by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. In 2022 and 2023, the Energy Department awarded grants totaling $2.7 million to Oklo until 2025 and 2026,of federal rules for Wright, if confirmed by the Senate, to remain on the board of Oklo. A Trump-Vance transition official, however, told thethat Wright is set to resign from all company boards he sits on upon confirmation.
on its website detailing laws surrounding nominees and outside relationships. Nominees are also supposed to divest from investments that could pose conflicts. Penniman added, “Chris Wright and others need to show taxpayers that the decisions they make aren’t driven by their own economic gain.”on the General Services Administration’s website. The document, which is four pages long, says transition team members “will avoid both actual and apparent conflicts of interest.”The delay of the agreement’s signing caused uproar in Washington, where Democrats expressed concerns that Trump would not abide by norms of his predecessors for the transition of power.