Helion Energy
Helion Energy develops fusion power plant technology using pulsed magnetic compression to produce clean, scalable electricity from deuterium and helium-3 fuel. The company researches and builds fusion reactors intended for commercial grid deployment.
verified 17 July 2026
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- Founded: 2013↗ Helion Energy - NUCLEUS information resources↗ Helion - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors - Tracxn↗ Helion Energy↗ Helion Energy: Building the world's first fusion power plant | Y Combinator
- HQ city: Everett, USA↗ Helion Energy - NUCLEUS information resources↗ Helion - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors - Tracxn↗ Helion Energy↗ Helion Energy: Building the world's first fusion power plant | Y Combinator
- Technology: Pulsed magneto-inertial fusion↗ Helion Energy - NUCLEUS information resources↗ Helion - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors - Tracxn↗ Helion Energy↗ Helion Energy: Building the world's first fusion power plant | Y Combinator
- Key products: Polaris, Orion (fusion reactors)↗ Helion Energy - NUCLEUS information resources↗ Helion - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors - Tracxn↗ Helion Energy↗ Helion Energy: Building the world's first fusion power plant | Y Combinator
- Notable partners: Microsoft, Nucor↗ Helion Energy - NUCLEUS information resources↗ Helion - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors - Tracxn↗ Helion Energy↗ Helion Energy: Building the world's first fusion power plant | Y Combinator
Connections
- Commonwealth Fusion Systems — Helion Energy and Commonwealth Fusion Systems are competing players in the private fusion industry, both among the top fundraisers in the past year.↗ Global Investments In Nuclear Fusion Surge 69% To $4.5B | ZeroHedge
- Inertia Enterprises — Inertia Enterprises and Helion are among the top recipients of the record $4.48B in global fusion investment reported for the past year.↗ Fusion energy company opens research HQ in Livermore - Pleasanton Weekly
- UniFusion — Competing fusion company pursuing a field-reversed configuration approach similar to UniFusion's FRC strategy.↗ Fusion Industry Attracts Record Annual Funding of $4.48bn, Raising Total to $14.24bn - Fusion Industry Association
- Zap Energy — Zap Energy and Helion are listed as competing players in the global nuclear fusion market.↗ An American machine fires 500,000 amps down a column of gas twelve times a minute, twenty times the current of a lightning bolt, into a chamber the size of a water heater, and the fusion company that built it is now selling a fission reactor based on a Japanese design nobody ever finished