NT-TAO is a startup exploring nuclear fusion.
NT-TAO is a startup exploring nuclear fusion.
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NT-Tao raises $22M to explore way to generate energy from nuclear fusion

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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NT-Tao has raised $22 million to explore a way to generate clean energy from nuclear fusion in an efficient way.

The Israeli startup is an example of newfound excitement around nuclear fusion, which generates clean energy by fusing atoms together, in contrast to the existing nuclear energy generated by splitting atoms. And the good thing about fusion is that it doesn’t create any long-term radioactive nuclear waste.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.