Starcloud

Starcloud (@Starcloud_Inc1) recently made history by launching a satellite with an NVIDIA H100 into orbit — the first time a GPU that powerful has ever operated in space. It's the first step toward building AI data centers in orbit, powered by continuous sunlight and cooled by radiating heat into deep space. Their approach could one day rival the world's biggest data centers while using less energy, zero fresh water, and far lower emissions. YC's @aaron_epstein visited Starcloud's HQ, where co-founders @philipjohnston, @EzraFeilden, and @Adi_Oltean explained how they built a working prototype in just 15 months — and why big tech is racing to space for AI compute.

"Either we are staggeringly rare... OR, intelligent life is somewhat short lived." @PhilipJohnston of @Starcloud_ on why 99.9% of inference is going to space, whether aliens are out there, and more. A fun, reality-expanding episode w/ @gradypb

Thanks for having me on the @Sequoia Capital podcast to talk about @Starcloud_, Pat Grady and Sonya Huang! 🙏🚀 @gradypb, @sonyatweetybird youtu.be/FKHENV75b9Q

You have $1 Trillion to build the compute backbone for AGI. How much goes to space? 100% So says @PhilipJohnston of @Starcloud_ Hear why…

Watch the full episode here: Spotify: seq.vc/g3f Apple: seq.vc/b0aab4 YouTube: seq.vc/35j

Watch Falcon 9 launch 25 @Starlink satellites to orbit from California twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

I’m super excited to finally be able to share that @Starcloud_ is collaborating with @NVIDIA on a space version of the next-gen Rubin chip called Space-1 Vera Rubin Module! Does that render look familiar?? 👀😃🚀

I just watched Jensen walk on stage to the deployment of @Starcloud_-1 😱🤯😲 @NVIDIA GTC