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Starcloud

Space compute company building solar-powered data centers that operate in orbit.

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Founded
2024
HQ
Seattle, Washington, USA

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As of Aug 2026, DEPLOY verifies Starcloud: 1 model, $200.0M raised. 1 source back the record.

CategorySpace

Funding

$200.0M

Models

1

Overview

Space compute company building solar-powered data centers that operate in orbit. YC S24 startup, fastest unicorn in YC history (17 months post-demo day). Founded Jan 2024 by Philip Johnston (CEO), Ezra Feilden (CTO), and Adi Oltean (Chief Engineer) in Seattle.

Launched Starcloud-1 (Nov 2025) with Nvidia H100 — first to train an LLM in space. USD 170M Series A (Mar 2026) at $1.1B valuation led by Benchmark. FCC filing for 88,000-satellite constellation. Starcloud-2 launching Oct 2026 with Nvidia B200.

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Active incidents
None on file

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Safety record

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Recent coverage

Starcloud in third-party press

Starcloud raises $170M for space-based data centers, hits $1.1B valuation

Mar 30, 2026