Are we ready to go Nuclear? Alan Hoffman (MIT, Oklo, Cloudant, PayPal) on the current opportunities and challenges of nuclear power

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Are we ready to go nuclear? We’ve brought in the brilliant and multi-talented Alan Hoffman (MIT, Oklo, Cloudant, PayPal) to help us dive into the current opportunities and challenges of nuclear power. Are we ready to take the leap and employ this technology further to mitigate climate change? Let’s find out. About Alan: Alan holds a PhD in particle physics from MIT. While at MIT, he co-founded and built a software company (Cloudant) to fix the big data problem that he and his co-founders experienced in their particle physics research. Alan and his team built the company to over a thousand customers before it was acquired by IBM after just six years. Alan was then appointed head of product for one of PayPal's major payments platforms. Most recently Alan was Chief of staff at Oklo, an energy startup that is at the cutting edge of small modular nuclear power.
Are we ready to go nuclear? We’ve brought in the brilliant and multi-talented Alan Hoffman (MIT, Oklo, Cloudant, PayPal) to help us dive into the current opportunities and challenges of nuclear power. Are we ready to take the leap and employ this technology further to mitigate climate change? Let’s find out.

About Alan: Alan holds a PhD in particle physics from MIT. While at MIT, he co-founded and built a software company (Cloudant) to fix the big data problem that he and his co-founders experienced in their particle physics research. Alan and his team built the company to over a thousand customers before it was acquired by IBM after just six years. Alan was then appointed head of product for one of PayPal's major payments platforms. Most recently Alan was Chief of staff at Oklo, an energy startup that is at the cutting edge of small modular nuclear power. 


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Are we ready to go Nuclear? Alan Hoffman (MIT, Oklo, Cloudant, PayPal) on the current opportunities and challenges of nuclear power
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