Investors are pouring billions of dollars into nuclear fusion companies. The dream: transform human civilization (and power AI data centers) by providing cheap, abundant energy. But nobody’s figured out how to make it work yet.

What will it take to make fusion work at scale – and how will the world be different if it does? To answer this question, Jacob recently hosted a conversation at SXSW between Greg Piefer of SHINE Technologies, Melanie Windridge of Fusion Energy Insights, and Luke Ward of investment firm Baillie Gifford.

In this episode, the guests explain:

The incredible promise of fusion
What it will take to realize that promise
How the AI boom and the demand for power is shaping the fusion industry
Why having a ton of money flowing into the field is not necessarily a good thing

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