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Nuclear fusion has a reputation problem. For decades, it's been a technology that's always almost arrived. It’s promised, hyped, then deferred. That appears to be shifting as private capital has flooded in, timelines have compressed, and the scientists who once spoke in cautious decades are starting to speak in years.
This week, Jennifer sits down with industry leaders at the front lines of what may be the most consequential energy race of our lifetimes. What does it actually take to harness the power of a star? And what happens to the grid, the climate math, and the geopolitics of energy, if fusion works?
Three things to listen for
1. Why the 30-year joke no longer lands
The fundamental physics haven't changed, but the engineering approach, the materials science, and the investment calculus have. Our guests (from Commonwealth Fusion, Inertia, Khosla Ventures and Realta Fusion) explain what's different now.
2. The business model question nobody wants to answer
Getting fusion to ignition is one challenge. Building a power plant that can sell electricity at competitive rates is another. Hear how founders and investors are thinking about the gap between breakthrough and grid.
3. What fusion changes
From surviving extreme thermal stress to building brand new supply chains, we look at some of the unique challenges in this race.
Listen now
Panic is a financial news strategy. Clarity is ours.
Markets move. Headlines catastrophise. But somewhere inside the noise is the story that matters — the opportunity, not the fear.
The Daily Upside was built by Wall Street insiders to find it — global business and finance, reported without the alarm.
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