> If a technology (especially one as significant as fusion) is viable and the production kinks need to be worked out, then VC-backers are going to dump money in

> If a technology (especially one as significant as fusion) is viable and the production kinks need to be worked out, then VC-backers are going to dump money into it in an effort to be first-to-market. case in point - SpaceX. Before Musk private space on a big scale (not the laughable Pegasus) was may be just a couple notches below fusion. Once Musk shown the way for everybody, now we have VCs going all in. VCs are really very risk averse - they aren't going to dump money into being the first to make fusion because it is risky, they are going to dump money into the 20 startups of the second wave to make money for sure even if most of those startups fail.