General Fusion – founded in 2002 and based in Richmond, Canada – is developing Magnetized Target Fusion (MTF) technology. The company’s approach uses a spherical chamber and an array of piston actuators to compress a liquid-metal cavity, achieving fusion-relevant conditions without the need for superconducting magnets or high-powered lasers.

The company aims to achieve scientific breakeven equivalent in 2026—that is, reaching with D–D plasma the temperature, density, and confinement time that would correspond to Q = 1 if using D–T fuel—with the ultimate objective of providing carbon-free fusion energy to the grid in the 2030s.