The startup is making solid-state transformers capable of intelligently aggregating power from a number of different sources before sending it to data center racks.
The new project, called Material Scale, will initially focus on climate tech startups in the apparel industry.
Helion’s Polaris device hit 150 million degrees C recently, a milestone that nudges the company toward its commercial power plant that will sell electricity to Microsoft.

The Trump administration just eliminated the landmark finding that has underpinned federal regulations on planet-heating pollution since 2009. For nearly the past two decades, the “endangerment finding” has allowed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to craft rules limiting greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act. Rather than repealing those rules individually, the Trump administration […]
The EPA’s new rule seeks to undo a 2009 finding that allowed the federal government to regulate six greenhouse gases.
Inertia Enterprises will use the Series A investment to build one of the world’s most powerful lasers, a key part of its power plant design.
Upside Robotics builds autonomous solar-powered robots that can help farmers reduce their fertilizer use by 70%.
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EPA administrator Lee Zeldin is reportedly expected to repeal the 2009 “endangerment finding” that underpins U.S. climate regulatory efforts.
Tem has built a transaction engine that relies on AI to cut costs. Lightspeed led the round to help the startup expand to the U.S. and Australia.