Focused Energy
Updated: June 02, 2026
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Country: USA | Funding: $361.7M (+)
Founded: 2021
Website: https://www.focused-energy.world/
Focused Energy is developing fusion reactor that uses lasers to compress fuel an approach known as inertial confinement. Lasers strike a fuel target, which is compressed by the laser radiation, creating conditions favorable for fusion. When the atoms within the fuel finally fuse, they release a significant amount of energy. The company bases its design on an experiment conducted at the National Fusion Facility which remains the first and only one to create a controlled nuclear fusion reaction that released more energy than it took to start it. Focused Energy is working on simplifying the fuel target. One simplification involves eliminating the hohlraum - the high-precision gold cylinder that converts laser energy into X-rays.
Founded: 2021
Website: https://www.focused-energy.world/
Focused Energy is developing fusion reactor that uses lasers to compress fuel an approach known as inertial confinement. Lasers strike a fuel target, which is compressed by the laser radiation, creating conditions favorable for fusion. When the atoms within the fuel finally fuse, they release a significant amount of energy. The company bases its design on an experiment conducted at the National Fusion Facility which remains the first and only one to create a controlled nuclear fusion reaction that released more energy than it took to start it. Focused Energy is working on simplifying the fuel target. One simplification involves eliminating the hohlraum - the high-precision gold cylinder that converts laser energy into X-rays.
