11.08.2025
Cosylab Showcases Fusionics at Fusionx:Global 2026 in Munich
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7. April 2026
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Ljubljana, April 7 2026, Cosylab participated in Fusionx:Global, the world's leading fusion energy investment conference, which took place Feb. 25-27 in Munich.
Cosylab Showcases Fusionics at Fusionx:Global 2026 in Munich
More than 500 participants representing fusion energy innovators, investors, suppliers and policymakers attended the event to advance the commercialisation of fusion energy. At the Shark Tank pitch competition, Gorazd Lampič, Senior Business Development Manager for Fusion at Cosylab, shared the company’s vision of standards and control systems for fusion reactors.
Fusionics – building the Avionics of Fusion
In his pitch, Gorazd emphasised one key point, specifically, if fusion energy is to transition from research to commercial power generation, it needs industrial-grade control systems. While scientists have demonstrated that fusion can work, there remains a significant gap in maturity needed to connect to the grid and scale. Specifically, this includes the need for a standardised control system infrastructure that will allow fusion companies to integrate their control algorithms and evolve from research to the commercial use.
Cosylab and the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) have launched an open initiative to develop community-backed control system components for commercial fusion, named Fusionics. At the event, Cosylab showcased Fusionics and a Fusion Control Platform product built on top of it. Fusion Control Platform is a digital infrastructure that enables all plant systems and fusion plasma algorithms developed by fusion companies to run smoothly and reliably. It is important to emphasize that the algorithms stay secret and proprietary to the fusion companies that have developed them.
Community Response to the Pitch
The reaction from the fusion community reflected its current inflexion point. Many of the more mature startup fusion companies, as well as investors, expressed enthusiasm for standardisation as a way to de-risk their development processes and promote a more mature and resilient supply chain. A few of the attendees saw the analogy to the aerospace industry, where the development of standardised avionics allowed the industry to reach commercial viability.
Additionally, the pitch generated some healthy debate. Several investors pointed out that “architecture and openness” resonate much more than “standardisation” alone. Other investors questioned whether the time is right for standardisation since many fusion companies are still in their initial research phase. These comments emphasise the importance of clearly communicating what standardising control systems will enable: not restrictions on innovation, but the ability to focus on their core technology.
Next Steps: Making Control Systems Part of Due Diligence for Fusion Investments
Cosylab’s call to action for investors, fusion innovators and all other stakeholders is simple: include control system strategy as part of your due diligence when considering investment opportunities in fusion energy and encourage your portfolio companies to carefully define their instrumentation and control in their strategy.
Control systems are a critical component of each and every fusion reactor. If we address these issues today rather than tomorrow, we can help ensure that control systems do not become the limiting factor in achieving commercial fusion power. Cosylab’s solution is Fusion Control Platform as a product in line with the more general fusion I&C standard, the initiative named Fusionics.
Join the ecosystem of the Fusionics open initiative today to standardise control systems, de-risk your development and accelerate commercialisation of fusion energy for a sustainable future!
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