Federico Felici and Jonas Buchli launch Fusionality with $3.7 million funding
Federico Felici and Jonas Buchli, who worked on fusion control systems and have ties to Google DeepMind, just launched Fusionality, a startup aiming to make fusion energy a reality faster.
They have raised $3.7 million in early funding this year to build smarter control systems for fusion reactors, which are key for clean energy's future.
Fusionality builds modular magnetic fusion controls
Fusionality is focusing on magnetic confinement fusion, using powerful magnets to contain super-hot plasma.
Their big idea: create modular hardware and software that lets other startups build custom reactor controls, kind of like snapping together Lego blocks.
While AI will help optimize things, Felici notes full control still needs more than just algorithms.
The hope is that these flexible tools will cut down on wasted effort and speed up getting fusion power onto the grid.