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# Trump Media to Merge with Nuclear Fusion Company that Wants to Power AI
- URL: https://broadbandbreakfast.com/trump-media-to-merge-with-nuclear-fusion-company-that-wants-to-power-ai/
- Published: 2025-12-18T15:54:27.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-17T21:51:19.000Z
- Description: Fusion technology has been seen as a long way off but tech companies view it as a promising way of powering their energy-hungry AI data centers.
- Author: Associated Press
- Tags: Energy Department, Nuclear, AI, #with-siderail, Energy, trump media, Devin Nunes, TAE Technologies, Michl Binderbauer, Donald Trump, Google, IAEA, Sam Altman, OpenAI, Microsoft

Dec. 18, 2025 (AP) – Trump Media & Technology will merge with a fusion power company in an all-stock deal that the companies said Thursday is valued at more than $6 billion.

**Devin Nunes**, the Republican congressman who resigned in 2021 to become the CEO of Trump Media, will be co-CEO of the new company with TAE Technologies CEO **Michl Binderbauer**.

The combined company says it plans to find a site and begin construction next year on the “world’s first utility-scale fusion power plant,” with aims to [provide the electricity](https://tae.com/trump-media-and-technology-group-to-merge-with-tae-technologies/?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com) needed for artificial intelligence.

Shares of [Trump Media & Technology](https://apnews.com/hub/trump-media-technology-group?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com), the parent company of President **Donald Trump's** Truth Social media platform, have tumbled 70% this year but jumped 20% before the opening bell Thursday.

Backed by Google and other investors, TAE is a private company and the merger with Trump Media would create one of the first publicly traded nuclear fusion companies.

“We’re taking a big step forward toward a revolutionary technology that will cement America’s global energy dominance for generations," Nunes said in a prepared statement.

TAE focuses on nuclear fusion, a technology that combines two light atomic nuclei to form a single heavier one. It releases enormous amount of energy, a process that occurs on the sun and other stars, according to the United Nations' International Atomic Energy Agency. It's been seen as a promising [solution to climate change](https://apnews.com/article/fusion-nuclear-john-kerry-cop28-climate-power-energy-40ffa257eae528163f68554368cacfee?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com) caused by burning fossil fuels, but one that is a long way off compared to today's clean technologies like wind and solar.

TAE and Trump Media shareholders will each own approximately 50% of the combined company.

Trump is by far the largest stakeholder in Trump Media, owning 41% of all outstanding shares.

In October, the U.S. Department of Energy released what it called a “roadmap” for fusion technology, with the aim of fostering “a burgeoning fusion private sector industry in the U.S. toward maturity on the most rapid timeline.” A number of tech companies, including Google, Microsoft and OpenAI CEO **Sam Altman**, have shown interest in fusion technology as a way of powering the energy-hungry data centers needed to build and run their AI products.

TAE and Trump Media say the transaction values each TAE common stock at $53.89 per share.

At closing, Trump Media & Technology Group will be the holding company for Truth Social and TAE, along with its subsidiaries TAE Power Solutions and TAE Life Sciences.

*This article was written by the Associated Press.*