Zap Energy
Last updated: November 18, 2025
Founders: Brian A Nelson, Benj Conway, Uri Shumlak
Country: USA | Funding: $337.8M (+)
Website: https://www.zapenergyinc.com
Zap Energy intends to build commercial fusion reactor that does not employ magnets, cryogenics or high-powered lasers. This technology is known as sheared-flow-stabilized Z-pinch. It's an electromagnetic phenomenon where electric currents create magnetic fields so powerful that they compress matter. Zap's reactor uses electrodes to send electricity through deuterium/tritium plasma, which causes the plasma to generate a magnetic field. When the temperature reaches millions of degrees Fahrenheit and magnetic field is strong enough (gigapascals) - the plasma is compressed to the point where particles fuse (and began to generate more energy than consume). The company has set the world record of the resulting pressure/heat (though there is also third quality parameter - duration)
Website: https://www.zapenergyinc.com
Zap Energy intends to build commercial fusion reactor that does not employ magnets, cryogenics or high-powered lasers. This technology is known as sheared-flow-stabilized Z-pinch. It's an electromagnetic phenomenon where electric currents create magnetic fields so powerful that they compress matter. Zap's reactor uses electrodes to send electricity through deuterium/tritium plasma, which causes the plasma to generate a magnetic field. When the temperature reaches millions of degrees Fahrenheit and magnetic field is strong enough (gigapascals) - the plasma is compressed to the point where particles fuse (and began to generate more energy than consume). The company has set the world record of the resulting pressure/heat (though there is also third quality parameter - duration)
