Last Energy

Developer of the PWR-5 pilot project at Texas A&M's RELLIS campus.

Microreactor developer

Deployment stage3 / 8Development

Race position

Megawatts at their strongest documented state, as of 2026-08-06.

DesignPWR-20
Per unit20 MWe
LaneMicroreactor
ListingPrivate

PWR-5 is the 5 MWe pilot version of the same design.

600 MWe announced, non-binding

No executed megawatts · announced pipeline only

One gigawatt is 50 × 20 MWe units. No megawatts rest on an executed action yet.

Why this company is on the board: Selected for the DOE Reactor Pilot Program to build and test the PWR-5 at the Texas A&M-RELLIS campus. Source ↗

Funding

Three frames, never added together.

Raised

Private and public equity. Never added to federal money.

  • 2025-12$100M Series CVenture equity · Astera InstituteSource ↗
  • 2024-08$40M Series BVenture equity · Gigafund and the Autodesk FoundationSource ↗

Awarded

Federal awards and cost share. A ceiling, not cash received.

No awarded money on record.

Borrowed

Debt, repayable. Never counted as a raise, federal or private.

No borrowed money on record.

Filed, not raised

A registration filed with the SEC. The filing itself raises nothing.

No filed, not raised money on record.

Cash on hand

A balance, not a raise. Reported by the company at a stated date.

No reported cash position on record.

Licensing

Applications, permits and authorizations, naming the authority in each case.

Physical progress

Work at a site. Criticalities are proof the physics works, not electricity.

Nothing on record in this lane as of 2026-08-06.

Program selections and agreements

Being chosen for a program, or signing one. Neither is a permit nor work at a site.

Nothing on record in this lane as of 2026-08-06.

Design proof outside the U.S.

Real progress on the same design abroad. Contributes 0 MWe to the U.S. race.

Pipeline

Executed first. Announcements are labeled as announcements and never added to them.

Backed by an executed action

No executed megawatts on record as of 2026-08-06.

Announced, non-binding

Company-stated targets

What the company says, printed beside what a regulator has documented. The site never averages a target into a prediction.

No company-stated target on record as of 2026-08-06.