The startup probably has a bunch of investors. I guess they just picked the one that is the best clickbait? It's not like Tencent themselves are working on it.

It’s also a very recent investor — apparently only got in at Series C in February 2022. The startup itself has been around for more than a decade. But of course “Parkwalk Advisors-backed startup” won’t get them the clicks.

https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/first-light-fusion/c...

Looks like outrage porn or Bloomberg doing Tencent favors, yes. The FL press release contains no mention of Tencent [1]. It also doesn't contain a publishing date, which I find funny since they're claiming to be first:

> First Light Fusion (First Light), the University of Oxford fusion spin-out, today confirms it has achieved fusion.

[1] https://firstlightfusion.com/media/fusion

Outrage porn? Nah, I just typical pop sci clickbait like we used to see with like cancer-linked studies or breakthrough

Bloomberg rewards reporters based on how much their news moves the market. Tencent is the only publicly traded investor I think.

I've realized by now that Tencent (or another chinese movie investment company) being a co-producer/investor in a "western" movie production is a pretty strong predictor of the movie being a medium-to-high budget mess with a very strange script.

'Moonfall' being the most recent example.