01
EMBER
Product 1
- Size
- 25 MWe
- Production Rate
- 1 GW/yr
- Type
- PWR
- Containment
- Factory-built, shippable
- Target Sale Price
- $80/MWh
- Incremental Revenue/yr
- $700 million
FISSION
REACTOR
FACTORY.
Forge builds water-cooled nuclear fission reactors in factories. Our mission is to get humanity to net zero carbon emissions by 2050.
[01] TEAM
Built to Ship Reactors.
Three co-founders with complementary skills across engineering and operations — united by the conviction that this is the most important problem to work on.
MATT
CO-FOUNDER · CEO
Startup veteran. Built & tested the world's most advanced Lunar Mining rover prototype at 1% the cost of NASA's version, at Starpath Robotics. Now building reactors at 1% the cost of commercial competition.
REX
CO-FOUNDER · COO
Tackled Starship's hardest electrical engineering problems. Built a world class avionics team at Reflect Orbital.
CHRIS
CO-FOUNDER · VP PRODUCTION
Former member of SpaceX senior management. Scaled production of Falcon 9 & Starship Avionics.
[02] THE NEED
Why Nuclear?
01
Reliable Baseload
Solar and wind are clean but intermittent — they're a good supplement to fossil fuels but not a replacement. Nuclear is the only proven technology that can deliver carbon-free, always-on power at scale.
02
Safety
Nuclear is already the safest way to generate reliable power. Forge's passively safe reactors will take safety even further, making accidents almost physically impossible.
Coal
Oil
Biomass
Natural Gas
Nuclear
03
Minimal Waste
Nuclear fuel is a million times as energy dense as oil. The waste is easy and safe to store. Fossil fuel waste spews into the air causing respiratory diseases and climate change. Solar panels produce ~300× as much waste as nuclear for the same energy — toxic, with no good disposal plan.
[03] VISION
Path to a Terawatt per year
2026
Founding
2028
First Criticality
Ember pilot plant goes critical.
2030
1 GW/yr · Ember
Ember factory comes online.
2035
100 GW/yr · Torch
Torch factory comes online.
2040
1 TW/yr · Inferno
Inferno factory comes online.
Products
02
TORCH
Product 2
- Size
- TBD
- Production Rate
- 100 GW/yr
- Type
- PWR
- Containment
- Factory-built, shippable
- Target Sale Price
- $30/MWh
- Incremental Revenue/yr
- $26 billion
03
INFERNO
Product 3
- Size
- TBD
- Production Rate
- 1 TW/yr
- Type
- Breeder / TBD
- —
- —
- Target Sale Price
- $10/MWh
- Incremental Revenue/yr
- $88 billion
[04] THE THESIS
Why Water-Cooled?
01
Proven Technology.
Almost all nuclear power worldwide is water-cooled. America's water-cooled fleet is the largest of any country. 60 years and 20,000 reactor-years of operating experience means solved problems stay solved.
Water-Cooled (PWR / BWR)
Gas-Cooled (AGR / Magnox)
Liquid Metal (Sodium / Lead)
02
Fuel Availability.
Qualified fuel assemblies compatible with our reactors are widely available off-the-shelf from a handful of suppliers. One of the biggest challenges for competitor startups is the availability of fuel.
03
Simple Components.
Old nuclear was expensive because of bespoke supply chains. The solution is to bring fabrication into factories and leverage advancements in manufacturing. This is easiest to do for systems which handle water because the components, and tools to customize them, have mature, competitive supply chains.
[05] MILESTONES
From Founding to Factory
Each funding round unlocks the next proof point. We're not asking for a leap of faith — just the next step.
Apr 2026
Founding
Q3 2026
Early Prototypes
- Primary & Secondary Loop Thermal Efficiency Test
- Passive Safety Demo
Q1 2027
Thermal Prototype Complete
Q4 2028
Pilot Plant goes Critical