Carl Coe retweeted
Scott Kupor (@skupor) was the first hire at Andreessen Horowitz. Marc and Ben still joke that if he had said yes sooner, the firm would be called Andreessen, Kupor, Horowitz.
His job description: "We're going to invest, and you need to figure out everything else."
Scott spent 16 years helping grow a16z from 3 people to about 700. Now he runs the Office of Personnel Management, the HR department for 2 million federal employees.
Scott explains how a16z borrowed Michael Ovitz's playbook from CAA, why only 7% of the federal workforce is under 30, and why 400 million pages of retirement records sit in an underground limestone mine in Pennsylvania.
This is a fascinating conversation about incentives, talent, and what it takes to turn a 2.3-million-person oil tanker.
0:00 Quitting HP mid-financial crisis to join a16z
1:37 His first day
4:00 How a16z copied Michael Ovitz's CAA playbook
10:18 After-hours bourbon in Marc Andreessen's office
13:31 The Skype deal that returned half the first fund
18:37 Why VCs thought marketing was beneath them
21:48 Swallowing his ego as a16z grew
27:12 Why he left a16z to run the government's HR
30:37 Why government is afraid to take any risk
33:24 Why 99.7% of federal employees get a passing grade
36:13 Recruiting 1,000 engineers into government
38:37 Only 7% of the federal workforce is under 30
40:31 Why "a job for life" is the wrong pitch
43:09 Why the government would never have hired Big Balls
46:39 Why DOGE had to be a big bang
48:56 The underground mine with 400 million pages of paper
55:28 Why government has to accept some failure
57:14 How young people can join
Includes paid partnerships.
Carl Coe retweeted
President Trump promised a nuclear renaissance, and we’re delivering.
@DOE_EDF’s conditional loan will upgrade and extend the life of plants across Vistra’s nuclear fleet in Pennsylvania and Ohio—adding 400MW of power to the grid.
Carl Coe retweeted
ISM US Manufacturing Activity: 54.5
9 straight months of expansion…
2026 looking very different than 2022-2025.
Carl Coe retweeted
Here's (ridiculous) Washington math for you - @POTUS reduces government headcount by 270,000 (~10%) to save $40 billion each year year in perpetuity for the American taxpayer, for which we paid about $9.5 billion in one-time severance. That's about a 400% return to taxpayers, but in Washington, people are too lazy to actually do the math. Much better headline is to tell the click-bait, sensationalist story only - the American people are smarter than that. usopm.substack.com/p/failing…
Carl Coe retweeted
This should be pushed far and wide. Watched in every college class in the U.S. Thank you @billmaher The moral confusion is gross. "It is not a genocide, it is a counterattack in a war...Gaza equals genocide is a lie, an easily provable lie (as I have argued from first hand observations in Gaza). The fact that so many democrats go along with it is to me the party's worse moment since they undid reconstruction after the civil war...words have meaning...genocide, kill or try to kill an entire people, you can't just change the definition of genocide to mean counterattack in a war where people including civilians die, that's every war..."
Carl Coe retweeted
I’ve said for 15 years and I’ll say it again, @AmirAdnani is my generations @robert_ivanhoe — fantastic for shareholders and for The Rise of America!
Honored to be invited to join President Donald J. Trump and industry leaders at today’s roundtable on American mining.
Under his leadership, American mining is back. @UraniumEnergy is proud to serve as America’s national champion on the front end of the nuclear fuel cycle. $UEC
Carl Coe retweeted
🇺🇸🇻🇪 U.S. Energy Sec. Wright arrives to finalize oil deal with Venezuela's Acting President, Delcy Rodríguez.
The agreement gives the U.S. access to ~65 billion barrels of Venezuelan reserves, roughly 1/5th of the country’s total, across 17 large oilfields.
Washington sees it as a way to secure discounted crude and boost global supply, while critics call it "gunpoint diplomacy" to take control of foreign resources.
Writer: Samuel
Carl Coe retweeted
🚨 BOOM! GOV. RON DESANTIS just MIC DROPPED New York:
"We have 4 million more residents than New York State does, yet our budget's $117 billion, their budget's $268 BILLION dollars!"
"We have the lowest per capita tax in the country, we've paid off just since I've been governor, 52% of our state's debt, and we have a smaller government today than the day I took office. See, it can be done!" 👏🏻
Carl Coe retweeted
This is my pardon. Signed January 20, 2025. Certificate issued February 4.
