# Inertia

> Inertia is a Livermore fusion company building a commercial power plant around the laser indirect drive method demonstrated at the National Ignition Facility. Its plan combines modular high power lasers, mass manufactured fuel targets, and utility scale plant engineering. It has raised $450 million in Series A funding and partnered with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, but it has not yet generated commercial electricity.

- **Founded:** 2024
- **Headquarters:** Livermore, United States
- **Founders:** Jeff Lawson (Co-founder and CEO), Annie Kritcher (Co-founder and Chief Scientist), Mike Dunne (Co-founder and CTO)
- **Products:** Thunderwall laser beamline, Fusion fuel targets, Fusion power plant
- **Notable:** Raised a $450 million Series A announced in February 2026., Signed an expansive research partnership with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in April 2026., Opened a new Livermore headquarters in July 2026.

## Products & services

- **Thunderwall laser beamline** — Planned modular diode pumped laser beamline intended to deliver 10 kilojoules per beam at 10 pulses per second; a prototype is in development.
- **Fusion fuel targets** — Planned mass manufactured indirect drive deuterium tritium targets; the company is developing assembly and rapid frozen fuel layering processes.
- **Fusion power plant** — Planned utility scale plant integrating lasers, targets, target injection, heat capture, and steam turbines; it is not yet operating.

## Achievements

- Raised a $450 million Series A announced in February 2026.
- Signed an expansive research partnership with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in April 2026.
- Opened a new Livermore headquarters in July 2026.
- Reported reducing a frozen fuel layering step from days to two to three hours with LLNL in August 2026.
- Reported a September 2026 target simulation showing more than 25 times target gain under modeled commercial conditions.
- Announced laser supply collaborations with Coherent, Laserline, and Leonardo in September 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Announced collaborations with Coherent, Laserline, and Leonardo to address laser diode cost and manufacturing scale.
- **2026-09** — Published LLNL code based virtual shot results projecting more than 25 times target gain; this is a simulation, not a plant demonstration.
- **2026-08** — Reported a rapid frozen fuel layering process developed with LLNL, cutting a key step from days to two to three hours.
- **2026-07** — Opened its new Livermore headquarters and published its phase one commercial roadmap.
- **2026-04** — Formalized a research partnership with LLNL on lasers, target design, and fabrication.

## Links

- Website: https://inertia.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/inertia-fusion

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