Episode

David Kirtley, Founder & CEO of Helion Energy

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The Social Radars
Published
Jan 7, 2026
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4306
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Summary

In today's episode we talk to the founder of a startup that will have momentous consequences for the whole world if it works: David Kirtley, Founder & CEO of Helion Energy, who is building an actual fusion power plant. Fusion has always been something that was 20 years in the future. Not anymore. The new Helion model, which they're constructing right now, is going to achieve net electricity production.