Avalanche Energy
Power that moves as fast as we do. We believe humanity’s future demands power without limits—power that moves with us, scales as fast as we do, and reaches every corner of land, sea & space.
163 in this dataset
2 developers pursuing it
103 organisations in US
What these terms mean
Every classification on this page, defined. These are controlled-vocabulary terms, so the same word means the same thing on every profile.
- Fusion developer
- Develops a fusion device or power plant concept. Carries no implication that the device exists or works.
- Fusion
- Organizations pursuing energy from nuclear fusion, and their dedicated supply chain.
- Inertial electrostatic confinement › › Inertial electrostatic confinement
- Electric fields rather than magnetic ones confine the ions. Simple to build and well proven as a neutron source; net energy is a different matter.
- Deuterium–deuterium
- Deuterium only. Needs far higher temperature than D-T but the fuel is abundant in seawater and no tritium breeding is required.
In Avalanche Energy’s own words
Quoted from the organisation’s own site as we archived it. Their description of themselves, not ours, and not a claim this site has checked.
We are developing a 1-100kWe compact fusion machine called “The Orbitron”, which is small enough to sit on your desk. The unique physics of the Orbitron allows for its compact size which is a key enabler for rapid development, scaling, and a wide variety of applications.
We generate high-energy neutrons, essential for advanced materials testing, space science, and defense applications.
Avalanche is a Seattle-based start-up developing enormously energy-dense compact fusion machines for clean power generation. Our small design allows us to iterate designs in days, build tons of hardware onsite, and apply game-changing fusion energy to applications from lunar surface power to transportation to the deep sea.
We design, build, test, break, and learn fast, delivering engineered systems that improve with every iteration.
We believe humanity’s future demands power without limits—power that moves with us, scales as fast as we do, and reaches every corner of land, sea & space.
Avalanche Energy closed $29M led by RA Capital, with backing from Founders Fund, Lowercarbon Capital, Toyota Ventures, and Congruent Ventures.
For every technology, there comes a tipping point where it switches from theory to possibility. Robin Langtry believes that Avalanche Energy has reached that point.
Avalanche Energy has achieved a critical high-voltage milestone in its pursuit of compact fusion: sustaining 300,000 volts across just two and a half inches of space.
Where Avalanche Energy sits
Composed from records in this dataset, not from outside research. Every figure below is counted from what the site holds, so it moves when the data does.
Avalanche Energy is one of 2 organisations in this dataset pursuing inertial electrostatic confinement.
It is one of 103 we hold in US.
Related organisations
Others pursuing the same approach, then others in the same country.
Pursuing the same technology
Others in this dataset working on Inertial electrostatic confinement.
Sources
A source marked operator is the subject’s own publication. That is legitimate, and it is not independent confirmation. Methodology.