Openstar Technologies — Technical Profile & Analysis

Deep-dive assessment of the Levitated Dipole architecture, fuel path, and market positioning.

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New Zealand

Confinement & Reactor

Magnetic Confinement (Levitated Dipole)

Fuel Strategy

Deuterium-Deuterium / p-¹¹B

Engineering Moat

Levitated Superconducting Rings

Commercial / Funding Profile

Private — Stage Undisclosed

Technology Assessment & Commercial Milestones

Only New-Zealand fusion company. Pursues a levitated-dipole reactor (a superconducting ring suspended in vacuum) inspired by Jupiter's magnetosphere — naturally turbulence-suppressing and well-suited to advanced fuels. Thesis: A dipole field is the cleanest confinement nature has ever demonstrated (Jupiter's radiation belts). Engineer it on Earth and advanced fuels become accessible. Key engineering bottlenecks: Levitation reliability of HTS ring; Heat exhaust from a closed-flux geometry. Recent milestones: 2024 — First plasma in 'Junior' demonstrator.

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