The August 2026 Series B post says Valar was 'born' three years earlier and that Ward 250's completion came less than three years after founding, implying a 2023 founding. It says the founding ethos was to bring manufacturing economics to nuclear through vertical integration and a focus on hardware. The post also says 'It took two years to complete the NOVA core. It took seven months to take Ward 250 critical.' Read in sequence, seven months matches the time from NOVA's criticality (November 17, 2025, orig-008) to Ward 250's (June 18, 2026); the nine months Taylor gave in DOE's release counts from the empty site, i.e. the September 2025 groundbreaking (orig-007). The two figures count from different starting points and do not conflict, though the post does not say which start it means.

• Announcing our $1B Series B Led By Sequoia (Valar Atomics, 2026-08-04) primary company “Just three years ago, Valar was born from a simple observation”