Play Episode Podcast Insights from Uncommon Thinkers: How these innovators found novel approaches in their fields Play This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we sit down with some of the Seattle region’s “Uncommon Thinkers” — inventors, scientists,… Read More
Uncommon Thinkers: Zap’s Uri Shumlak wrestles with fusion energy in pursuit of carbon-free power Editor’s note: This series profiles five of the Seattle region’s “Uncommon Thinkers”: inventors, scientists, technologists and entrepreneurs transforming industries and driving positive… Read More
Zap Energy confirms $130M round, shares progress on its demo power plant system Fusion company Zap Energy today shared news on progress with its power plant system demo and gave details on the… Read More
Fusion startup Zap Energy is raising more cash to develop commercially viable power Fusion company Zap Energy is raising a huge new investment — nearly $130 million — according to an SEC filing… 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
A boost for fusion power: With new law, Washington state leaders signal support for sector’s next steps While the reality of affordable fusion energy is still an atom-smashing twinkle in physicists’ eyes, the state of Washington is… 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
Fusion cuisine: Zap Energy fires up BBQ grill built to look like one of its high-tech, superheated devices Zap Energy, the Seattle-area startup that’s been cooking up a better way to generate fusion power, fired up a custom-made… Read More
Zap Energy lands $5M federal grant and ‘vote of confidence’ in pursuit of fusion power Funding news: The Seattle area’s Zap Energy will receive $5 million from a newly launched federal program supporting the commercial… Read More
Preserving the planet: Vote for top sustainability tech at the GeekWire Awards The Earth is taking a beating. But there is a growing legion of companies hustling to develop technologies to preserve… Read More
Energy startup CTFusion folds as co-founders land at rival Zap CTFusion, a spinoff from the University of Washington, has flipped off the reactor and folded up shop. But the startup’s… Read More
The 10 biggest funding rounds for Pacific Northwest startups in 2022 Venture capitalists slowed investments this year in response to the cooling economy. But some startups were still able to secure… 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
More funding for fusion: Seattle startup lands $160M and reveals technology breakthrough The news: Seattle-area startup Zap Energy is edging closer to the promise of fusion power. The company Wednesday announced two… 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
