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Rana Iqbal
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Rana Iqbal

Rana covers long-horizon research — fusion, energy, the science that does not fit a quarterly report — and has a famously low tolerance for moving goalposts. She holds a PhD in plasma physics she insists is 'mostly decorative now.'

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The fusion startup that raised $100M by promising 2034
Fusion

The fusion startup that raised $100M by promising 2034

Thea Energy’s oversubscribed Series B is real money for a real machine. The interesting question is what the money is actually buying — and on what timescale.

Rana Iqbal·May 22·8 min
A power plant that has not worked yet
Energy

A power plant that has not worked yet

Commonwealth Fusion has applied to plug a 400-megawatt fusion plant into the grid. The reactor it depends on has not yet produced a single watt of net energy — and that is the whole story.

Rana Iqbal·May 29·9 min
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