--- title: AI nuclear power firm Fermi finally has a new CEO description: Fermi, the AI nuclear power company building Project Matador in Amarillo, Texas, has hired Lee McIntire as CEO, filling the role vacated three months earlier... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/ai-nuclear-power-firm-fermi-finally-has-a-new-ceo-e6gdjezqp twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: AI nuclear power firm Fermi finally has a new CEO | daily.dev og:description: Fermi, the AI nuclear power company building Project Matador in Amarillo, Texas, has hired Lee McIntire as CEO, filling the role vacated three months earlier... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/ai-nuclear-power-firm-fermi-finally-has-a-new-ceo-e6gdjezqp og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/e6GdJEZqP.png og:image:alt: AI nuclear power firm Fermi finally has a new CEO og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # AI nuclear power firm Fermi finally has a new CEO **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Fermi, the AI nuclear power company building Project Matador in Amarillo, Texas, has hired Lee McIntire as CEO, filling the role vacated three months earlier when co-founder Toby Neugebauer was fired. McIntire, a Fermi board member, previously led CH2M Hill and TerraPower. The announcement coincided with news of Fermi's first binding customer lease with TensorWave, sending the company's stock up nearly 23% since the prior Monday. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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