About
Caroline Cochran is co-founder and chief operating officer of Oklo, developing advanced fission technology. She holds an S.M. in Nuclear Engineering from MIT, a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, and a B.A. in Economics from the University of Oklahoma.
Caroline DeWitte @caorilne
It's so exciting to see the fruition of so much work: by the people that laid the groundwork for opt-in recycling/disposal, the people in the admin that made these efforts even possible, and the 28 states that all worked to apply to this program- which didn't even explicitly https://t.co/gbKyfTNhVZ
Jul 28, 2026 Β· β₯ 63 Β· β 7
Caroline DeWitte @caorilne
This was even much more than a construction project. Startup of a private facility means honing and implementing operating procedures, training programs, security programs, environment, health and safety programs, quality assurance programs and procedures, and much more. Oklo's https://t.co/Mo9gieU2Dx
Jul 24, 2026 Β· β₯ 110 Β· β 11
Caroline DeWitte @caorilne
It never ceases to amaze me how easy it is for people (esp engineers/nuclear nerds) to focus on things like the technology, but the real timeline, scale, and cost decisions are SO driven by decisions on the "boring" stuff people might be tempted to think of as fungible - QA,
Jul 10, 2026 Β· β₯ 44 Β· β 2
Founder at OkloYC S14
Intro paths
Caroline went through Y Combinator (Summer 2014) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
In turn, Caroline can intro founders to Oklo's investors below.
Oklo's investors Β· 13
Co-founders at Oklo
