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Transcript: Here’s what Bill Gates told lawmakers in his recent Epstein testimony

The U.S. House Oversight Committee on Tuesday released the transcript of a closed-door interview in which Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates answered lawmakers’ questions, under oath, about his ties to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Read More

Next-gen nuclear company TerraPower plants flag in UK

TerraPower, the Bellevue, Wash.-based nuclear energy company, announced the opening of a subsidiary office in the UK as it pursues its first international deployment. Read More

Bill Gates goes to Capitol Hill in Epstein case as his ventures feel the effects

Bill Gates appeared voluntarily behind closed doors before House Oversight Committee investigators on Wednesday to answer questions about his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, part of a larger turn in his image that has been rippling through the Seattle-area institutions he built and funds. Read More

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SpaceX IPO filing reveals Starlink’s impact, Bezos sounds off on CNBC, and Gemini owes John a beer

SpaceX’s IPO filing includes new details about the Starlink satellite factory in Redmond. Jeff Bezos talks wealth, inequality, and AI on CNBC. And John turns to ChatGPT and Gemini when FIFA’s ticketing support falls short. Read More

A nuclear first: TerraPower officially starts construction on next-gen Natrium plant in Wyoming

TerraPower is officially moving dirt on its facility in Wyoming, making it the first company in the U.S. to break ground on a next-generation nuclear plant. Read More

GeekWire Awards: Sustainable Innovation finalists tackle energy, fashion and farming

The Sustainable Innovation Award finalists this year are energy companies Helion, OCOChem and TerraPower; fashion recycler Ravel; and agtech startup IUNU. Read More

Report: TerraPower leadership faces tough questions about Gates, Myhrvold and Epstein ties

TerraPower employees questioned CEO Chris Levesque about connections between sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and company board leaders Bill Gates and Nathan Myhrvold, according to The Seattle Times. Read More

TerraPower becomes first next-gen nuclear company to get U.S. green light for building reactors

TerraPower recently signed a deal with Meta to build up to eight advanced reactors in the U.S. with the first two coming online as soon as 2032. Read More

Bill Gates addresses Epstein fallout at foundation as new Microsoft revelations emerge

Bill Gates apologized to Gates Foundation staff over his interactions with Jeffrey Epstein, as a new report revealed the depth of the late sex offender’s connections to Microsoft. Read More

‘Leading nuclear project in the U.S.’: TerraPower closes in on key permits for first next-gen reactor

In perhaps a matter of weeks, Bill Gates-backed TerraPower expects to receive federal permits to build the nuclear components of its first-of-a-kind, next-gen plant in Wyoming. Read More

Seattle-area nuclear company TerraPower signs deal with Meta for up to 8 reactors

The Bill Gates-backed company will build up to eight small modular reactors in the U.S. for Meta, with the first coming online as soon as 2032. Read More

Bill Gates’ TerraPower gets NRC green light for safety in construction of its first nuclear plant

The Washington-based company backed by Bill Gates and NVIDIA could be the first to deploy a utility-scale, next-generation reactor in America. Read More

New frontier for Seattle startups: Space, fusion, and battery companies buoy region’s VC activity

Companies developing rockets, fusion energy, and next-generation batteries account for a large share of total venture capital raised in the Seattle region over the past several months, according to GeekWire’s regularly updated fundings list. Read More

TerraPower lands $650M from NVIDIA’s investment fund, Bill Gates and others

Next-gen nuclear power company TerraPower today announced $650 million in new funding. The round includes new investor NVentures, the venture… Read More

Tech Moves: Microsoft privacy chief to depart; TerraPower adds execs; Keystone hires president

— Julie Brill, chief privacy officer and corporate vice president for Global Privacy, Safety, and Regulatory Affairs at Microsoft, is… Read More

TerraPower CEO says company on track to deploy first-of-a-kind next-gen nuclear plant in 5 years

TerraPower CEO Chris Levesque offered a sunny picture for the work underway at the Bill Gates-backed nuclear power company in… Read More

Bill Gates-backed TerraPower Isotopes produces rare, radioactive ingredient sought for cancer drugs

Nearly a decade ago, radio chemists at the nuclear power startup TerraPower saw a promising opportunity in radioactive waste from… Read More

Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy is raising another big fund for clean energy and climate investing

Breakthrough Energy Ventures, the climate-focused initiative launched by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, is raising its third fund. A new SEC… Read More

Nuclear power company backed by Bill Gates breaks ground in Wyoming on first facility

Nuclear company TerraPower broke ground Monday on its commercial power plant, located near a soon-to-be-retired coal power plant in Kemmerer,… Read More

‘Just watch us’: Gates-backed TerraPower is bullish on being the first next-gen nuclear plant in U.S.

Inside TerraPower’s cavernous 65,000 square-foot laboratory north of Seattle, there’s a suite of stations for experimenting with new materials and… Read More

The 10 biggest funding rounds for Pacific Northwest startups in 2022

Venture capitalists slowed investments this year in response to the cooling economy. But some startups were still able to secure… Read More

TerraPower warns of 2-year minimum delay for launch of demo reactor due to Russia-Ukraine war

The CEO of the Bill Gates-backed nuclear power company TerraPower is warning that operation of its demonstration plant is expected… Read More

Bill Gates-backed TerraPower announces feasibility study to explore sites for 5 new nuclear reactors

Bill Gates-backed TerraPower announced on Thursday that it’s going to conduct a feasibility study to explore locations for up to… Read More

New day for nuclear power? Why TerraPower’s CFO is confident about the future, despite challenges

Could we be witnessing nuclear power’s comeback? After decades on the back burner, the sweeping climate change bill recently signed… Read More

Bill Gates’ TerraPower wins $8.5M in federal funding for conversion of used nuclear fuel

BELLEVUE, Wash. — TerraPower, the Bellevue-based nuclear power venture co-founded by Bill Gates, has won an $8.55 million grant from… Read More

Bill Gates’ TerraPower makes its pick for next-gen nuclear power plant in Wyoming

TerraPower, the nuclear power venture backed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, has chosen a soon-to-be-retired coal-fired power plant in Wyoming… Read More

Bill Gates’ TerraPower will build its first next-gen nuclear reactor in Wyoming

TerraPower, PacifiCorp and Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon announced plans on Wednesday to build a next-generation nuclear power plant on the… Read More

TerraPower advances plans for next-gen nuclear plants, earning Bill Gates’ praise

BELLEVUE, Wash. — TerraPower, the nuclear energy venture that’s backed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, has gotten a boost on… Read More

Bill Gates’ TerraPower and GE Hitachi team up on proposal to build a new nuclear reactor for research

TerraPower, the nuclear energy venture backed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and headquartered in Bellevue, Wash., is collaborating with GE… Read More

Backed by Bill Gates, TerraPower branches out into radioisotopes for cancer treatment

TerraPower, the nuclear research venture founded by Bill Gates, is joining with Isotek Systems and the U.S. Department of Energy… Read More