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Re:Tencent-Backed UK Startup First Light Achieves Nuclear Fu... by rapsey on Tuesday April 05, 2022 @04:47AM (#30916686)
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.
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Re:Tencent-Backed UK Startup First Light Achieves Nuclear Fu... by oefrha on Tuesday April 05, 2022 @05:38AM (#30916988)
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...

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Re:Tencent-Backed UK Startup First Light Achieves Nuclear Fu... by tommiegannert on Tuesday April 05, 2022 @05:28AM (#30916947)
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

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Re:Tencent-Backed UK Startup First Light Achieves Nuclear Fu... by Rastonbury on Tuesday April 05, 2022 @08:38AM (#30918210)
Outrage porn? Nah, I just typical pop sci clickbait like we used to see with like cancer-linked studies or breakthrough
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Re:Tencent-Backed UK Startup First Light Achieves Nuclear Fu... by jpgvm on Tuesday April 05, 2022 @07:01AM (#30917461)
Bloomberg rewards reporters based on how much their news moves the market. Tencent is the only publicly traded investor I think.
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