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Starcloud raises $170M Series A at a $1.1B valuation

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Starcloud, which is building data centers in orbit powered by constant sunlight, raised $170 million in Series A at $1.1 billion valuation led by Benchmark and EQT Ventures, bringing total funding to $200 million. Starcloud became Y Combinator's fastest unicorn (17 months after demo day); its Starcloud-1 satellite flew the first H100 GPU in space and trained an AI model in orbit.

  • $170 million Series A at $1.1 billion valuation; total raised is $200 million since 2024 founding.
  • Starcloud-1 launched in November 2025 with an NVIDIA H100—first GPU of that class in orbit and first AI model trained in space.
  • Plans 88,000 orbital satellites with 20 GW capacity; Starcloud-3 is a 3-ton, 200 kW spacecraft designed for Starship launch.
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