NEWS: Avalanche thinks the fusion power industry should think smaller

Avalanche Energy thinks the secret to nuclear fusion isn’t “bigger,” but “faster.” (TechCrunch)

  • While competitors build stadium-sized tokamaks, Avalanche is iterating on a "desktop" device—currently just 9 cm wide—that uses high-voltage electrostatic fields to trap plasma in tight orbits, allowing them to test and tweak designs twice a week rather than once a decade.

  • CEO Robin Langtry (a Blue Origin alum) is applying a SpaceX-style philosophy to nuclear physics: burn less cash, fail faster, and learn more. The company just raised another $29M (bringing their investment total to $80M) to scale up to a 25 cm version targeting 1 MW of output.

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