Every fusion startup that has raised over $100M | TechCrunch
Over the last several years, fusion power has gone from the butt of jokes — always a decade away! — to an increasingly tangible and...
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Struggling fusion power company General Fusion gets $22M lifeline from investors | TechCrunch
General Fusion, a Canadian nuclear fusion energy startup, announced today that it had been thrown a lifeline in the form of $22 million in fresh...
Google’s data center energy use doubled in 4 years | TechCrunch
No wonder Google is desperate for more power: The company’s data centers more than doubled their electricity use in just four years. The eye-popping stat...
Google places another fusion power bet on TAE Technologies | TechCrunch
Nobody said that commercializing fusion power would be cheap or quick. TAE Technologies said this week it raised another $150 million in a funding round...
Exclusive: Laser-powered fusion experiment more than doubles its power output | TechCrunch
The world’s only net-positive fusion experiment has been steadily ramping up the amount of power it produces, TechCrunch has learned. In recent attempts, the team...
Realta Fusion taps $36M in fresh funds for its fusion-in-a-bottle reactor | TechCrunch
Some fusion companies might be hitting a rough patch, but Realta Fusion is bucking the trend with a new fundraising round it says will allow...
Layoffs hit General Fusion as the fusion power startup runs short on cash | TechCrunch
General Fusion laid off at least 25% of its employees last week, just days after hitting a key milestone for its latest fusion demonstration device....
Exclusive: Fusion power has a fuel problem; Hexium has a laser-powered solution | TechCrunch
Fusion startups have a tough row to hoe. Their mission? To create a new kind of power plant that produces more energy than it consumes...
Bill Gates-backed Commonwealth Fusion Systems hits key reactor construction milestone | TechCrunch
Commonwealth Fusion Systems marked a major milestone Tuesday morning, announcing the installation of a key component of its Sparc demonstration reactor. The new part is...
Exclusive: General Fusion fires up its newest steampunk fusion reactor | TechCrunch
General Fusion announced on Tuesday that it had successfully created plasma, a superheated fourth state of matter required for fusion, inside a prototype reactor. The...