Blackwing (@BlackwingVC)

Blackwing @BlackwingVC

Jun 18

Valar Atomics has gone critical. Ward 250 sustained a nuclear chain reaction; an extraordinary engineering milestone achieved at a speed this industry rarely sees. Proud to back @isaiah_p_taylor and the @valaratomics team as they build the future of American nuclear energy.

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Blackwing @BlackwingVC

Jun 15

Factory 002 is live. Congrats to Aaron Slodov and the entire Atomic team. More factories. More industrial capacity. More American manufacturing.

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Initialized Capital

@Initialized

Jun 9

In one week the founders rebuilding American industry will be in Detroit. Join us and @BlackwingVC for The Assembly, an evening we're co-hosting after Day 1 of @reindsummit for founders and investors across manufacturing, defense, energy, robotics, aerospace, infrastructure, and industrial software. Connect and build relationships that move our country forward. Tuesday, June 16. 6-9 ETpm. Detroit.

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Chad Cazel 🇺🇸/acc @ChadCazel

Jun 4

America’s industrial renaissance is underway. Join @BlackwingVC and @Initialized for The Assembly, an evening gathering of the founders and builders driving it forward after @reindsummit. Detroit. Tuesday, June 16.

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Augustus Doricko

@ADoricko

Apr 27

Mankind has always been at the mercy of the weather. No longer. Rainmaker is the first company in history to routinely, unambiguously, modify the weather. Last quarter, we produced >143MM gallons of unambiguously man-made precipitation. Here’s how we do it 🧵

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Blackwing @BlackwingVC

Apr 9

Blackwing is proud to back @AskariDefense in their $1.7M pre-seed, alongside @KnollVentures and @BrickyardVC. Askari builds handheld, intelligent kinetic interceptors for the age of robotic warfare to protect the American Warfighter.

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Askari Defense

@AskariDefense

Apr 3

Keeping humanity in command of its future by making every robot a bad investment. #AskariDefense

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Askari Defense

@AskariDefense

Apr 2

We’ve spent the past year quietly building. Now we’re ready to share what comes next. Askari develops systems for the realities of modern conflict, not the assumptions of the last one. Our mission is simple: Unlimited kinetic defense. We’ve built the software and hardware backbone to make total robot denial a reality. #AskariDefense

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Chad Cazel 🇺🇸/acc @ChadCazel

Jan 6

We’re backing the team building the foundation of engineered biology. The Embryo Corp welcome to @BlackwingVC. @josiezayner @WeBuildLife

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Atomic Industries

@atomic_inc

Jan 1

2025 Wrapped: > Series A complete > Factory 2.0 underway > SOTA mold design and simulation continue to make extraordinary progress > Major software achievements in quoting and production planning > AI designed molds achieving greater performance > Shift to mass production using Atomic molds underway > Massive pipeline exceeding capacity > Ripping on all cylinders > See you next year! - Atomic Industries

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Isaiah Taylor - making nuclear reactors

@isaiah_p_taylor

10 Nov 2025

Today we're announcing Valar Atomics' $130m Series A, led by Doug Philippone at Snowpoint Ventures and co-lead by Day One and Dream. Also joining Team Valar are Balerion, Contrary, DTX, Alumni, Crosscut, Triplepoint, Palmer Luckey, Shyam Sankar, and more great funds and angels.

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Blackwing @BlackwingVC

11 Nov 2025

We’re proud to back @isaiah_p_taylor and @valaratomics in their $130M Series A. The round led by @SnowpointVC, alongside @DreamVenturesVC, @DayOneVC, @Initialized, @contrary, @PalmerLuckey, @ssankar, Riot, DTX Ventures, & more. Valar is bringing nuclear back.

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Isaiah Taylor - making nuclear reactors

@isaiah_p_taylor

30 Sep 2025

Valar Atomics is honored to be selected for DOE’s advanced nuclear fuel program! More details soon.

Office of Nuclear Energy | US Department of Energy

@GovNuclear

30 Sep 2025

BREAKING: @ENERGY conditionally selects @Oklo, @TerrestrialMSR, @xenergynuclear and @valaratomics for advanced fuel line projects to help support our new reactor pilot program that aims to have at least 3 reactors go critical next summer. energy.gov/articles/energy-d…

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Blackwing @BlackwingVC

19 Sep 2025

We are proud to back @aphysicist and @atomic_inc in their $25M Series A, alongside @MaCVentureCap, Narya, Porsche Ventures, & more. A @ycombinator (W21) company, Atomic is restoring America’s ability to lead the world in manufacturing by turning toolmaking into software. 🇺🇸

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Chad Cazel 🇺🇸/acc @ChadCazel

6 Sep 2025

We at @BlackwingVC are long on The Gundo. Great job @ti_morse, @isaiah_p_taylor,@ADoricko, and @tfeldmann.

Ti Morse

@ti_morse

5 Sep 2025

WTF is happening in El Segundo?! Isaiah Taylor (@isaiah_p_taylor), Augustus Doricko (@ADoricko), Ted Feldmann (@tfeldmann), Cameron Schiller (@cameron62s), Zane Mountcastle (@zanemountcastle), Soren Monroe-Anderson (@soren_ma) 0:24 WTF is happening in El Segundo?! 5:34 What's shifted since the party bus 10:03 Winning in meaningful ways 15:24 Think bigger & build in the real world 19:12 Own the atoms 21:52 Abstracting away from the physical world 28:59 Attracting great talent to work on important missions 33:03 Why Gundo worked 37:18 Intermission 37:25 What's gone wrong in the past 18 months 59:23 Pressing on the gas as things start scaling 1:10:04 Why it's important to have a community & group of peers 1:14:32 Why fight for America

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Chad Cazel 🇺🇸/acc @ChadCazel

19 Aug 2025

We’re backing the team transforming humanity’s access to water. Welcome @RainmakerCorp to @BlackwingVC. @ADoricko

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Chad Cazel 🇺🇸/acc @ChadCazel

13 Aug 2025

We’re excited to be backing Valar.

Isaiah Taylor - making nuclear reactors

@isaiah_p_taylor

12 Aug 2025

Valar Atomics is honored to announce that we've been selected by the Department of Energy to achieve criticality on American soil by July 4th, 2026, pursuant to Executive Order 14301. We're grateful to President Trump and Secretary Wright for their leadership in this matter. 1/x