The commercialization of advanced nuclear fission technologies represents one of the most capital-intensive, highly regulated, and geopolitically sensitive industrial transitions of the twenty-first century. Oklo Inc. (NYSE: OKLO), a development-stage advanced nuclear energy company, operates at the bleeding edge of this transition. The firm is attempting to bridge the formidable gap between theoretical academic reactor design and utility-scale commercial deployment. Operating entirely in a pre-revenue environment, Oklo is engineering liquid-metal-cooled, metal-fueled fast reactors—designated the "Aurora powerhouse"—which are designed to output between 15 and 75 megawatts electric (MWe).1 Simultaneously, the company is attempting to establish vertically integrated business lines in nuclear fuel recycling and radioisotope production, creating a co ...