# UK invests £2.5bn, Proxima raises $148m, and plasma code cracked

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Podcast: [Fusion News](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fusion-news-2296831)
Published: 2025-06-25T08:30:00+00:00
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## Resource

Dr. Cyd Cowley, working at the intersection of fusion and AI at FIA affiliate member digiLab, gives today's global fusion news update. Links to all of the stories mentioned are included below. 1. Major funding milestone for world-first protype fusion plant https://www.gov.uk/government/news/25-billion-for-world-first-prototype-fusion-energy-plant 2. Europe's fastest-growing nuclear fusion company raises $148 million in record funding round https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/11/nuclear-fusion-proxima-raises-148-million-in-record-funding-round.html 3. Nuclear fusion's plasma code cracked by US researchers' elusive 'voids' breakthrough https://interestingengineering.com/energy/fusion-plasma-code-cracked-us-researchers Bonus: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/concept-borrowed-from-video-games-leads-to-fusion-energy-breakthrough/1100-6531863/ https://www.princeton.edu/news/2025/06/20/nj-hax-plasma-forge-new-strategic-innovation-center-coming-princeton-area

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