Misha Bender
Co-Founder, President & Director
About Bender Power
Who we are, and what to send us.
Bender Power Corp screens and procures advanced nuclear technology from third-party vendors, and structures the on-site power infrastructure that mission-critical facilities require.
01The company
An infrastructure developer, not a reactor company.
Bender Power Corp procures advanced nuclear technology from third-party vendors and coordinates the site, utility, regulatory, and capital work required to develop it into on-site power infrastructure.
- Procures
Screens vendor technology on licensing maturity, fuel supply, and delivery readiness before procurement.
- Coordinates
Keeps site, utility, regulatory, and operator workstreams on one schedule.
- Develops
Takes a site from initial screening through interconnection, permitting, and financing readiness.
- Out of scope
Bender Power does not design, manufacture, sell, license, or operate nuclear reactors.
02Mission
Make advanced nuclear deployable.
For data centers, industrial plants, and other operations that cannot go dark, we seek to turn advanced nuclear from a technology into a financeable project.
- Firm first
We screen only for firm, dispatchable capacity — the kind a continuous facility can contract for.
- Builders
A reactor design is not a project; the site, permits, offtake, and capital have to be assembled around it.
- No burden
Facility owners should not have to become nuclear companies to get firm power on site.
- Discipline
We structure projects around contracted offtake and defined milestones, because that is what long-term capital funds.
03Who we work with
The five parties every project needs.
We are structured to work with technology, utility, regulatory, and infrastructure partners on behalf of organizations that need firm on-site power.
- Load owners
Data centers, AI compute campuses, and energy-intensive industrial facilities.
- Site owners
Owners of industrial land, retired plants, and transmission-adjacent parcels.
- Technology
Advanced nuclear vendors, licensed operators, and engineering firms.
- Utilities
Utilities and public power entities managing load growth and firm generation.
- Capital
Investors who evaluate development-stage nuclear power projects.
04People & governance
Founders, board, and advisory focus.
The Board approves major corporate actions, appoints officers, and authorizes financings. It currently consists of the two co-founders.
- Misha Bender
Co-Founder, President & Director.
- Ellis Bender
Co-Founder, Director & Secretary.
- Leadership
Project development, finance, and origination roles are not yet filled.
- Advisory focus
Disciplines being sought: nuclear licensing and operations, project finance, utility markets, data centers, and government affairs.
- Naming policy
Beyond the co-founders, no individuals are listed; anyone added will be named only with their agreement.
05Contact
Lead with the requirement.
State it plainly: megawatts, location, timing, and constraints.
- Power
Load size, facility location, target operation window, and reliability requirements.
- Sites
Location, acreage, transmission proximity, water access, and utility territory.
- Partners
Technology vendors, licensed operators, utilities, EPC and engineering firms.
- Capital
Investor materials may be made available on request, subject to an NDA.
- Routing
Every inquiry is read and routed by type.
04Team & Governance
Board of Directors.
The Board provides governance and oversight, approves major corporate actions, appoints officers, authorizes financings, and guides long-term company strategy.
Ellis Bender
Co-Founder, Director & Secretary
Advisory focus areas
Advisors are engaged across the disciplines below. Individuals are named only once they have agreed to be listed.
- Nuclear licensing
- Nuclear operations
- Project finance
- Utility markets
- Data centers
- Infrastructure investment
- Government affairs
- Industrial power
- EPC / construction
- Security and risk
05Contact
Start a conversation.
Tell us what you need and we will route the conversation to the right part of the development process.
Start a conversation.
Bender Power Corp works with power buyers, site owners, utilities, technology providers, operators, and capital partners.
Submitting an inquiry does not create any agreement or obligation, and any project would remain subject to regulatory approval, financing, and definitive agreements.