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# Google backs nuclear fusion startup targeting Europe’s first commercial power plant

**Source:** Unknown  
**Published:** July 7, 2026  
**Original:** https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/07/google-proxima-fusion-funding.html  

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- [Overview](#overview)

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## Overview

Proxima Fusion has raised $468 million as it looks to move towards commercializing the promising but infamously difficult technical challenge of nuclear fusion.

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