# Starcloud: space robotics company

Canonical ID: `8bd99611-a452-4406-8fac-0594fac675d2`

## Key facts

- **Funding:** [$200M total](/investors.md) ([see investors](/investors.md))
- **Valuation:** [$1.1B (Series A)](/valuations.md) ([see valuations ranking](/valuations.md))

- **Slug:** starcloud
- **Founded:** 2024
- **HQ:** Seattle, Washington, USA
- **Funding total (USD):** 200000000
- **Category:** [Space](/space)

## Models

- [Starcloud Orbital Data Center](/models/starcloud-orbital-datacenter.md) (space) (id: `dbd2071b-3307-4802-9016-3fd40c9cee41`)

## Current leadership (1)

- [Philip Johnston](/people/philip-johnston.md) CEO & Co-founder (secondary-verified)

## Supplies to

_No verified supply relationships on file. Supply-chain coverage is being added across the registry; check back as the seed populates this company's outbound edges._

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## Common questions

### What is Starcloud?

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.

### What does Starcloud make?

Starcloud has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Starcloud Orbital Data Center (Starcloud builds both physical robots and the AI that runs them).

### Where is Starcloud headquartered?

Starcloud is headquartered in Seattle, Washington, USA.

### How much funding has Starcloud raised?

Starcloud has raised approximately $200M in disclosed funding on record in the DEPLOY registry.

### Where does Starcloud operate robots?

Starcloud is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.

### When was Starcloud founded?

Starcloud was founded in 2024.


## Sources (1)

1. https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/30/starcloud-raises-170-million-series-ato-build-data-centers-in-space/

## The verified answers

- [Which companies have the most robots deployed](/which-companies-have-the-most-robots-deployed.md)
- [Which operators run the most robots](/which-operators-run-the-most-robots.md)
- [Which robot operators cover the most countries](/which-robot-operators-cover-the-most-countries.md)

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