Isaiah Taylor is the audacious visionary behind Valar Atomics, an El Segundo based startup on a mission to reinvent atomic energy and fuel the future of mankind. Isaiah Taylor dropped out of high school at 16 to start a business and write software for the world's largest hedge fund, but his real obsession, inherited from his physicist great-grandfather, is nuclear energy. After ten years of obsessive research, Isaiah founded Valar Atomics with a radical plan to reboot the atomic age with mass-manufactured nuclear reactors which can make energy for AI and reverse combustion itself, turning atmospheric CO2 and water into carbon-neutral jet fuel and gasoline cheaper than drilling for oil. In one year, Valar Atomics has already built a 100,000-pound prototype reactor, the first step on their journey to making civilization beautiful again with abundant energy. Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkoujZQZatbqy4KGcgjpVxQ/join Shawn Ryan Show Links SUBSCRIBE: http://www.youtube.com/@ShawnRyanShow Sign up: https://shawnryanshow.com/pages/newsletter Support the Show: https://www.patreon.com/VigilanceElite Download Free Content: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1lF-8_5jwRc5eAhzDkqqCOp-6yvd05vAw?usp=sharing Listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/shawn-ryan-show/id1492492083 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5eodRZd3qR9VT1ip1wI7xQ?si=59f9d106e56a4509 Follow on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@shawnryanshow Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shawnryanshow/ Follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shawnryanshow/ Follow on X: https://twitter.com/ShawnRyanShow SRS Podcast Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4pqo9Uoh0WuUKxw0BmaK1yrg9Kd7E4lk #vigilanceelite #shawnryanshow Isaiah Taylor Links: Valar Atomics - https://www.valaratomics.com X - https://x.com/isaiah_p_taylor Shawn Ryan Show Sponsors: https://helixsleep.com/srs https://patriotmobile.com/srs https://aura.com/srs https://shopify.com/srs https://moinkbox.com/srs https://hexclad.com/srs 00:00 Introduction & Tech Landscape 00:36 AI, Power Grid & Energy Demand 01:21 Small Modular Reactors Explained 03:15 Guest’s Journey & Valar Atomics Vision 11:09 Early Life, Family & Career Start 32:20 Challenges in Nuclear Energy & Regulation 35:31 Innovative Solutions & Site Complexities 38:26 Public Perception & Foreign Influence 42:25 Regulatory Hurdles & Trump-Era Policies 52:18 Power Grid Vulnerabilities & Decentralization 01:11:22 Future of Energy: Nuclear & Hydrocarbons 01:19:49 Nuclear-Powered Vehicles & Waste Management 01:33:26 Valar’s Reactor Innovations 01:50:35 Nuclear Energy for Space Exploration 01:54:55 Customers, Military Use & Strategic Impact 01:59:37 Reactor Costs, Longevity & Policy Shifts 02:16:51 Espionage, Tech Race & Bipartisan Outlook 02:28:07 Final Thoughts & Conclusion