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Type One Energy raised $200M to build a fusion power plant by 2034
Type One Energy is betting that its lean approach to fusion power will get a power plant on the grid faster, and investors have rewarded it with $200 million.
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Trump Media's Merger With Nuclear Fusion Company Moves Closer to Completion
A securities filing laid out the terms of the deal between Truth Social's parent company and TAE Technologies, which was formally announced in December.
Crypto
Inertia co-founder Jeff Lawson's next big bet is fusion: Go inside it at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
Inertia co-founder and CEO Jeff Lawson joins the Smart Systems Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Register now to save up to $200 by September 25.
Industrials
Fusion power startups find new partners in the defense world
Fusion startups are inking defense-related deals, reigniting the relationship between fusion and national security that might have gone dormant, but never comp…
Industrials
Proxima Fusion bets €140M on a critical fusion ingredient dominated by Asian suppliers
Proxima Fusion said Wednesday it plans to build a €140 million ($162.6 million) factory to produce fusion-grade high-temperature superconducting (HTS) tape, wh…
Technology
Google DeepMind alumni are building tools to accelerate fusion power for the grid
Fusionality is developing control systems and simulation environments to help fusion power startups move faster.
Pacific Fusion's next fusion machine could clear a key hurdle to commercial power
Fusion startup Pacific Fusion broke ground on a demonstration facility in New Mexico that it says will generate enough energy to power itself.
Technology
Every fusion startup that has raised over $100M
Fusion startups have raised $7.1 billion to date, with the majority of it going to a handful of companies.
Energy
Fusion power darling Commonwealth Fusion Systems raises another $1B
Commonwealth Fusion Systems raised $1 billion as the startup moves toward its first commercial fusion power plant.
Energy
Thea Energy lands $20M federal grant to build its magnets for fusion reactors
Fusion power startup Thea Energy snagged a $20 million award from ARPA-E to scale production of its high-temperature superconducting magnets.
Industrials
Why Realta Fusion is building a fusion reactor at an old hot dog factory
An old Oscar Mayer factory in Wisconsin will become America's latest fusion power research and development hub.
Markets
Investors send General Fusion soaring in debut as first publicly traded fusion company
General Fusion started trading on the Nasdaq following a reverse merger that saw high redemptions.
Technology
Google backs nuclear fusion startup targeting Europe's first commercial power plant
Proxima Fusion has raised $468 million as it looks to move towards commercializing the promising but infamously difficult technical challenge of nuclear fusion.
Industrials
Is Honeywell International Inc.(HON)among the 7 Best Fusion Energy Development Stocks to Buy?
On June 30, Daiwa upgraded Honeywell International Inc.
Energy
Realta Fusion generates electricity directly from a fusion reaction, an apparent first
"We can take power from a plasma," Kieran Furlong, co-founder and CEO of Realta Fusion, told TechCrunch. The milestone shows "what's possible," he added.
Finance
Avalanche's desktop fusion reactor delivers blistering-hot plasma
Fusion power startup Avalanche Energy said its reactor prototype heated a plasma to over 10 million degrees C.
Technology
Helion, the Sam Altman-backed fusion startup, raises $465M to build a power plant for Microsoft
Fusion startup Helion is racing to complete a power plant for Microsoft by 2028. A fresh infusion of cash should help with that.
Technology
Focused Energy raises whopping $240M Series A for laser-powered fusion tech
Another fusion startup has raised another a massive round to make this type of power a reality.
Energy
Pacific Fusion's latest prototype packs 440 gigawatts into an 80-nanosecond burst
Pacific Fusion's sub-scale prototype delivered enormous amounts of power in a flash, setting the company up for its demonstration power plant.
Energy
With a new $100M raise, Princeton's Thea Energy is now a top-funded fusion startup
Thea Energy's pixel-inspired magnets could give its power plant plans a boost. The fusion startup hopes to get a commercial reactor working by 2034.
Industrials
Trump administration backs nuclear fusion - as a company tied to Trump invests in it
Trump Media & Technology is set to merge with a fusion power company, as the broader fusion sector is seeing new regulations and receiving boosts from the Whit…
Energy
Fusion power startup Zap Energy pulls a partial pivot, adding nuclear fission to the mix
Surprise! Fusion startup Zap Energy says it will be developing fission reactors alongside its fusion devices.
Energy
Cracks are starting to form on fusion energy's funding boom
Fusion startups and investors risk deepening fissures if some key disagreements aren't settled amicably.
Energy
How nuclear batteries could speed the race to fusion power
Avalanche Energy is working on an DARPA project to build a new class of materials capable of turning damaging radiation into electricity.
Commonwealth Fusion Systems leans on magnets for near-term revenue
Realta Fusion is buying magnets from Commonwealth Fusion Systems, providing a revenue stopgap.
AI
Sam Altman-backed fusion startup Helion in talks with OpenAI
Helion is reportedly negotiating a deal that would see it sell 12.5% of its power output to OpenAI.
Energy
How fusion power works and the startups pursuing it
Fusion power promises to generate large amounts of clean electricity from nearly limitless fuel. This article explains the main approaches and the companies th…
Housing
Kier-led team wins £200m nuclear fusion job
UK Industrial Fusion Solutions has appointed the ILIOS consortium as the construction partner for the £200m redevelopment of the former West Burton power stati…
Technology
Fusion startup Helion hits blistering temps as it races toward 2028 deadline
Helion's Polaris device hit 150 million degrees C recently, a milestone that nudges the company toward its commercial power plant that will sell electricity to…
Technology
Twilio co-founder's fusion power startup raises $450M from Bessemer and Alphabet's GV
Inertia Enterprises will use the Series A investment to build one of the world's most powerful lasers, a key part of its power plant design.
