Technology28 Sept 2026SEO 801 min read

Analysis: Commonwealth Fusion Systems’ Brandon Sorbom and Helion’s David Kirtley on bring…

For decades, commercial fusion power has seemed perpetually out of reach. Now two companies are building toward something much more concrete: putting fusion-ge…

For decades, commercial fusion power has seemed perpetually out of reach. Now two companies are building toward something much more concrete: putting fusion-generated electricity on the grid. Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) is building SPARC, a demonstration fusion machine intended to pave the way for its first commercial power plant, ARC. Helion is developing Orion, a 50-megawatt fusion power plant intended to supply electricity to Microsoft beginning in 2028. At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 , CF…

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