Everstar Brings Nuclear AI on Microsoft Azure for America’s Most Regulated Industry

We're excited to announce that Everstar’s purpose-built nuclear AI platform Gordian has launched on Microsoft Azure. Available on the Microsoft Marketplace, utilities and reactor developers can access Gordian within infrastructure they already trust, using budgets they already control, leveraging procurement pathways they already approved.

Nuclear's Moment Demands Speed

America’s nuclear industry is experiencing renewed momentum. Data center demand is driving utilities to extend reactor lifetimes and pursue power uprates. Advanced reactor developers are racing to demonstrate commercial viability. The federal government is investing billions to promote nuclear power.

But this momentum can only translate to actual megawatts if we can accelerate the licensing and engineering processes that currently consume years of time. Everstar’s platform removes that speed limit, so nuclear experts can focus on technical challenges instead of administrative ones.

Gordian enables fundamentally new ways of working that have been impossible without cloud-scale AI infrastructure combined with nuclear-specific expertise. We're starting with core research capabilities—including our DOE-to-NRC regulatory crosswalk that helps teams navigate the fragmented regulatory landscape—and customer-requested workflows for licensing preparation and engineering analysis.

We're building toward:

• Enterprise-scale document intelligence built around plant-specific and design-specific data repositories
• Deeper workflow automation that integrates AI across the entire licensing lifecycle
• Cross-system integrations that connect Gordian to existing plant systems, document management platforms, and engineering tools
• Documents and data brought to life with schematics you can talk to, digital twins, and advanced engineering analysis, supported by machine learning and vision models

Unlocking Real‑World Nuclear AI with Microsoft Azure

The nuclear industry operates under constraints unlike any other sector. Security requirements are non-negotiable. IT teams demand battle-tested infrastructure with proven compliance postures. Regulatory oversight means every tool must demonstrate traceability, auditability, and consistency.

These realities have created a paradox: nuclear teams need AI to handle the crushing documentation burden that slows America’s nuclear deployment, but traditional AI deployment models simply don't fit within nuclear operating constraints.

Azure solves this. Azure's FedRAMP High authorization, NERC CIP compliance capabilities, and regional availability mean Gordian can be deployed within the same security boundaries and governance frameworks that already protect your most sensitive nuclear data. Each customer environment can be fully isolated and configured to match nuclear-grade requirements for data separation, access hardening, and auditability. No more lengthy security reviews for net-new cloud platforms. No more custom infrastructure buildouts.

Deployments inherit your organization's existing Azure controls, including:

• Entra ID integration for access management aligned with your existing identity protocols
• Comprehensive audit logging that satisfies regulatory traceability requirements
• Data residency controls to ensure information stays within approved jurisdictions
• Customer-owned security boundaries that maintain separation between your data and other tenants

This architecture means IT and cybersecurity teams can approve Gordian deployments using the same frameworks they've already validated for other Azure services—eliminating months of security assessment that would be required for standalone platforms. If NRC inspectors ask how your AI tools maintain data integrity, you can point to Microsoft's infrastructure that already underpins critical systems across regulated industries.

Marketplace Enables Procurement to Meet the Moment

Traditional software procurement at nuclear companies can take 18-24 months as legal teams negotiate contracts, IT teams perform security assessments, and finance teams carve out new budget allocations.

Availability on Microsoft Marketplace compresses this timeline dramatically. Starting in 2026, organizations can purchase Gordian deployments using their existing Microsoft commercial agreements. This means:

• Simplified vendor management: Gordian slots into existing Microsoft relationships, reducing legal and compliance overhead
• Budget optimization: Use cloud investments you've already made toward AI capabilities that directly impact licensing timelines and operational efficiency
• Faster time-to-value: Deploy AI tools when projects need them, not when procurement finally clears

For utilities managing power uprates, license renewals, or new reactor deployments, this procurement acceleration can mean the difference between meeting regulatory deadlines and facing costly delays.

As our founder and CEO Kevin Kong said, "We're proud to work with a world-class partner like Microsoft. The nuclear industry has been bottlenecked by documentation burden and regulatory complexity for decades. This collaboration means our customers get the secure, scalable cloud deployments they demand, combined with our powerful nuclear AI solutions. It's a significant step toward making nuclear power fast, safe, and unstoppable."

Microsoft’s Collaboration Accelerates Startups

Joining Microsoft's ecosystem helps us move our tools from prototype to production-grade infrastructure faster. For utilities and reactor developers, this translates to:

• Faster onboarding: Standardized deployment patterns reduce implementation time
• Clearer integration paths: Azure's API ecosystem enables connections to existing plant systems and document repositories
• Fewer IT exceptions: Working within Azure means fewer one-off security reviews and custom configurations

Beyond infrastructure, Microsoft's partner organization and programs are catalysts for us to deepen technical integration, build go-to-market opportunities, and access resources vital to accelerating capability development. We're grateful to Microsoft for Startups, a program that has helped us run heavy AI workloads while scaling rapidly and assuring resilience.

With Marketplace availability comes alignment with Microsoft's co-sell network, meaning Gordian can become part of your cloud modernization programs, reducing the internal effort required to evaluate and adopt new capabilities.

“Together with Everstar, we are unlocking the potential of cloud and AI for the nuclear industry,” said Darryl Willis, Corporate Vice President, Energy & Resources Industry at Microsoft. “Our collaboration gives nuclear operators and innovators the ability to harness advanced AI in a secure, compliant, and scalable environment, accelerating progress toward a more sustainable, reliable energy future.”

Ready to Deploy?

Nuclear teams across the United States are facing the same challenge: how to accelerate deployment timelines in an industry where regulatory burden and documentation complexity create multi-year bottlenecks.

AI offers a path forward, but only if it can be deployed within the security, compliance, and procurement frameworks that nuclear operations require.

Everstar’s Gordian platform, built on Microsoft Azure, makes this possible. We’re activating AI to remove nuclear bottlenecks using infrastructure you already trust. If your team is ready to deploy Gordian via the Microsoft Marketplace, reach out for early-customer benefits.