Google Backs $150M Fusion Power Push with TAE Technologies
Google invests in TAE’s $150M fusion energy round. Discover how AI, plasma tech, and billion-degree heat may power our future.
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Google Backs $150M Fusion Power Push with TAE Technologies Is fusion power the future of clean energy? That’s the question driving billions in investment—and Google is once again placing its bet. In June 2025, TAE Technologies , a trailblazer in the race to commercialize fusion energy , announced a fresh $150 million funding round. This investment, led by existing giants like Google, Chevron , and New Enterprise Associates , underscores the growing momentum behind next-generation clean energy technologies . With $1.8 billion raised to date, TAE is now one of the world’s most well-funded fusion startups , aiming to solve one of humanity’s biggest energy challenges. Image Credits:TAE Technologies Founded nearly 30 years ago and once known as Tri Alpha Energy, TAE Technologies has been quietly refining its unique fusion reactor design. Originally, the system relied on colliding two plasma rings and stabilizing them with particle beams. This process created a plasma structure that resembles a spinning, hollow cigar—a shape that ge…