Stellarex

Magnetic confinement — AI-optimized stellarator

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Confinement

Magnetic

Fuel Cycle

Deuterium-Tritium (D-T)

Funding

Undisclosed

Timeline

TBD

Executive Summary

Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) spinoff founded by Princeton astrophysicist Amitava Bhattacharjee and former PPPL Chief Science Officer Michael Zarnstorff. Stellarex uses advanced AI and HPC to design optimized stellarator configurations that relax the punishing manufacturing tolerances historically required, aiming to commercialize the inherently stable stellarator geometry.

Strategic Thesis

Optimization plus modern manufacturing can collapse stellarator cost — buy the steady-state physics without the artisanal coil bill.

Engineering Bottlenecks

Precision coil manufacturing at reactor scale
Divertor and tritium handling in a 3D geometry

Milestone Timeline

2024
Company founded out of Princeton/PPPL lineage

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Capital runway8.2
Technical maturity6.8
Supply-chain risk5.4

Regulatory exposure7.1
Talent depth7.6
Commercial pathway5.9

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Fact sheet

Region: North America
Country: USA
Headquarters: Princeton, New Jersey
Status: Seed-stage; reactor design using PPPL/Princeton tooling

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Citations & Sources

Academic & financial rigor

[01]
The Global Fusion Industry in 2025
Fusion Industry Association · Jul 2025
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Company disclosures and press releases
Stellarex
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Peer-reviewed plasma physics literature
Journal of Plasma Physics / Nuclear Fusion