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Fusion startups are giving the government shares in exchange for awards. Is it worth it? |
The U.S. government has long had an on-again, off-again relationship with the fusion power sector. As of last week, it’s definitely back on. Helion and…
Commonwealth Fusion Systems gets $85M to build better fusion-ready semiconductors |
9:20 AM PDT · October 23, 2026 Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) announced on Thursday that it would receive $85 million from the U.S. government to…
Fusion startup Helion is developing new semiconductors that could double output of its power plants |
Fusion startup Helion has been awarded $175 million in federal funding to research, develop, and manufacture advanced semiconductors and power electronics for its fusion power…
Amazon to fund 12 small nuclear reactors at former Indiana coal plant |
9:55 AM PDT · October 19, 2026 Amazon is funding development of a proposed 960-megawatt nuclear plant in Indiana and would be the first customer…
Exclusive: Giraffe Bio aims its bespoke biomolecules at the looming copper shortage |
Between the AI data center boom and economywide electrification, the world will need a lot more copper. By 2040, copper supplies could fall 25% short…
SpaceX alumni nab $100M to rethink shipping with autonomous freight trains |
The railroad industry was one of the first to disrupt how the world worked with technology, but lately, innovation in freight railroading has amounted to…
Exclusive: Glimpse wants to give hardware companies an X-ray view of every critical part |
Recalls are no joke. Take the one that sidelined every Chevy Bolt made between 2017 and 2022: A problem at an LG battery factory caused…
Type One Energy raised $200M to build a fusion power plant by 2034 |
Type One Energy, a Knoxville, Tennessee-based startup founded in 2019 to build fusion power plants, announced Tuesday morning that it has raised $200 million from…
World’s first enhanced geothermal power plant completed in just 23 months |
11:35 AM PDT · October 1, 2026 Geothermal company Fervo Energy announced Thursday morning that it had started selling electricity from its Cape Station power…