Jared Furtado

Investor in Tech, Life Sciences and Clean Tech sectors. Talent Acquisition from seed to unicorn stage.
Managing Partner @thursday_vc
Founder @Towerhill_Assoc

[Matt Loszak | Aalo Atomics @MattLoszak]

Very excited to announce that at 12:20am on the 4th of July, Aalo achieved criticality on our first full-scale reactor.

We cut it close, but we pulled it off!!

Working towards this goal with such an incredible group of humans has been the most fulfilling period of my life. This moment has been three years in the making.

Last year, Executive Order 14301 called for at least three new reactors to go critical before July 4th, 2026.

As of late last Friday night, that goal has been surpassed!

When the EO was announced, we immediately sat down to figure out what the most ambitious scope would be, while still being potentially achievable by July 4th.

Some of the team proposed doing simplified designs with smaller fuel loads, or building in existing facilities.

One thing was clear: We wouldn't have time to integrate a full-scale sodium heat-removal loop to bring the reactor to its full 30 MWt.

So here’s where we landed:

➡️ We purchased the entire commercial-scale fuel load. This is enough fuel to operate at 30 MWt / 10 MWe for 3 years before refueling. To my knowledge, it’s the largest fuel load that’s been taken critical in the DOE pilot program, by far.

➡️ We built a full-scale reactor vessel in our factory, and loaded in our commercial graphite layout. All the dimensions, vessel thickness, and manufacturing techniques are essentially the same as we will use for the imminent commercial version. There will be a few minor tweaks for sodium flow and full-power, but nothing major.

➡️ We built an entirely new reactor facility at the Idaho National Lab. Building a building is easy. Building a new reactor facility comes with a mountain of paperwork, policies, operation and training procedures, security, instrumentation and control, and more.

Zero-power criticality might seem like a small step, but I can tell you, going through the exercise of building a reactor and taking it to criticality has been extremely valuable.

The learnings on regulatory, ops, manufacturing, supply chain, QA, economics, engineering, and design will accelerate our path through to the final iteration at full-power.

America is blessed to have a recent Cambrian explosion of startups in nuclear, all going after different markets, technologies, and strategies.

I’m excited that sodium, gas, salt, and new PWRs are all getting pushed forward once again. The best outcome for humanity is to have all these advance in parallel, as quickly as possible, while maintaining safety.

Thanks again to our amazing team, DOE, INL, BEA, and everyone else who helped us get to where we are today.

This could not have happened anywhere else. Happy birthday, America!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

There has never been a better time for nuclear energy. The Second Atomic Age has begun, and this one will be here to stay.

[Bernt Bornich @BerntBornich]

Introducing NEO’s 25 Degrees of Freedom, tendon-driven hands — nearing or surpassing human-level dexterity, strength, speed, and reliability.

For seventy years, robotics worked around the hand problem. The humanoid bet is the reverse: it lives or dies at the fingertips.

[Jared Furtado @Jared_Towerhill]

Huge congrats to @willahmed and the entire WHOOP team on an incredible milestone — $575M raised at a $10B+ valuation.

[Jared Furtado @Jared_Towerhill]

Whoop, a Wearable Health Device Maker, Raises $575 Million https://t.co/aF3MC10wcp via @NYTimes

[Jared Furtado @Jared_Towerhill]

Words fall short to express how proud I am of the leadership by @willahmed & the world-class team @whoop. I’m blown away by their commitment and determination in executing their vision. Honored to be a part of the journey these last few years & beyond excited for the road ahead!

[Will Ahmed @willahmed]

Participating investors in the round include @SoftBankVC @Accomplices @TwoSigmaVC @collabfund @thursday_vc @NextViewVC @PromusVentures @CAVUVentures D20 Capital, LionTree Partners. https://t.co/uPLDINvWk7

[Jared Furtado @Jared_Towerhill]

This is a big WHOOPIN deal!!

[Will Ahmed @willahmed]

BREAKING: @whoop has closed 100m Series E led by @IVP.

Incredibly grateful for Whoop members around to world who share our mission to unlock human performance. https://t.co/cMdfMcdJdF

[Jared Furtado @Jared_Towerhill]

Honored to be among this group. Thanks @businessinsider @KeerthiVedantam @Towerhill_Assoc

Meet 9 headhunters that top technology companies turn to when they need to hire a new CEO or board member https://t.co/UWZxOjrWuo via @businessinsider

[Jared Furtado @Jared_Towerhill]

Amazing! This is one of the many reasons that @whoop is one of the best companies we @thursday_vc & @Towerhill_Assoc have worked with over the years! Leading the way to a better future in Tech!

[Will Ahmed @willahmed]

We @whoop exist to improve your life not invade it. We will continue to build the best product experience in the market. Many of our members will reflect that Whoop is amazing not just for the things that it does but the things it very intentionally chooses NOT to do.

[Jared Furtado @Jared_Towerhill]

I’m hearing from a lot of job seekers, and yes companies are still hiring. We have active searches for our various clients who are looking for Software Engineers, Data Scientists, Electrical Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, and several exec roles
#jobsearch #hiring #Employment

[Volley Automation @volley_auto]

Parking garages aren’t just low-tech eyesores — they might be urban America’s greatest real estate development opportunity - https://t.co/l3EmvTG7ho

[Jared Furtado @Jared_Towerhill]

I'm conducting a few new executive searches - CTO, VP's of Data, Security, a Chief Product Officer for some of the fastest growing start-ups in #AutonomousVehicles #Fintech #startup #DataScientist #Robotics #edtech

[Jared Furtado @Jared_Towerhill]

I have several #executivesearch with some of the fastest growing companies in #edtech #fintech and #AutonomousVehicles

[Jared Furtado @Jared_Towerhill]

I have some exciting executive searches open with some of the leading #AutonomousVehicles #Crypto and #fintech firms. #CTO #CMO #CISO and #DataScience #Jobs

[NASA @NASA]

Tomorrow, we’ll have our first #MarsLanding in six years! The landing kicks off a two-year mission for our @NASAInSight spacecraft to study Mars' deep interior. Watch NASA TV at 1pm ET to learn more about mission status and landing milestones: https://t.co/wb4GbfMmQf

[Thursday Ventures @thursday_vc]

Exciting way to kick this thing off. More on the way... https://t.co/Dgc58zfNaM

[Jared Furtado @Jared_Towerhill]

Looking for an engineering and a product marketing leader for a top unicorn. #hiring #executive #tech #leadership -email: [email protected]

[Jared Furtado @Jared_Towerhill]

Just got in a new #CISO role with a leading pre-IPO tech firm. #CyberSecurity #infosec #security #jobs

[Jared Furtado @Jared_Towerhill]

The team got in new executive searches this week. VP Sales, Head of Data and more #AI #machinelearning #sales #CyberSecurity #infosecjobs

[Jared Furtado @Jared_Towerhill]

Looking for your next big move w/ a top tech unicorn? I have executive level roles in #bigdata #datascience #machinelearning #infosec

[Jared Furtado @Jared_Towerhill]

I have many IC to Director and VP level #bigdata, #infosecurity, and #infrastructure #opportunities. #hiring #jobopening #Recruiting