I want to show you exactly what it fixed and what it did not, because people assume a document like this closes the book.
What it fixed: the conviction. Legally I am clear. That is real and I am grateful for it. President Trump did that, and I will say thank you for the rest of my life.
Here is what it did not fix.
It did not give back four years. Three in a federal cell and one on an ankle monitor where I was not allowed past my own front door. Fifteen months of that was solitary confinement. Eighteen hours in the cell and one hour out. Then thirty six hours in and one hour out.
It did not fix a family that had to learn how to live without me, and then had to learn how to live with me again.
It did not fix what fifteen months alone in a box does to a man's head.
And it did not touch the record. In December 2021 a federal judge said on the record that my due process rights were violated. Nobody has answered for that. Not one person lost a job. Not one person lost a pension.
A pardon is mercy. Mercy and justice are not the same thing. Both are good. Only one of them makes a system change how it behaves next time.
So I am building the other one.
I am putting the entire record online where it cannot be buried. Documents, transcripts, dates, names, the parts that make people uncomfortable. Not rumor. Not a podcast take. The paper itself.
That is the work. It costs money and hours I do not really have, and I am doing it anyway, because the next family this happens to should not have to start from zero the way I did.
If any of this matters to you, follow along and stay with me. Send it to somebody who still believes this only happens to other people.
I am not asking anyone to take my word for anything.
I am asking you to read the record.
Carl Coe retweeted
This is what it looks like when the federal government shows up.
@CMCoe Chief of Staff of the U.S. Department of Energy, at Rainey Center's Energize America 2030 NC State Policy Lab on AI, data centers, and why America has to stop getting in its own way.
#Energize2030 #EnergyDominance #AIPolicy #RaineyCenter
Carl Coe retweeted
July 23, 2026, was the busiest day for commercial air travel ever, according to data from @flightradar24.
A whopping 153,359 commercial flights were tracked worldwide.
Carl Coe retweeted
One of the greatest achievements in human history:
In 1990, 44% of the world lived in extreme poverty.
Today, it’s down to 10%.
The world is far from perfect, but this is what extraordinary progress looks like.
Carl Coe retweeted
Most data centers use the same amount of water—or less—than an average large office building. Meanwhile, they're helping lower electricity costs by financing new power generation. The hysteria over AI data centers is going to age very, very poorly.
NY Gov. Kathy Hochul is enacting the nation’s first state-level moratorium on large-scale data center construction amid concerns over the impact of the facilities meant to support AI.
politico.com/news/2026/07/14…
Carl Coe retweeted
As we approach peak electricity demand in the 13-state Mid-Atlantic region, at 7am this morning less than six percent of electricity generation was coming from renewables.
Over 91 percent of generation is coming from gas, nuclear and coal—keeping our air conditioners blasting.
Carl Coe retweeted
I've spent my career in the #nuclear field, and this moment is monumental – Idaho is making nuclear history once again and America is leading the #NuclearRenaissance. ⚛️ 🇺🇸
The partnerships, the technology, the urgency — it's all converging. The Road to Advanced Nuclear documentary captures that momentum. It gave me a chance to reflect on how far we've come: from Experimental Breeder Reactor-I generating the first usable electricity, to a national push to bring a new generation of advanced #NuclearReactors online.
