Sam Altman Open AI CEO resigns from the board of directors of the nuclear startup Oklo. It’s a measure to avoid the opportunity of an understanding conflict, while Oklo is about to sign an energy supply contract with Open AI.
The Financial Times reported on Monday that CEO Altman resigned from the Oklo Board of Directors and was co -founder and CEO Jake Dweet.
Altman has been participating within the Oklo Board of Directors since 2015, and last 12 months, he led the listing through the merger along with his co -founder. Since then, the corporate has emerged as a number one SMR company.
The resignation decision is combined with the opening of an electrical power supply contract for Open AI to introduce Oklo’s SMR. Altman said, “It’s the appropriate time I even have to withdraw from Oklo’s strategic partnership to distribute clean energy on a big scale and to enable AI deployment.”
The scale of the contract was not disclosed. Nonetheless, Open AI is pursuing a big data center project ‘Stargate’, so it is crucial to secure efficient energy sources.
It’s noteworthy in that it’s a direct contract between SMR developers and technology corporations. SMR has an influence generation capability of lower than 300 megawatt (MW), which is the following -generation reactor, which is about one -third of the prevailing nuclear power plant.
As such, the advanced nuclear technology has been within the highlight that it provides clean, secure and cheaper energy than before.
Along with Oklo, several SMR developers, including X-Energy and Nucleo, have invested at the very least $ 1.5 billion since 2024. Amazon, Microsoft (MS), Rolls -Royce, and Holk International have invested.
By Park Chan, reporter cpark@aitimes.com
