Starcloud (YC Summer 2024)

TL;DR: Starcloud is a Y Combinator Summer 2024 startup Data centers in space, currently active with a team of 12.

Data centers in space

YC ID
29808
YC Batch
Summer 2024
Status
Active
Team size
12
Industry
Industrials, Aviation and Space
Tags
Hard Tech, Satellites, Climate
YC profile
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/starcloud

Last verified:

Starcloud is building data centers in space, initially to provide GPU compute to other satellites, and later to address the rapidly growing demand for energy caused by the deployment of AI. Falling launch costs give Starcloud access to abundant energy, radiative cooling, and the ability to rapidly scale in space. In November 2025, just 21 months after founding, Starcloud launched its first satellite, Starcloud-1 to space. This has an Nvidia H100, which is 100x more powerful GPU than has ever been operated in space before. With this, they became the first entity to train an LLM in space and the first to run a version of Gemini in space. Starcloud will soon also run high-powered inference on Capella SAR data on orbit for the first time. Starcloud is launching its second satellite in October…

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Frequently asked questions

Is Starcloud a YC (Y Combinator) company?

Yes. Starcloud was funded by Y Combinator in the Summer 2024 batch. Data centers in space

What does Starcloud do?

Starcloud is building data centers in space, initially to provide GPU compute to other satellites, and later to address the rapidly growing demand for energy caused by the deployment of AI. Falling launch costs give Starcloud access to abundant energy, radiative cooling, and the ability to rapidly scale in space. In N…

What YC batch was Starcloud in?

Starcloud was part of Y Combinator's Summer 2024 batch.

How big is Starcloud?

Starcloud has a team of 12 people according to Y Combinator's directory.

Is Starcloud still active?

Starcloud is currently listed as Active with a team of 12 in Y Combinator's directory.

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