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Commonwealth Fusion Systems announced a new investment round of $863 million.
Commonwealth Fusion Systems has raised a total of $3 billion in capital to date.
The $3 billion raised by Commonwealth Fusion Systems represents approximately one-third of the total capital raised by the entire private fusion industry.
Commonwealth Fusion Systems will use its latest capital to begin development of ARK, its first commercial fusion power plant.
Investors in Commonwealth Fusion Systems include Google, NVIDIA, Bill Gates, and Stanley Druckenmiller.
Commonwealth Fusion Systems claims to be the largest and most advanced private fusion company in the world.
Commonwealth Fusion Systems' $863 million funding round is one of the largest financings in the deep tech sector since the company's previous round in 2021.
Commonwealth Fusion Systems is the most capitalized fusion company in the world.
The development of the ARK commercial power plant will involve supply chain development, permitting, project development, design work, and advancing unique subsystems not present in the SPARK demonstrator.
Commonwealth Fusion Systems has attracted investment from entities in Japan, Korea, the UAE, Italy, Singapore, and the UK.
Coastal Ventures considers Commonwealth Fusion Systems to be one of the most impactful and ambitious projects it has seen.
Coastal Ventures invested in both OpenAI and Commonwealth Fusion Systems at approximately the same time.