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Helion

Commercial fusion power developer

helionenergy.com

Headquarters: Everett, United States
Company type: Private company
Number of employees: 200–600
Industry: Independent Power Producers

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Latest news about Helion

In short: Helion reached 150 million degrees Celsius with its Polaris prototype and raised $465 million to deliver fusion energy to Microsoft.

Company announcements

June 16 Helion

Helion secures regulatory licenses for first fusion power plant

The Washington DOH granted radioactive materials and air emissions licenses, enabling continued construction at Orion facility.

June 4 Helion

Helion raises $465 million in Series G funding round

Led by Thrive Capital at $15.5 billion valuation to accelerate fusion deployment.

June 1 Helion

Helion proposes design-specific licensing for fusion deployment

The approach would register machine designs once for nationwide deployment, leveraging existing models from aviation and healthcare.

May 8 Helion

Helion drops first formation sections into Tiny Merge testbed

Tiny Merge evaluates plasma behavior, merging dynamics, and magnet designs on a smaller platform before Polaris.

Media coverage

Yesterday GeekWire

Helion funding round grows to $500M amid uncertainty over fusion startup’s Microsoft timeline

An aerial view of Orion, Helion Energy's planned fusion plant being built in Malaga, Wash. (Helion Photo) Helion Energy on Tuesday said that it added...

August 17 MSN

A fusion machine just hit 150 million degrees, hotter than the core of the sun

A privately built fusion prototype in Washington state has reached a temperature that sounds almost cartoonish: 150 million degrees Celsius, roughly ten times hotter than...

July 22 American Nuclear Society

Fusion roundup: Helion sets temperature record; Inertia raises $450M -- ANS / Nuclear Newswire

Two start-ups working to commercialize fusion energy made headlines last week. Helion Energy announced that its Polaris prototype fusion energy machine recently demonstrated measurable deuterium-tritium...

July 6 CPG Click Oil and Gas

ChatGPT Creator Bets Big on Fusion Energy Machine Promising Unlimited Power for Microsoft by 2028, But Physicists Skeptical - CPG Click Oil and Gas

Microsoft signed an agreement with Helion to purchase fusion energy in 2028, while Sam Altman and investors are betting billions on the nuclear fusion race.

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