Commonwealth Fusion Systems

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<p>The dual imperatives of fighting climate change and powering the generative-AI revolution have fueled an urgent quest for zero-emissions energy sources. Spun off from an MIT research lab in 2018, CFS has come tantalizingly close to sparking “clean” nuclear-fusion reactions that generate more energy than they consume. (The secret sauce: high-temperature superconducting magnets.) CFS says its first reactor, in Devens, Mass., won’t be operational until 2027, two years later than first planned. But the company has raised more than $2&nbsp;billion in patient capital from investors including Tiger Global, Bill Gates, and Vinod Khosla.</p>

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