Startupsby GlyphWhy it ranks
How the rank works- team of 8Team size · YC's directory+4.9
- acquiredOutcome · YC, program pages, Acquisitions+4
- went through YCProgram · this site+4
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Competitors
| Company | Category | Status | Program |
|---|---|---|---|
| Devtools | Active | YCS19 |
Adjacent
| Company | Category | Status | Program |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other | Active | YCX26 | |
| Other | Not stated | Plug and Play | |
| AI, Data | Not stated | Plug and Play | |
| AI | Not stated | 500 Global2022 | |
| AI, Data | Active | YCX25 |
Also from W19
All of W19About Atomic Alchemy
Atomic Alchemy is building a bank of reactors to produce the nuclear material that goes into nuclear medicine. Radiopharmaceuticals are vitally important in biological tracers, diagnostic imaging, and cancer treatments. Currently, the world's supply of Molybdenum-99, the cornerstone of 80% of all nuclear medicine procedures, is sourced from just six government-run, scientific research reactors abroad. Five of these reactors are 45-65 years old and are quickly coming to the end of their operational life. This has cultivated a fragile and lengthy supply chain, at odds with the nature of radioactive material. This issue and its implications do not just effect molybdenum, but any other reactor-based isotope. Many promising cancer therapies are stuck in clinical trials, unable to secure enough material in a timely manner. Research doesn’t even happen because of the difficulty of sourcing any new isotopes. It doesn't have to be this way. Atomic Alchemy is working to solve this by building the world's first scalable radioisotope production facility. This facility will contain the world’s first privately-owned nuclear reactors dedicated to radioisotope production.
- YC batch
- W19 · Winter 2019
- Status, per YC
- Acquired
- Category
- Other
- Team size
- 8
- Location
- Idaho Falls, ID, USA
- Checked
- 9h ago
YC tags: Hard Tech, Small Modular Reactors, Medical Devices
Atomic Alchemy: questions
Which YC batch was Atomic Alchemy in?
Atomic Alchemy was in Y Combinator's Winter 2019 batch (W19).
Is Atomic Alchemy still active?
Y Combinator lists Atomic Alchemy as acquired.
Where is Atomic Alchemy based?
Atomic Alchemy lists Idaho Falls, ID, USA as its location on YC's directory.