Strategic investment and engineering collaboration · Climate tech

Kairos Power agrees to up to $100m Samsung C&T collaboration

The agreement combines direct investment and engineering services, subject to regulatory approvals.

Kairos Power and Samsung C&T agreed to pursue up to $100 million in direct investment and in-kind engineering services, subject to regulatory approvals.

The collaboration will support construction of the Hermes 2 demonstration plant, expand manufacturing capabilities and establish engineering practices for future commercial deployments. Hermes 2 is planned as a 50 MWe grid-connected demonstration of Kairos Power's fluoride salt-cooled reactor technology.

Use of funds

Finance construction of the Hermes 2 demonstration plant

Expand high-temperature reactor manufacturing workforce

Establish engineering framework for scaled commercial deployments

Funding history

Strategic investment and engineering collaboration · This round≤$100M

Sources

  1. Kairos Power and Samsung C&T Agree to Pursue Strategic Investment and Collaboration for KP-FHR Deploymentkairospower.com · Sep 21, 2026
  2. Kairos Power Signs Binding Term Sheet for a USD100M Strategic Investment and Engineering Collaboration Round from Samsung C&Tfinsmes.com · Sep 28, 2026