#Starcloud, a #spacecompute company, raised $170 million in a Series A funding round, valuing the company at $1.1 billion. The company plans to build data centres in space. While the business model relies on #unproventechnology and significant capital expenditure, Starcloud aims to offer cost-competitive data centre services by the 2030s. https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/30/starcloud-raises-170-million-series-ato-build-data-centers-in-space/?eicker.news #tech #media #news
Starcloud raises $170 million Series A to build data centers in space | TechCrunch

Starcloud becomes the fastest Y Combinator startup to reach unicorn status, just 17 months after demo day.

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Starcloud raises $170 million Series A to build data centers in space | TechCrunch

Starcloud becomes the fastest Y Combinator startup to reach unicorn status, just 17 months after demo day.

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Starcloud has raised 170M USD in Series A funding to build data centers in orbit, becoming the fastest Y Combinator startup to reach unicorn status in just 17 months after demo day. The space-based infrastructure aims to address growing AI compute demands from above the atmosphere. https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/30/starcloud-raises-170-million-series-ato-build-data-centers-in-space/ #AIagent #AI #GenAI #AIInfrastructure #Starcloud
Starcloud raises $170 million Series A to build data centers in space | TechCrunch

Starcloud becomes the fastest Y Combinator startup to reach unicorn status, just 17 months after demo day.

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Starcloud has raised 170 million USD in Series A funding to build data centers in space, becoming the fastest Y Combinator startup to reach unicorn status just 17 months after demo day. The company values at 1.1 billion USD and launched its first satellite with an Nvidia H100 GPU in November 2025. Starcloud plans to deploy more powerful versions with multiple GPUs and ultimately build a 200-kilowatt orbital data center spacecraft. https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/30/starcloud-raises-170-million-series-ato-build-data-centers-in-space/ #Tech #Startup #News #SpaceTech #Starcloud
Starcloud raises $170 million Series A to build data centers in space | TechCrunch

Starcloud becomes the fastest Y Combinator startup to reach unicorn status, just 17 months after demo day.

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Starcloud recauda 170 millones de dólares Serie A para construir centros de datos en el espacio – ButterWord

Starcloud becomes the fastest Y Combinator startup to reach unicorn status, just 17 months after demo day.

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While various clowns on #socials are busy calculating how many earthen jugs of water
It will take to cool the entirely impossible #datacentres in orbit...
...the first #AI orbital test installation has been up in orbit since November...

https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/starcloud-1-satellite-reaches-space-with-nvidia-h100-gpu-now-operating-in-orbit/

#orbit #llm #StarCloud

Starcloud-1 satellite reaches space, with Nvidia H100 GPU now operating in orbit

A trial deployment ahead of data centers in space ambitions

Knettergek van zijne Muskigheid. Dit is voor elke reeks elke ochtend een continue (!) ‘starlink-trein’. Met slechts 3 km tussen 2 datacentersatellieten*, is de schijnbare afstand in het zenit een halve maandiameter, dus echt de ene na de andere. #Starcloud
(*Kessler, hou je klaar!)

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Ein Fiebertraum namens orbitales Rechenzentrum

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Ein Fiebertraum namens orbitales Rechenzentrum

KI-Rechenzentren im Weltall – das könnte machbar sein. Aber zu welchem Preis? Und welches Motiv steckt eigentlich dahinter? Ein Kommentar von Thomas Siebel.

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