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TAE Technologies and UKAEA partner to commercialize advanced fusion technology
TAE and UKAEA partner to commercialize advanced fusion technology – New joint venture TAE Beam UK will develop neutral beams for fusion and accelerator innovations for non-fusion applications.
TAE shortens device roadmap, prepares for commercial era
TAE’s Norm machine – the first to produce FRC plasmas with only neutral beam injection – has performed beyond expectations, leapfrogging a planned sixth device, Copernicus
TAE Technologies raises $150 million in latest funding round
TAE Technologies has raised more than $150 million in its latest funding round, exceeding the company’s initial target for the round. Chevron, Google and NEA participated, among other new and existing investors.
First measurements of hydrogen-boron fusion in a magnetically confined fusion plasma
As fusion developers around the world race to commercialize fusion energy, TAE Technologies has pioneered the pursuit of the cleanest and most economical path to providing electricity with hydrogen-boron (also known as p-B11 or p11B), an abundant, environmentally sound fuel. Today the company is announcing, in collaboration with Japan’s National Institute for Fusion Science (NIFS), a noteworthy research advancement: the first-ever hydrogen-boron fusion experiments in a magnetically confined fusion plasma.
December 2, 2025
We’re excited to announce a new partnership with the United Kingdom and its national fusion lab, @UKAEAofficial, to commercialize our world-leading particle accelerator technology for the global market: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/tae-technologies-and-ukaea-partner-to-commercialise-fusion-tech
At the center of this partnership is TAE Beam UK, a joint venture to design, develop and ultimately manufacture and service neutral beams for fusion. TAE Beam UK – the first US-UK public-private partnership of its kind – will also develop accelerator technology for state-of-the-art cancer therapeutics, food safety, homeland security and more.
With investment from the UKAEA, this new entity will operate out of the lab’s Culham Campus in Oxfordshire, UK, expanding TAE’s presence in the region and establishing a global hub for this vital fusion technology.
October 14, 2025
TAE continues to redefine FRC fusion with our advanced neutral beam technology.
Our particle accelerators have already achieved a scientific breakthrough this year with our machine’s ability to form, heat and stabilize an FRC plasma using only neutral beam injection – a first in fusion.
Now, our team has optimized this technology even more to tackle two of the biggest hurdles for an FRC machine: plasma stability at fusion-relevant temperatures.
New research published in Nuclear Fusion from the TAE team, led by James Titus, details how we’ve increased beam current drive and implemented fast modulation of beam energy – enhancements that improve our plasma performance as we scale toward the cleanest, safest commercial fusion power.
– Read the latest on our neutral beam optimization in Nuclear Fusion.
– See more of our recent work: TAE.com/Research
September 15, 2025
Congratulations to Senior Scientist Roelof Groenewald, Science Fellow Dan Barnes and the rest of the TAE team on winning a 2025 INFUSE Award!
This @U.S. Department of Energy research grant will support TAE’s work with a new algorithm that can perform higher fidelity simulations of plasma behavior — capturing crucial, previously unseen details that will advance our development of a cost-effective fusion machine.
The algorithm is an upgraded Darwin model, enhanced by TAE Science Fellow Dan Barnes to run faster and in 3D. TAE will partner with @Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory to implement this new approach into the open-source code, WarpX, and use it to simulate plasma performance in our current machine.
As a company founded out of @UC Irvine, we’re proud to continue our tradition of intentional public-private partnership to deliver the cleanest and safest commercial fusion power. Thank you to the DOE for investing in the future of fusion, and thank you to our LBNL colleagues for their collaboration!
Want to learn more about TAE’s advanced simulations? Add these “Good Clean Energy” episodes to your podcast playlist:
– Proving FRC fusion stability at scale, with Senior Scientist Roelof Groenewald
September 2, 2025
TAE Senior Scientist Roelof Groenewald talks with “Good Clean Energy” as his team’s new research upends one of the biggest FRC myths in fusion science. Listen here.
Looking for more? Chief Growth Officer and “Good Clean Energy” host Jim McNiel explores what this research reveals about persistence on the path to commercial fusion power: on LinkedIn
June 2, 2025
Commercial fusion demands persistence, and the right partners. We’re proud to say we have both as Google renews its commitment to TAE.
For more than 10 years, Google and TAE have worked together to advance fusion science with cutting-edge machine learning.
The collaboration has been instrumental to our scientific progress, including our most recent breakthrough: A simplified, first-of-its-kind fusion machine called “Norm” that reduces the complexity and cost of a future fusion power plant.
We’re building fusion that’s safe, practical and engineered to scale for the world’s energy demands. With partners like Google, we’re getting there faster.
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A nuclear fusion breakthrough may be closer than you think
Scientists dreaming of fusion are no longer toiling in the shadows. They are being courted by governors, billionaires and tech behemoths eager to get in on the ground floor of what they see as a transformative, carbon-free fusion economy. TAE, for example, is so closely collaborating with Google on its work that the Silicon Valley tech giant has a virtual control room on its campus enabling it to engage with the fusion firm’s experiments.
Why Big Tech is investing billions in fusion
Scientists dreaming of fusion are no longer toiling in the shadows. They are being courted by governors, billionaires and tech behemoths eager to get in on the ground floor of what they see as a transformative, carbon-free fusion economy. TAE, for example, is so closely collaborating with Google on its work that the Silicon Valley tech giant has a virtual control room on its campus enabling it to engage with the fusion firm’s experiments.
Birthing a Star to Save a Planet
TAE’s relationship with UC Irvine has been a critical cornerstone of the company’s development. From the earliest days, the university provided the company with credibility, resources, and an innovative ecosystem that enabled the company’s growth.
Google places another fusion power bet on TAE Technologies
Since 2014, Google computer scientists have worked with engineers at TAE to use machine learning (a form of AI) to find the ideal settings for a fusion device.
Exclusive: Fusion energy developer TAE raises $150 million
The company is working closely with Google, which is seeking advanced energy sources to power its hyperscale data centers.
TAE Technologies and UKAEA partner to commercialize advanced fusion technology
TAE and UKAEA partner to commercialize advanced fusion technology – New joint venture TAE Beam UK will develop neutral beams for fusion and accelerator innovations for non-fusion applications.
TAE shortens device roadmap, prepares for commercial era
TAE’s Norm machine – the first to produce FRC plasmas with only neutral beam injection – has performed beyond expectations, leapfrogging a planned sixth device, Copernicus
TAE Technologies raises $150 million in latest funding round
TAE Technologies has raised more than $150 million in its latest funding round, exceeding the company’s initial target for the round. Chevron, Google and NEA participated, among other new and existing investors.
TAE Technologies Delivers Fusion Breakthrough that Dramatically Reduces Cost of a Future Power Plant
Experimental results published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Communications prove TAE’s streamlined approach to form and optimize plasma in its Norm machine increases efficiency, significantly reduces complexity and cost, and accelerates the company’s path to net energy and commercial fusion power.
Occidental Low Carbon Ventures and TAE Technologies Explore Fusion Energy for Direct Air Capture Facilities
Oxy Low Carbon Ventures (OLCV) and TAE Technologies signed a memorandum to explore using TAE’s fusion technology for emissions-free power and heat in Direct Air Capture (DAC) facilities. The partnership aims to integrate fusion energy with Occidental’s clean energy sources for DAC operations.