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Zap Energy

Zap Energy

Zap Energy is an integrated nuclear energy company building fission, fusion, and intersectional technologies to deliver on-demand, carbon-free power at scale.

Sector
Fusion

163 in this dataset

Technology
Z-pinch

3 developers pursuing it

Fuel
Deuterium–tritium
Headquarters
🇺🇸Everett, US

103 organisations in US

Founded
2017
Status
Active
Role
Fusion developer

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.
Z-pinch › › Z-pinch
A current driven straight through a plasma column, whose own magnetic field squeezes it inward. Long dismissed as unstable; sheared-flow stabilisation revived it.
Deuterium–tritium
Lowest ignition threshold; 80% of energy in 14.1 MeV neutrons. The reference fuel for every near-term net-gain claim.

Funding

$160M
disclosed equity

across 1 round

1
unpriced commitment

award ceilings, listings and offtakes carry no cash figure

Deals involving Zap Energy
DateInstrumentAmountDetail
2023-05 Milestone-based award unpriced DOE Milestone-Based Fusion Development Program
2022-06 Equity roundSeries C $160M

Where Zap 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.

Zap Energy is one of 3 organisations in this dataset pursuing z-pinch.

It is one of 103 we hold in US.

It operates 1 device in this dataset, none of which carries recorded performance figures.

Disclosed equity funding totals $160m across 1 round, which ranks 7 of 14 among organisations here with a disclosed figure.

It also holds 1 award or agreement carrying no cash figure, which are deliberately not added to that total.

Related organisations

Others pursuing the same approach, then others in the same country.

Devices operated 1

Pursuing the same technology

Others in this dataset working on Z-pinch.

Sources

A source marked operator is the subject’s own publication. That is legitimate, and it is not independent confirmation. Methodology.