Inertia and LLNL accelerate fusion fuel manufacturing
Aug 25, 2026 • ANS Nuclear Newswire
Inertia
Last updated
Fusion Machine Developer
Founding Year
2025
Location
San Francisco, California, United States
Leadership
Jeff Lawson, Co-founder, CEO
Annie Kritcher, Co-founder
Mike Dunne, Co-founder
Website
Inertia is pursuing a laser indirect drive fusion energy concept. They plan to develop a 10 megajoule (MJ) diode-pumped, solid state laser driving an indirect drive target with Deuterium-Tritium (DT) fuel.
News
Exclusive: Inertia Enterprises finds a way to make its fusion fuel fast
Aug 20, 2026 • TechCrunch
Publications
Indirect-Drive Fusion Target Design for Commercial Fusion Energy
Sep 17, 2026 • arXiv (physics.plasm-ph)
Guest editorial: Papers from the 5th International Conference on Data-Driven Plasma Science
Aug 17, 2026 • Physics of Plasmas
Funding Received (Investment)
February 11, 2026
roundSeries A
$450,000,000
AnnouncementSeries A: Inertia raises $450 million Series A
Jobs
Compliance Manager / Director / Counsel
Inertia
Livermore, California, United States
Legal
Full-time
Hybrid
Found a month ago
VP, Finance
Inertia
Livermore, California, United States
Finance
Full-time
On-site
Found 2 months ago
Desktop Support Technician
Inertia
Livermore, California, United States
Software Engineering
Full-time
On-site
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Optics Manufacturing Development Engineer
Inertia
Livermore, California, United States
Lasers & OpticsManufacturing
Full-time
On-site
Found 3 months ago
Project Manager
Inertia
Livermore, California, United States
Project Management
Full-time
On-site
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Senior Mechanical Engineer - Fusion Engine Design and Analysis
Inertia
Livermore, California, United States
Mechanical EngineeringNuclear Engineering
Full-time
On-site
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Senior Mechanical Design Engineer
Inertia
Livermore, California, United States
Mechanical EngineeringLasers & Optics
Full-time
On-site
Found 7 months ago
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