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Tyler Bernstein

Co-Founder and CEO of Zeno Power, a company developing radioisotope power systems (RPS) for space and defense applications. Bernstein co-founded Zeno Power in 2018 at Vanderbilt University with Jonathan Segal and Jacob Matthews to build compact nuclear batteries that generate reliable electricity from radioactive decay.

The company has secured over $60M in NASA and Department of Defense contracts, including a $30M award to build a radioisotope-powered satellite for the U.S. military, and raised a $50M Series B to scale full-scale system demonstrations in 2026.

American · 1 current role · 1 founding


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  1. https://spacenews.com/zeno-power-gets-30-million-to-build-radioisotope-powered-satellite-for-u-s-military/
  2. https://www.zenopower.com/announcements/zeno-power-raises-50-million-series-b-to-power-defense-space-and-beyond
  3. https://payloadspace.com/podcast/from-seabed-to-space-with-tyler-bernstein-ceo-of-zeno-power/
  4. https://www.ans.org/meetings/wm2023/speaker/bernstein/

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