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Google backs nuclear fusion startup targeting Europe’s first commercial power plant
Proxima Fusion has raised $468 million as it looks to move towards commercializing the promising but infamously difficult technical challenge of nuclear fusion.
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What happenedProxima Fusion has raised $468 million as it looks to move towards commercializing the promising but infamously difficult technical challenge of nuclear fusion.
The headline splitCNBC frames it as "Google backs nuclear fusion startup targeting Europe’s first commercial power plant". Bloomberg - Technology frames it as "Google and RWE Back German Nuclear Startup Proxima Fusion at €2.4 Billion Valuation".
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CenterGoogle backs nuclear fusion startup targeting Europe’s first commercial power plant
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Google backs nuclear fusion startup targeting Europe’s first commercial power plant
Proxima Fusion has raised $468 million as it looks to move towards commercializing the promising but infamously difficult technical challenge of nuclear fusion.
Google and RWE Back German Nuclear Startup Proxima Fusion at €2.4 Billion Valuation
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German startup Proxima Fusion has raised €411 million ($469 million) from a range of investors, including national energy firm RWE AG and Alphabet Inc.’s Google, to develop a nuclear fusion...
