About

Marchitto Inc.

A Delaware C Corporation founded to build the world's first miniaturized Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor platform for military applications.

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Joey Marchitto
Founder & CEO
Marchitto Inc.
Delaware C Corporation
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
@MarchittoInc

Starting from Zero

My name is Joey Marchitto. I have no background in nuclear science, engineering, or physics. I started from zero knowledge and zero capital. I have been told this is impossible. I do not accept that.

Palmer Luckey had no VR background. He rebuilt it from parts that already existed and had the obsession to push it when the industry had given up. He then built Anduril — now valued at $28 billion — applying that same principle to defense technology.

Project THORON follows the identical pattern. The LFTR was proven at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in 1965. It ran for four years without incident. It was shut down for political reasons — not scientific ones. The technology has been sitting on a shelf for sixty years waiting for someone obsessed enough to pick it up and point it at the right problem.

That problem is military energy. The person is now.

"The credential that matters is the obsession and the team. The physics was proven 60 years ago. The gap is will — not credentials."

Marchitto Inc.

Legal Structure
Delaware C Corp
Marchitto Inc. is a Delaware C Corporation — the correct structure for a venture-backed deep technology company. Formed to issue multiple share classes, accept institutional investment, and grant equity to the technical team.
The Project
Project THORON
Named after Thoron — the radioactive gas produced in the thorium decay chain. The project covers four military platforms sharing one reactor architecture: T1-M ground vehicle, NF-1 strike aircraft, NT-1 main battle tank, NS-1 naval vessel.
The Physics
Proven Since 1965
The Molten Salt Reactor Experiment at Oak Ridge National Laboratory ran from 1965 to 1969 — 13,172 equivalent full-power hours. Shut down for political reasons. The physics has never been in question.
The Goal
First Criticality: Month 56
The working reactor is the value gate. Everything in Phase 0 and Phase 1 is in service of first criticality at Month 56. That is the moment the pre-revenue valuation conversation changes completely.

Who We're Looking For

Marchitto Inc. is in the earliest stage of company building. We are actively seeking three categories of partner.

Co-Founder
Chief Nuclear Scientist
PhD in nuclear engineering or physics. Experience with molten salt reactors, fluoride salt chemistry, or advanced fission. Q clearance obtainable. Equity: 5–15%. This is the most important hire. Nothing in Phase 2 works without this person.
Funding
Seed Investors
Deep tech angels and family offices with 10–20 year investment horizons. Target: $500K–$2M seed round to fund chief scientist recruitment, SBIR/ARPA-E applications, and ORNL CRADA initiation on the path to first criticality at Month 56.
Research
Government Partners
DARPA, AFWERX, ONR, and national laboratory partners for CRADA agreements. The LFTR for military applications is a direct fit for multiple open BAAs. First criticality data changes every government conversation.