Claim: Deseret News (March 2026) reports that Taylor founded Valar on the Fourth of July, 2023 (orig-029); Contrary Research, an investor, says July 2023 (orig-021); Valar told an Emery County town hall in July 2025 that it was about two years old (orig-045); its August 2026 Series B post says it was born three years earlier (orig-015). Record: the earliest dated items are the company's own library entries for Taylor's 'Announcing Valar Atomics' post (November 3, 2023) and pre-seed post (December 6, 2023, per the library; orig-050); the earliest archived website (April 7, 2024) is a recruiting page listing only those two updates (orig-062); and the California registration of the Delaware corporation is dated March 5, 2024 (orig-052). The Delaware certificate of incorporation, which would show the legal formation date, could not be read (CAPTCHA). Nothing read contradicts a mid-2023 start, and nothing independent confirms July 4; the date doubles as the company's patriotic theme (Ward 250 is named for the nation's 250th birthday, orig-045). Taylor's pre-Valar career, as an investor describes it, included software work for the Department of Defense and Bridgewater Associates (Initialized Capital, February 2025); that is the investor's account; Taylor told Deseret News he briefly worked for a hedge fund and did engineering work for the Department of Defense (ppl-001).

• At just 27 years old, this entrepreneur is remaking America's energy industry (Eva Terry) (Deseret News, 2026-03-17) news “Taylor founded Valar Atomics on the Fourth of July in 2023”
• Library | Valar Atomics (press list; entry 'Announcing Valar Atomics', dated 2023-11-03 in the page data) (Valar Atomics) primary company “Announcing Valar Atomics”
• Valar Atomics Inc. Hawthorne, CA - filing information (third-party republication of California Secretary of State data) (bizprofile.net, 2026-03-25) analysis “Officially filed on March 5, 2024”
• Initialized Backs Valar Atomics to Build Nuclear Gigasites (investor's blog) (Initialized Capital, 2025-02) analysis “worked on software systems for the Department of Defense and Bridgewater Associates”