Sam Altman, SoftBank invest in $425M round for Helion, a Seattle-area startup chasing fusion power Helion Energy announced a $425 million funding round that will help the Seattle-area fusion company chase the “Holy Grail” of… Read More
Bloomberg report questions science behind Altman-backed fusion company Helion Concerns about operations at Helion Energy, an Everett, Wash.-based fusion company, is the focus of reporting published today by Bloomberg.… Read More
Gov. Inslee, Sen. Murray visit Washington fusion startups as funding heats up despite tech hurdles The fusion industry last year pulled in more than $900 million of private and public funding in the quest to… Read More
OpenAI reportedly in talks with Helion Energy to ‘buy vast quantities’ of fusion power The Seattle-area fusion company Helion Energy is talking with OpenAI about a deal in which the AI company “would buy… Read More
Fusion fever: A reality check on the multibillion-dollar race to reinvent energy and save the planet The nuclear fusion sector is hot. Maybe not 100 million degrees Celsius — which is the sort of mind-blowing temperature… Read More
Microsoft and Helion want to build the world’s first fusion plant and seize energy’s ‘Holy Grail’ Microsoft and Helion Energy on Wednesday announced a historic agreement that could pave the way to the world’s first fusion… Read More
Fusion energy industry preps policymakers for ‘one of the biggest technological game-changers’ ever SEATAC, Wash. — Fusion energy is real, it’s safe, and it’s poised to change the world. Study up, get ready,… Read More
Pacific Northwest is a hub for fusion companies chasing power’s ‘Holy Grail’ The Sun is the ultimate fusion machine, endlessly smashing atoms together and creating power. For decades, physicists have struggled to… Read More
The buzz about fusion energy: Expert explains industry’s ‘reinvigoration’ as tech attracts VC dollars For decades, the promise of harnessing the power of fusion on a commercial scale to create vast amounts of carbon-free… Read More
As interest in fusion energy ignites, Helion lands $500M from OpenAI CEO, Facebook co-founder Fusion energy company Helion raised a whopping $500 million, with the possibility of an additional $1.7 billion in funding if… Read More
Commercial fusion ventures learn lessons about engineering and expectations The promise of natural gas, shale oil, renewable energy and conventional nuclear power all pale in comparison to the promise… Read More
