A new Washington Post feature titled "No one has made fusion power viable yet. Why is Big Tech investing billions?" explores the tidal wave of private investment surging into fusion startups — a response to mounting global energy demand especially due to AI, China’s accelerating progress, and a string of recent scientific breakthroughs. While many companies race toward the distant goal of grid-scale power, SHINE is proving that fusion can deliver real-world value today.
Rather than waiting for commercial electricity, SHINE is already using fusion neutrons to power meaningful applications in healthcare, advanced imaging, and nuclear science. As our founder and CEO Greg Piefer shares in the article, our approach focuses on solving hard problems in sequence — building a viable business at every step of fusion’s development.
Fusion may still be decades from lighting homes, but SHINE is showing it doesn’t have to wait that long to make an impact.
Read the full article here.
