Oklo Names Two New Board Members

<p><strong>SANTA CLARA<&sol;strong> &&num;8212&semi; Oklo Inc&period;&comma; an advanced nuclear technology company&comma; has appointed Daniel Poneman and Michael Thompson to its Board of Directors&period; The pair replace Chris Wright&comma; who left the board to become Energy Secretary under President Trump&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We welcome Daniel and Michael to our Board of Directors&comma;” said Oklo Co-founder and CEO Jacob DeWitte&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Their extensive experience and passion for our mission will be helpful as we work to advance the large-scale deployment of Oklo Aurora powerhouses&comma; nuclear fuel recycling&comma; and the development of our radioisotope production facilities&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&ZeroWidthSpace;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Nuclear energy needs to play a major role in meeting the world&&num;8217&semi;s growing energy needs&comma;” said Caroline Cochran&comma; Co-Founder and COO of Oklo&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We are developing advanced fission technologies to deliver on its potential&comma; and the expertise of Daniel and Michael will help us achieve our goals&period;”&ZeroWidthSpace;<b><&sol;b><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Daniel Poneman has decades of experience in the U&period;S&period; nuclear industry across both public and private sectors&period; He served as Deputy Secretary of Energy at the U&period;S&period; Department of Energy from 2009 to 2014&period; Mr&period; Poneman later became President and CEO of Centrus Energy Corp&period; from 2015 to 2023&comma; where he played a key role in launching the first U&period;S&period;-technology enabled domestic uranium enrichment production since 1954&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Michael Thompson has over 25 years of experience investing in and advising technology companies&period; Since 2017&comma; he has served as CEO and Managing Partner of Reinvent Capital&comma; a private investment fund focused on technology&period; Prior to that&comma; he was the Founder and Managing Director of BHR-Capital&comma; a New York-based hedge fund&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr&period; Poneman will serve on the Nominating &amp&semi; Governance Committee&comma; and Mr&period; Thompson will serve on the Audit Committee of Oklo’s Board&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;