Eric Lerner gave a Google Tech Talk in 2007:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhKB-VxJWpg
In 2013 LPP and several other fusion research companies participated in a Google Solve for X event:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1h0y4jwn7DM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDzZwVtMxg8
However, Google has not invested any money in LPP, as far as I am aware.
