Google DeepMind alumni are building tools to accelerate fusion power for the grid
Former Google DeepMind employees have launched a startup called Fusionality to develop standardized control systems for fusion power reactors. The company aims to address the lack of specialized hardware and software in the emerging fusion energy sector.
Why it matters
Standardizing control systems could significantly accelerate the commercial viability of fusion energy, a key technology for future clean power grids.
Sometimes founders search high and low for the right startup idea, while other times it comes to them. Federico Felici and Jonas Buchli are two of the lucky ones.
Over and over again, they heard the same thing from fusion companies: “We would ideally buy many of the components to make our our control system, but there isn’t really anybody providing them — and especially there isn’t anybody who speaks the language of fusion,” Felici told TechCrunch.
For years, the two founders have worked to develop new ways to control experimental fusion devices. “We spent quite a lot of our time solving exactly the problems that our customers need to solve,” he said. “It felt like the right time.”
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