The legacy is extraordinary. But what excites me even more is what's ahead. I hope it gives you the same sense of possibility it gives me. Watch the full documentary here: youtu.be/kLmq7Hs31Ak
@INL @ENERGY @GovNuclear #AdvancedNuclear #EnergyDominance
Carl Coe retweeted
🎇⚛️⛏️📰😲 What an incredibly bullish week it's been for #Nuclear #energy with soaring #Uranium fuel demand while mined #U3O8 supply continues to sputter.↕️⛽️🐂🤠 Here's a news recap for just 1 week:👇
🇨🇳⚛️⚡️A new 1.2 Gigawatt Hualong One reactor in China has successfully completed its initial start-up, as CGN's Taipingling Nuclear Power Plant unit 2 reached first criticality. It's the 2nd of 6 Hualong One reactors being built at the Taipingling NPP. According to the World Nuclear Association there are a record 80 reactors currently under construction worldwide (88GW) with another 123 advancing in the planned/approved for construction pipeline (110GW) plus 311 more proposed (286GW). China alone is currently building 39 reactors at breakneck speed, with 41 more preparing to pour first concrete and another 144 reactors on the drawing board awaiting build approval.🏎️🔥
🇨🇦⚛️👷Canada has released its first-ever National Nuclear Energy Strategy to catalyze billions of dollars in new private investment that will enable construction of up to 10 new large-scale reactors plus new small modular reactors. The strategy also streamlines Nuclear regulatory processes, boosts Canada's Uranium mining towards a doubling of exports by 2035, and increases Nuclear R&D investment with full First Nations engagement.⚡️
🇨🇦⚛️🪶For the first time in Canadian history, 7 of Canada's First Nations have signed a deal to become full equity partners and part owners of a new Nuclear small modular reactor to be built at Darlington in Ontario.👷
🇨🇦⚛️🇺🇸Canada's AtkinsRéalis has formally submitted a Notice of Intent to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission to begin licensing CANDU reactor technology in the USA. Unlike other US reactors, CANDU reactors run on natural uranium fuel that does not require enrichment.⛽️
🇺🇸⚛️⚡️🛍️Retail giant Walmart signed a 15-year Power Purchase Agreement for 176MW of Nuclear power and 30MW uprate from Constellation's Dresden Clean Energy Center, a sign that securing access to 24/7 clean Nuclear energy is not limited to tech giants and hyperscalers.🛒
🇺🇸⚛️👷Elementl Power and GE Vernova Hitachi unveiled plans to build 5 x BWRX-300 Small Modular Reactors at a new 1.5 Gigawatt Nuclear power plant in Ohio.⚡️
🇺🇸⚛️💰👷The US Dept of Energy announced $17.5 Billion in loans to secure purchases of long-lead components for building 10 new Westinghouse AP1000 reactors (5 pairs) which will jumpstart the required Nuclear supply chain and accelerate the clear definitive transition from planning to full execution of Trump's May 2025 Executive Order to deploy 10 large-scale US reactors.📜
🇺🇸⚛️🦺The US NRC has completed its safety review five months early as per TVA's request to build a BWRX-300 small modular reactor in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. "What we're doing in our permitting process for nuclear, we are taking out the red tape. That's what POTUS' Executive Order asked the NRC to do."🏎️
🇺🇸⚛️⚡️Constellation Energy has filed applications with the US NRC to extend its Ginna Clean Energy Center and Nine Mile Point Unit 1 Nuclear reactors in upstate New York to continue turning uranium fuel into 24/7 carbon-free electricity for an additional 20 years through 2049.⛽️
🇺🇸⚛️⚡️Valar Atomics has brought its new Ward 250 advanced reactor into power generation, the first by a US start-up, after successfully completing a zero-power fueled criticality demonstration to become the second new US advanced reactor to meet DOE's July 4th first criticality deadline.🎆
🇺🇸⚛️🥳A massive US nuclear industry rally was held at the Idaho National Lab to celebrate what keynote speaker Energy Secretary Wright called the 'Golden Era of Nuclear Energy' as multiple new advanced reactors successfully achieve first criticality ahead of DOE's July 4th target🎆🍾 in a new US Nuclear Renaissance as per Trump's May 2025 Executive Orders.🌅
🇺🇸⚛️👷The US now leads the world with 28 siting announcements for deploying Nuclear small modular reactors, more than Canada, the U.K., Russia, and China combined.🌎
🇺🇸⚛️⛽️US Energy Secretary Chris Wright signed the approval to load uranium fuel and turn on Aalo Atomic's first Nuclear reactor at the Aalo-X site, on pace to achieve first criticality by July 4th.⚡️🎆🍾
🇺🇸⚛️👷Deep Fission has signed Letters of Intent (LOIs) with data centers, co-developers, industrial parks, and strategic partners to build a customer pipeline representing 18.5 GW of Nuclear power generation capacity, advancing its DOE small modular reactor pilot project in Kansas.⚡️
