and investors typically search for.

AI software purpose-built for nuclear plant operations and compliance.
Greater Phoenix / Scottsdale, Arizona.
Blue Bear led Sep 2025 Series A; Copper Sky Capital (AZ-VC) is in our directory.
Palo Verde talent pool and AZ venture capital (AZ-VC/Copper Sky) backing hard-tech software.
Series A; private.
On-prem, private cloud, or Azure Government per public product FAQ.

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