Insight: Google “Fusion +CFS” 30 June 2025 Google has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS), securing 200 megawatts (MW) of carbon-free electricity from ARC1, CFS’s planned first commercial fusion plant to be…
General Fusion: seeking bold investment to drive MTF to 10 keV & breakeven 3 June 2025 Late last month, General Fusion‘s CEO Greg Twinney wrote an open letter speaking of “unexpected and urgent financing constraints” and seeking additional funding to enable the company to complete its…
Laser ICF: Breakthroughs & Realities 30 May 2025 In recent days the National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory achieved a record 8.6 MJ output, representing a target gain of some 4x. This is a huge…
In Conversation: Fusion & Advanced Imaging 28 May 2025 Earlier this month FusionX sat down with Thomas Forner, Founder and President of Focused Energy, Antoine Courjaud, Head of Strategic Business Development at Amplitude Laser, and Cord-Henrich Lefhalm, Task Force…
East X Ventures Launches “Starmaker One” Fusion Fund 24 April 2025 East X Ventures has launched “Starmaker One,” a private investment fund dedicated to fusion with a £20m cornerstone investment from the UK government through the Department for Energy Security and…
In Conversation: Will Regan, Pacific Fusion 26 March 2025 Founded in 2023, Pacific Fusion emerged from stealth in November 2024 with the industry’s largest-ever Series A, with more than $900 million committed, led by General Catalyst. The company focuses…
In Conversation: Zap Energy & Mizuho 6 December 2024 Zap Energy announced its $130 million Series D earlier this year, the then biggest private sector capital raise by a fusion company since Zap Energy’s $160 million Series C in…
Non-dilutive capital flows 25 October 2024 Non-dilutive capital flows into fusion energy have been important sources of capital for many years and, while not all sources of such capital are equal, they offer several advantages especially…
Opinion: Fusion’s public perception problem 13 August 2024 'Fusion power might be 30 years away but we will reap its benefits well before' is the back-handed compliment in the headline to a recent article from the UK newspaper,…
Inside the Funding Rounds: CFS 30 May 2024 Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) was founded in 2017 and has raised over US$2 billion to develop ARC, a compact fusion power machine. The company's key innovation is the use of…
In Conversation: Clea Kolster 30 May 2024 In 2022, Lowercarbon Capital raised a $250m fund called Q>1 to back the world’s leading fusion companies. By the start of this year, Lowercarbon had invested in 6 fusion companies,…
