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▶ 7:56 · $VALOR · Valor Equity Partners' SpaceX returns catalyze generalist VC appetite for hard tech nuclear bets
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The Information

Why Big Tech Needs Nuclear Power

2026-07-25 · 3 company · 4 thematic
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laura mandaro

Laura Mandaro is the Managing Editor at The Information, overseeing coverage of AI, enterprise software, and major tech companies.

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“Valor for instance was a big SpaceX investor, right? And I think that you can't discount how um how the the success of SpaceX and Anduril these very very capital intensive kind of long timeline doing very hard things breaking into, you kno…”
—laura mandaro
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