NEI Nuclear Notes

More from the world of venture capital : Less than a couple hours ago, we were highlighted in a TechCrunch article disclosing that UPower is a Y Combinator company.  This article is currently trending at story number 1 in HackerNews . Almost all of that is way too millenial for me, but it does raise the question: what is UPower? and Y Combinator , for that matter? Let’s start with the second part first: When Y Combinator co-founder Paul Graham passed the keys of his uber-successful seed accelerator program to Sam Altman in February, he did so with an eye on the future. Graham’s interest was largely in internet startups, but Altman seems to have a taste for nuclear energy and biotech: “I’ve always loved it when we can fund companies that, if we don’t fund them, they won’t exist,” Altman said in an interview with Re/code on Tuesday. “No one is funding energy, and I think it’s a good business and really important for the world. “Really important for the w...