Focused

Focused Energy develops direct-drive laser fusion technology with the goal of building a commercial fusion power plant. The company describes its work as engineering the systems needed after the 2021 NIF ignition result, including lasers, targets and reactor design.

The company presents its mission as delivering fusion energy to the grid. Its website does not describe specific customers or a revenue model; it lists commercial partners including RWE, TRUMPF, ZEISS and HOCHTIEF, and public funding from German and US programmes.

Focused Energy was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Darmstadt, Germany, with offices in Berlin and San Francisco and a site in Austin, Texas. The website reports a $240M Series A and a 2023 seed round. Current openings are mainly in laser, engineering, software, legal, finance and people functions, and it lists a planned first laser at Biblis.

Product: Direct-drive laser fusion technology and planned commercial fusion power plant