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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.
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.
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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May 15, 2025
What makes TAE’s approach to commercial fusion so unique?
It starts with a specific fusion machine design called the Field-Reversed Configuration – a powerfully efficient method that TAE has advanced with our suite of original technologies.
But that’s not all. Listen to our “Good Clean Energy” interview with TAE CEO Michl Binderbauer to hear more about the advantages of our fusion technology and how we’ll use it to deliver commercial fusion power:
May 8, 2025
We were delighted to host UK Minister for Investment Poppy Gustafsson and HM Trade Commissioner Oliver Christian at our California headquarters for a tour of our first-of-its-kind fusion reactor prototype, Norm, and our fusion-enabled technologies.
Whether it’s with our hydrogen-boron fusion development; our transformative cancer therapy at TAE Life Sciences; or our more intelligent power management systems at TAE Power Solutions, we’re committed to advancing the frontiers of science for humanity’s benefit around the world. We’re thrilled to have collaborators in the UK and beyond as fellow innovators building a cleaner, healthier and brighter future for all.
May 2, 2025
What does it feel like to achieve a first in fusion research history?
On this episode of “Good Clean Energy,” TAE Director of Diagnostics Thomas Roche takes us inside the experiment that led to TAE’s breakthrough fusion machine, Norm – the first reactor prototype that can produce an FRC plasma using only neutral beam injection.
“I remember having my jaw drop that day,” Roche says. “I never thought it would lead us to the state that we’re in now.”
April 22, 2025
Reduce, reuse, recycle – but make it a fusion breakthrough 💫
We’re celebrating #EarthDay with the introduction of “Norm,” our first-of-its-kind fusion prototype that …
✂️ Reduces machine size by 50%
⬇️ Lowers operating costs
♻️ Recycles parts from our previous machine, Norman
🔁 Optimizes machine components that will be reused for our next-generation device, Copernicus
Norm’s smaller footprint and more efficient design isn’t just sustainable – it’s also accelerating our path to commercial fusion power. See how at TAE.com.
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.
How the U.S. is losing ground to China in nuclear fusion, as AI power needs surge
China and the U.S. are in a race to create the first grid-scale nuclear fusion energy. “Whoever has essentially abundant limitless energy … can impact everything you think of,” said TAE Technologies CEO Michl Binderbauer.
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.
TAE Life Sciences Earns Oncology Innovation of the Year Award
Earning the BioTech Breakthrough Award for Oncology Innovation of the Year validates the progress TAE Life Sciences has made in readying its Alphabeam BNCT system for clinical trials worldwide
Leading fusion innovator TAE Technologies applauds North Carolina’s enactment of cutting-edge clean energy legislation
North Carolina has enacted landmark energy legislation that recognizes fusion technology’s safety and environmental benefits. Senate Bill 678 demonstrates the state’s commitment to investing in fusion as a new clean electricity source that can be an important part of the state’s energy mix.