• Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn As global energy demand continues tosurge, driven by both rising household consumption and fast-expanding AI infrastructure, startup investors are increasingly turning to nuclear fusion and fission startups to supply our power-hungry era. • They’re not afraid to write big checks either. • The latest evidence of this was a $450 million Series A that Livermore, California-based fusion power startupInertia EnterprisesannouncedWednesday. • Bessemer Venture Partnersled the round for the 2-year-old company, joined byGoogle Ventures,Thresholdand other backers. • Inertia plans to use the funds toward a fusion pilot atLawrence Livermore National Laboratory, which will involve building the world’s most powerful laser and a production line to mass manufacturefuel targets. • The financing is the latest in a string of recent, very large deals around both fusion and nuclear fission.
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