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Surprise! Fusion startup Zap Energy says it will be developing fission reactors alongside its fusion devices.
When Earth AI started hitting months-long delays in its search for critical minerals, it decided to take matters into its own hands.
Natural gas power plant costs have nearly doubled in two years and take 23% longer to build as data center electricity demand skyrockets.
Nuclear startup X-energy went public, geothermal startup Fervo is about to. Could this be the moment that climate tech investors have been waiting for?
Steve Ballmer wrote a fiery letter in the sentencing of disgraced founder Joseph Sanberg documenting all the harm that's befalling him as an investor.
Investors flocked to nuclear power startup X-energy in its first day of public trading on the Nasdaq.
Amazon-backed X-energy was able to raise around 20% more money in its IPO as demand for nuclear power surges.
Fusion energy has been “20 years away” for decades, but has the science finally caught up? Private investment in fusion companies surged from $10 billion to $15 billion in just months, and the money is coming from places you wouldn’t expect. Watch as Rebecca Bellan and guest host Tim De Chant sit down with Rachel Slaybaugh, general partner at DCVC on this episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast. Th
The agreement comes just as Einride is finalizing a merger with blank-check company Legato Merger Corp. to go public.
Fusion startups and investors risk deepening fissures if some key disagreements aren't settled amicably.
Inertia has signed three agreements with the Lawrence Livermore National Lab, paving the way for the company to bring its pioneering fusion reactor to market.
Ascend Elements said that it will be filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the wake of a canceled government grant and a challenging market for lithium-ion batteries.
Fusion startups have raised $7.1 billion to date, with the majority of it going to a handful of companies.
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Merino Energy has simplified the heat pump dramatically in a quest to make them cheaper and easier to install.
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Meta, Microsoft, and Google are all betting big on new natural gas power plants to run their AI data centers. They may regret it.