Episode 9: Fusion founders

Episode 9 Resources:

⭐ Packy and Julia’s Top Picks:

• Dennis Whyte: Nuclear Fusion and the Future of Energy Lex Fridman Podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJoRMFWn2Jk

⚛️ Fusion Companies and Investors We Talked to:

• Fuse Energy— JC Btaiche https://www.f.energy/

• Proxima Fusion— Francesco Sciortino https://www.proximafusion.com/

• Zap Energy— Ryan Umstattd, Derek Sutherland https://www.zapenergy.com/

• Helion— David Kirtley https://www.helionenergy.com/

• Lower Carbon Capital— Clay Dumas, Clea Kolster https://lowercarboncapital.com/2023/06/01/fusion-portfolio-strong-to-quite-strong/

• Plural Platform— Ian Hogarth https://pluralplatform.com/the-peers/ian-hogarth/

📝 Articles Referenced and Additional Reading

• Z Pulsed Power Facility Sandia National Laboratories https://www.sandia.gov/z-machine/

• Wendelstein 7-X Max Planck Institute https://www.ipp.mpg.de/w7x

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• DOE Explains...Stellarators Office of Science https://www.energy.gov/science/doe-explainsstellarators

• The Science of the Z Pinch Zap Energy https://www.zapenergy.com/how-it-works

• Microsoft signs power purchase deal with nuclear fusion company Helion Reuters https://www.reuters.com/technology/microsoft-buy-power-nuclear-fusion-company-helion-2023-05-10/

• The Fusion Race Not Boring https://www.notboring.co/p/the-fusion-race

🎤 Podcasts

• Dennis Whyte: Nuclear Fusion and the Future of Energy Lex Fridman Podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJoRMFWn2Jk

• Episode 7 of Age of Miracles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWuu0pNpCkI