Starcloud seeks $200 million at $2.2 billion valuation
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Updated · The Information · Apr 30
Starcloud seeks $200 million at $2.2 billion valuation
11 articles · Updated · The Information · Apr 30
The two-year-old Redmond, Washington startup is pursuing the round about a month after raising $170 million at a $1.1 billion valuation including investment.
It is pitching orbital data centres for AI cloud providers and the US Department of Defense, after launching a demonstration satellite with one Nvidia H100 GPU in November.
The fundraising reflects AI-era fast-follow rounds and growing interest in space-based computing, despite industry scepticism and competition from SpaceX and Blue Origin.
As tech giants plan their own AI constellations, can a startup truly win the race for data centers in space?
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