UK-German tech corridor, backed by Siemens and Bosch, to host roundtable for AI scale-ups
Britain and Germany launched an Industrial Tech Corridor, backed by Allianz, Bosch, RWE and Siemens, to connect AI scale-ups with industrial demand. Its first step is a CEO roundtable later this year, so a sales route into those buyers is still a plan.
Reality
- Evidence40
- Adoption20
- Hype gap+30
- Incentives65
- Confidence45
Proxima Fusion is building its own supplier for the superconducting tape its magnets depend on. Lower Saxony is co-funding what would be the first plant of its kind in Germany and Europe.
Reality
- Evidence44
- Adoption18
- Hype gap+28
- Incentives78
- Confidence55
Madison Gas and Electric invests in Realta Fusion to explore a 200MW plant for the mid-2030s
The Wisconsin utility put money into Realta Fusion and offered it somewhere to plug in, for a plant that would not run until the mid-2030s. That is a wager on how short of power the next decade gets.
Reality
- Evidence48
- Adoption20
- Hype gap+35
- Incentives62
- Confidence45
Corporate venture arms are writing deep tech's first purchase order
Google committed to 200 MW from Commonwealth Fusion's first plant and RWE put EUR 25m behind Proxima Fusion next to a shut-down reactor site, deals where the access mattered more than the valuation. Only one of them involves a signed purchase.
Reality
- Evidence36
- Adoption31
- Hype gap+22
- Incentives68
- Confidence44
buildConfirmed2 publishers Ground broke on August 25 on a $1 billion, 156-module pulsed machine aiming at net facility gain by 2030. The commercial gap is five times the output and 86,400 shots a day.
Reality
- Evidence61
- Adoption22
- Hype gap+28
- Incentives74
- Confidence58