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1.7 trillion euros in high-tech potential: But who will scale it?
Germany is at a turning point. 1.7 trillion euros – that’s the size of the annual high-tech revenue potential in our country’s central future technologies. This is the conclusion of a new study presented by UnternehmerTUM together with the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) as part of the MSC Startup Hub.
At the limits of the possible – Proxima Fusion’s vision at the Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz
Fusion – that sounds like massive research facilities, decades of development time, and state billion-dollar projects. Francesco Sciortino wants to change that. With Proxima Fusion, he is building a startup in Munich that should bring nuclear fusion from basic research into industry – with the goal of realizing the first of its own fusion power plant in the 2030s. As part of the MSC Startup Hub, we spoke with the CEO. About a technological turning point, about billion-dollar investments, and about why fusion is suddenly becoming startup-ready.