Cambridge Heavy Industries has been quietly building a desktop fusion device

Fusion power startup Cambridge Heavy Industries is building a small, laser-powered fusion device to fuel the coming wave of fusion power plants.

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.

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 completely disappeared.

Proxima Fusion bets €140M on a critical fusion ingredient dominated by Asian suppliers

Proxima Fusion’s new high-temperature superconducting magnet factory will help supply its commercial power plant.

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.

Utilities are racing to link up with fusion startups, with Realta Fusion the latest to benefit

The grid has been straining under the weight of new AI data centers, and that has utilities courting fusion startups.

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.

Inertia Enterprises finds a way to make its fusion fuel fast

Fusion power startup Inertia Enterprises reduced the fuel filling process from a week to just a few hours. It’s one of 10 hurdles the company must overcome to make a profitable power plant.

Kyoto Fusioneering starts work on key fusion power plant device

Fusion power startups are turning to Kyoto Fusioneering to supply components for future power pants. The Japan-based startup just received a grant to build a part of the fuel system.