{
  "id": 6405834,
  "title": "Ex-Google DeepMind duo raise €3.2m to build software for fusion startups",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/ex-google-deepmind-duo-raise-3-2m-to-build-software-for-fusion",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-09T10:19:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Sifted",
    "slug": "sifted",
    "url": "https://sifted.eu/articles/google-deepmind-fusionality-raise/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Two former Google DeepMind scientists have secured €3.2 million in pre-seed funding for their startup, Fusionality, a spinoff from the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). The venture aims to develop software infrastructure for nuclear fusion companies. Éanna Kelly, a contributing editor at Sifted and author of Startup Life, covered the news.",
  "summary": null,
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": "This funding round signals that investors are betting on former Google DeepMind talent to provide crucial software infrastructure for the emerging nuclear fusion industry.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "TechCrunch",
        "title": "Google DeepMind alumni are building tools to accelerate fusion power for the grid",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/google-deepmind-alumni-are-building-tools-to-accelerate-fusion-power",
        "published": "2026-09-09T06:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}