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Laser fusion startup moves from Austin to Bay Area, aims to power S.F. with ‘three soda cans’

Nov 18, 2024

Fusion startup specializing in laser fusion for clean energy, is relocating its U.S. headquarters from Austin to the Bay Area.

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Focused Energy buys two of the world’s most powerful lasers for its fusion quest

December 17, 2024

Fusion power startup Focused Energy has signed a deal to buy two of the world’s most powerful lasers, the company exclusively told TechCrunch. The massive lasers will be installed in the startup’s future facility, which it is building in the San Francisco Bay Area over the next two years.

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World Nuclear News

Focused Energy completes first milestones on US fusion programme

November 18, 2024

Focused Energy has completed a scientific report detailing its initial high-gain target design based on direct-drive laser inertial fusion, the first of its Milestones in the US Department of Energy's Milestone-based Fusion Development Program.

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San Francisco Chronicle

Laser fusion startup moves from Austin to Bay Area, aims to power S.F. with ‘three soda cans’

October 24, 2024

Focused Energy, a startup specializing in laser fusion for clean energy, is relocating its U.S. headquarters from Austin to the Bay Area.

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Axios

Laser-driven energy startup moving to Bay Area

October 23, 2024

The move reflects the region's growing reputation as a hub for this kind of research. Focused Energy's new lab will house some of the world's most advanced lasers in a bid to achieve commercial fusion.

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Focused Energy and Amplitude Enter $40 Million Agreement to Advance High-Energy Lasers Beyond the State-of-the-Art for Inertial Fusion Energy

Laser systems will be installed at Focused Energy's Laser Development Facility in the Bay Area enabling key technology risk reduction on path to commercialization

December 17, 2024
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News Release

Focused Energy Completes its First Milestones through DOE’s Milestone-Based Fusion Development Program

Company developed its initial high-gain target design based on direct-drive laser inertial fusion

November 14, 2024
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News Release

Focused Energy Announces Plans to Build State-of-the-Art Laser Fusion Development Facility in the San Francisco Bay Area

Laser fusion company to site $65 million facility in the Bay Area, attracting world-class talent and building on the historic breakthrough achieved at the National Ignition Facility in 2022

October 23, 2024
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Hessischer Wirtschaftsminister Mansoori übergibt Förderbescheid an Focused Energy: „In Darmstadt wird die Energie der Zukunft entwickelt“

Das aus der TU Darmstadt hervorgegangene Unternehmen expandiert und investiert stark in den Standort, um das Potenzial der Fusionsenergie zu erschließen.

October 16, 2024
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News Release

Focused Energy Developing World's First Laser-based Neutron Source for Industrial Use

Pilot facility in Biblis can lead to breakthroughs for non-destructive materials testing

September 25, 2024
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News Release

Focused Energy Raises $82 Million in Funding to Advance Laser-Based Nuclear Fusion

Focused Energy, a laser-based fusion startup dedicated to developing fusion as a means of generating clean alternative energy, raised an additional $11 million in Series A funding.

June 22, 2023
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News Release

Focused Energy Celebrates One Year of Achieving Key Fusion Energy Milestones

Nuclear fusion company has consulted with the White House and secured patents, top scientists, and DOE buy-in regarding clean and attainable Earth-bound energy.

July 21, 2022
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News Release

Pravesh Patel Appointed new Scientific Director at Focused Energy

Young deep tech company gains another renowned scientist as it moves toward commercialization of laser based fusion

July 1, 2022
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