Tim Fernholz

"When China figures out how to reuse them, that is going to drop the launch cost for them tremendously, and then they could use it as part of their soft power outreach to launch things for potential allies very cheaply." ~ @VSamson_DC, SWF's Chief Director, Space Security and Stability, in @TimFernholz's @TechCrunch article. Read 👉 techcrunch.com/2026/07/10/chi…

@mynameisyahia sigh! sorry my face is spamming you

@TimFernholz yep, seemed super off.

Just for the record, an account named @allen_1688 is using a picture of me and pretending to be a reporter at TechCrunch. He's not. We've asked X to take down the account, and so far they have not.

US autonomous military vehicle startup Forterra says it deployed 100+ Lancer UGVs, based on Polaris ATVs, in Ukraine since 2025, completing 1,100+ missions (@timfernholz / TechCrunch) (Visit Techmeme dot com for the link and full context!)

Thank you to @TimFernholz at @TechCrunch for covering our launch! techcrunch.com/2026/06/17/col…

We were honored to work with @NASAJPL on this project to demonstrate the first reported vision language model in space. It was a great conversation with @TimFernholz to discuss how AI is on track to transform Earth observation. #AIinSpace #SpaceMadeSimple

📣 @TimFernholz at @TechCrunch breaks down how General Compute is building its inference cloud with SambaNova, and why faster, more efficient inference infrastructure is becoming critical for the next wave of AI. Featuring insights from General Compute CEO @FPuklowski and CTO @GoodisonJason. techcrunch.com/2026/05/28/has…

@TechCrunch's @TimFernholz reports: “Max Hodak’s Science Corp. is preparing to place its first sensor in a human brain.” Science Advisor Dr. Murat Günel says: “The idea of using natural connections through neurons and creating a biological interface between the electronics and the human brain is genius.” techcrunch.com/2026/04/14/max…

AI cloud infrastructure company Parasail raised a $32M Series A led by Touring Capital and Kindred Ventures, bringing its total funding to $42M (@timfernholz / TechCrunch) techcrunch.com/2026/04/15/par… #a260415p31" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">techmeme.com/260415/p31#a26… 📥 Send tips! techmeme.com/contact

Space data center startup Starcloud raised a $170M Series A led by Benchmark and EQT at a $1.1B valuation, and plans to launch Starcloud 2 later in 2026 (@timfernholz / TechCrunch) techcrunch.com/2026/03/30/sta… #a260330p16" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">techmeme.com/260330/p16#a26… 📥 Send tips! techmeme.com/contact

We have shipped our 20kW satellite - Gravitas - to the launch site. Given the supply chain to operate at this power regime doesn’t exist, we had to build 85% of the satellite in-house. This includes building our own large solar arrays, high power propulsion system, large batteries, large reaction wheels and much more. This launch will represent the first time all of these systems are test on orbit together. Internally at @K2SpaceCo, we’ve thought about a few levels of success for this mission - we expect mission success to fall somewhere along this spectrum: - Tier 1 (Baseline mission success): Deploy solar arrays, establish comms, operate the satellite —> we’ve now got an operational 20kW satellite on orbit - Tier 2: Power on the payloads, activate the 20kW propulsion system —> we’re completing payload missions and have fired the highest power hall thruster ever flown on orbit - Tier 3: Orbit raise the satellite, test performance in high radiation environments (like 2,000km) —> we’ve collected massive amounts of data on the performance of the platform in very very difficult environments More than anything, Gravitas represents the start of an iterative journey, where we will take the data we receive from this first satellite and incorporate it into the next wave of satellites launching next year. We’re excited to start this journey, we’ll report back as we get more data. Thanks to Tim for covering our story on TechCrunch techcrunch.com/2026/03/19/k2-…

Google Research launches Groundsource, a geo-tagged time series dataset created by using Gemini to extract 2.6M flood events from 5M historical news articles (@timfernholz / TechCrunch) techcrunch.com/2026/03/12/goo… #a260312p18" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">techmeme.com/260312/p18#a26… 📥 Send tips! techmeme.com/contact

FreeForm, which is building an AI native 3D printing system that uses 18 lasers to fuse metal powders into precision components, raised a $67M Series B (@timfernholz / TechCrunch) techcrunch.com/2026/02/19/fre… #a260219p26" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">techmeme.com/260219/p26#a26… 📥 Send tips! techmeme.com/contact

This article by @TimFernholz is by far the best explainer on this issue that I've read and I've had to read a lot of these articles lately Why the economics of orbital AI are so brutal techcrunch.com/2026/02/11/why… via @techcrunch

@genericish @VSamson_DC @SpaceDavenport @TechCrunch

@VSamson_DC @SpaceDavenport @TimFernholz @TechCrunch Yet somehow failed to mention the electrical power constraints for earth based data centers

A great rundown from @TimFernholz on the problems Elon will be taking on as he tries to make orbital data centers work techcrunch.com/2026/02/11/why…

@johnnulls @HBendaas I believe that paragraph is a section from Noonan's column that I liked and was originally indented in some way. The two Christmas trees line is killer and I'd remember if I came up with it

@HBendaas in the words of @TimFernholz (i hope) Homeland is not an America concept prospect.org/2008/12/05/noo…

Do you know what country’s online communications style this reminds me of

What Happens When the US Stops Funding the Science Behind SpaceX @TimFernholz bloomberg.com/news/articles/… #NASA #SpaceX

.@TimFernholz asking all the right questions here Extra shielding weight added to Firefly's Alpha rocket could result in a decent reduction to its 1,000 kg to LEO payload capacity. Working with thin, thin margins in the small lift launch game

During the Space Transformation Summit—hosted by Aerospace, @aiaa, @SpaceForceDoD and @TechCrunch—eight leaders engaged in a tabletop "riskgaming" exercise designed by @Lux_Capital. Over the course of four rounds, players acted as CEOs of AI companies or government entities in a competition to outpace China in AI tech milestones In a post-game discussion with @TimFernholz, Aerospace CTO Debra Emmons, @sramji (Sailplane CEO and @trueventures' AI Scout), @DannyCrichton (Lux Capital), and USSF Lt. Col. Tim Trimailo shared their insights on the experience. Learn more about what the exercise entailed and challenges participants faced on @payloadspace: payloadspace.com/the-pentagon-a…