u/Express_Cycle7326

I'm an engineer (not nuclear engineer) that is looking to move to Austin and am applying to some nuclear energy start ups there. I was wondering from a nuclear engineering perspective, what are the most promising companies based in Austin that have the best chance at producing energy commercially?

The companies that I'm aware of are:
Aalo Atomics
Subcritical Systems
Last Energy

From Glassdoor reviews and previous posts on r/nuclear I'm taking Last Energy off of the table for myself.

My front runner is Aalo because they claim to be on track to go critical with their Aalo-X reactor in Idaho National Lab by 7/4/26. But in fairness they had a head start over Subcritical Systems which only incorporated in 2025.

What do y'all think?

Thanks!