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Terranox AI

The first AI-powered uranium discovery company

Y CombinatorWinter 2026ActiveIndustrialsEnergy

What they do

Problem

Uranium exploration is slow, costly, and inefficient at identifying high-grade deposits needed to meet growing nuclear fuel demand.

Solution

Terranox uses AI trained on decades of exploration outcomes to identify and develop high-grade uranium deposits in North America through a vertically integrated exploration approach.

Who it's for

Uranium mining and nuclear fuel supply stakeholders seeking new uranium resources, including mining companies and energy/nuclear fuel enterprises.

Founders

Jade Checlair
Founder

Co-founder, CEO of Terranox AI, the first vertically integrated AI-powered uranium discovery company. PhD in Geophysics from UChicago, ex-NASA Ames and ex-BCG mining & energy.

Leeav Lipton
Founder

Co-founder, CTO of Terranox AI, the first vertically integrated AI-powered uranium exploration company. Ex-NASA JPL researcher on remote sensing tech, 8+ years as an AI/ML scientist at Borealis AI.

Open roles 4

Founding AI/ML Engineer
San Francisco, CA, US · Full-time · $150K - $250K · 0.10% - 1.00%
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Founding Applied Scientist
San Francisco, CA, US · Full-time · $150K - $250K · 0.10% - 1.00%
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Senior Exploration Geologist
Saskatchewan, CA / SK, CA / Remote (SK, CA; Saskatchewan, CA) · Full-time · $115K - $185K CAD · 0.10% - 0.50%
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Summer Intern - Applied Science MSc/PhD
San Francisco, CA, US · Internship · $8K - $16K
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