Brandon Sorbom
Co-founder and Chief Science Officer at Commonwealth Fusion Systems, leading efforts to commercialize fusion power using high-temperature superconducting magnets and advanced plasma control techniques.
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Mar 3, 2026 • 1h 4min
AI Is Helping Build the Power Source It Desperately Needs (Brandon Sorbom w/ Commonwealth Fusion Systems)
Brandon Sorbom, co-founder and Chief Science Officer at Commonwealth Fusion Systems, builds fusion power with high-temperature superconducting magnets. He explains tokamak design, why HTS magnets changed the game, and how AI speeds plasma control and digital-twin simulations. Manufacturing scale-up, real-time control with reinforcement learning, and timelines for Q > 1 are also explored.