🇺🇸⚛️👷US NRC has accepted the Construction Permit Application for the deployment of a KRONOS micro modular reactor at the University of Illinois and initiated the formal review process.🏫🧑🎓
🇸🇪⚛️💰👷Sweden has gone all-in on new Nuclear power, with the government taking a historic 60% stake in Videberg Kraft AB, financing its plan to build 3 x 470MW Rolls-Royce Small Modular Reactors near Ringhals.⚡️
🇬🇧⚛️👷US-based Holtec International and France-based EDF have submitted a proposal to build 4 x SMR-300 small modular reactors at the Cottam power plant site in Nottinghamshire in the UK, repurposing a retired coal power plant to take advantage of existing grid infrastructure for faster builds at lower cost.🏎️⚡️
🇵🇱⚛️👷Włocławek, Poland, has signed a cooperation agreement with ORLEN Synthos Green Energy for the planned construction of up to six BWRX-300 SMRs for the city.⚡️🏙️
🇩🇪⚛️❤️🔥Heads of Germany's Nuclear industry have initiated a campaign to restart the nation's shuttered reactors, with a full report to be released to the public on Monday providing details on which of the nation's shuttered reactors can be safely restarted.⚡️📄
🇲🇼⛽️🏭🧑🏭🚫Australian uranium producer Lotus Resources has halted production indefinitely in the attempted ramp-up to ~2.4 Million lbs per year nameplate capacity at its Kayelekera uranium mine in Malawi, due to sulphuric acid shortages created by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and ongoing difficulties with its on-site acid plant, putting its ability to fulfill its near-term offtake contract obligations in doubt.⤵️🛢️☢️
🇺🇸⚛️🏭🧑🏭🛒M&A: On the heels of a US SOC $725M loan to accelerate the planned expansion of its White Mesa Uranium & Rare Earths Mill in Utah, Energy Fuels announced a US$1.9 Billion deal to acquire rare earths magnet producers VAC, a leading advanced magnetics company with over 100 years of production expertise and more than 400 patents serving over 1,000 customers across North America, Europe and Asia and representing >$2 Billion per year in pipeline revenue across Auto, Defense, Robotics and Data Center sectors.🤑
🇺🇸⚛️⛏️The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued an Environmental Assessment for enCore Energy's Dewey Burdock Uranium Project with a Positive Decision🧑⚖️✅ as the proposed new mining project continues to advance towards production.🏭🧑🏭
🇨🇦⚛️⛏️Paladin Energy announced successful completion of its 2026 winter drill program at the Patterson Lake South (PLS) Uranium project in Saskatchewan, Canada, and the discovery of a new body of High Grade mineralization it has named 'Atlas'.🎇🍾
🐵Meanwhile, sentiment amongst traders last week shifted to "risk off"🦺 as they held down the sell button on Uranium stocks for much of the week📉 reducing their portfolio exposure to high risk mining stocks with no regard to the unbelievably bullish underlying fundamentals that grow even more bullish day after day.📶⚛️⛏️🐂🙈
🛍️Uranium mining stocks are now showing signs of a bottom forming at deep discount share prices for investors with cash ready to deploy.🪸🤿 When traders inadvertently or deliberately drive down shares to deep discount re-entry prices, that spells opportunity to savvy investors with their eyes on a deep and growing U supply deficit⛽️⤵️ amidst the largest global Nuclear energy resurgence in nearly 5 decades.🌎⚛️🏗️⬆️
Good luck with your research & investments!☘️🌈💰
Carl Coe retweeted
50 years from now, history will view the current U.S. nuclear energy renaissance as one of the greatest achievements of the Trump administration. It’s truly extraordinary & kudos to Secretary Chris Wright, Assistant Secretary Tim Walsh, and everyone else working hard to pave the way for American greatness. 🇺🇸 🇺🇸
Carl Coe retweeted
🚨 With Zohran Mamdani seizing control as Mayor of NYC, we're committed to tracking every part of his and the radical socialist agenda all across the nation
Stay tuned for updates on the DSA. Like, follow, and retweet to help us spread the word.
Carl Coe retweeted
Jimmy Carr nailed something a lot of us feel but can’t explain.
We’re living better than 99.9% of humans who ever walked the earth, hot showers, modern medicine, endless entertainment, kids that actually survive infancy, yet so many of us feel miserable.
He calls it “life dysmorphia.” We get used to how good we have it (the hedonic treadmill), then compare ourselves to everyone else and tank our own happiness.
As he puts it: happiness = quality of life minus envy.
Marcus Aurelius put it perfectly: “Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself in your way of thinking.”
When was the last time you caught yourself feeling unhappy despite objectively having it pretty damn good?