GoKawiilEx-DeepMind engineers launch Fusionality to build control systems for fusion reactors
Federico Felici and Jonas Buchli, former Google DeepMind researchers, have founded Fusionality in Lausanne to build standardized hardware and software for controlling fusion reactors. The company raised $3.7 million in pre-seed funding from Founderful and Playfair, with Felici as CEO and Buchli as CTO.
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Fusion startups have largely built their own control systems from scratch despite sharing roughly 80% of the same underlying requirements, wasting engineering effort that could go toward core physics problems. A dedicated supplier for reactor control could speed up development timelines across the entire fusion industry, much like specialized component makers have done for other emerging energy technologies.
- Fusionality raised $3.7 million pre-seed from Founderful and Playfair
- Founders previously worked at Google DeepMind before starting the company
- The startup targets control systems, a largely unaddressed niche in fusion's supply chain
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