Private company
Kairos Power
Logo: kairospower.com3
American nuclear energy company
Kairos Power LLC is an American nuclear energy company founded in 2016 that is developing fluoride salt-cooled high-temperature reactors (FHRs), a type of molten-salt reactor, in a small modular reactor (SMR) form factor.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- Industryenergy industry1
- HeadquartersAlameda1
- Websitekairospower.com
- Legal formlimited liability company1
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Kairos Power LLC is an American nuclear energy company founded in 2016 that is developing fluoride salt-cooled high-temperature reactors (FHRs), a type of molten-salt reactor, in a small modular reactor (SMR) form factor.2
Timeline
- 2016Founded Founded1
Funding
Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.
- Federal grants $500.0K
- PPP loans $3.3M
- Other federal assistance $135.0M
Figures by year
| Year | Federal grants | PPP loans | Other federal assistance | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | $35.0M | $35.0M |
| 2024 | – | – | $100.0M | $100.0M |
| 2020 | $500.0K | $3.3M | – | $3.8M |
Federal awards
Obligated amounts from USAspending.gov4, by calendar year, 2020–2025, for its registration. Obligations are what agencies committed, not always what was paid out. Contracts pay for goods and services; grants, loans and direct payments are assistance. Loans are charted at the face value of the loans listed here. An award’s amount below is its lifetime total, and some began before the years charted.
Largest grants
- Mar 26, 2020$500.0K from Department of Energy: Nuclear Energy Research, Development And Demonstration5 To KAIROS POWER LLC Award DENE0008862
PPP loans
Paycheck Protection Program loans of $150,000 and up, approved April 2020 to July 2021, from the SBA6. Matched to this company by name and state.
- Apr 13, 2020$3.3M PPP loan (first draw) from Readycap Lending, LLC6To KAIROS POWER LLC, Alameda CA; $3.1M forgiven Jul 17, 2023
Links
- Websitekairospower.com1
- X (Twitter)x.com/kairospower1
- Facebookwww.facebook.com/KairosPower1
- YouTubewww.youtube.com/channel/UChOl6hpppbrmJLhlDb5NKvA1
- LinkedInwww.linkedin.com/company/kairospower1
- WikipediaKairos Power
- WikidataQ119857284
Sources
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
- 1WikidataKairos Power on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaKairos Power on Wikipedia
- 3Company websiteKairos Power logo
- 4USAspending.govUSAspending.gov recipient profile: KAIROS POWER LLC
- 5USAspending.govDENE0008862: Department of Energy
- 6