Starcloud is building data centers in space, to address the AI energy need. We recently launched the first H100 to space. White paper at https://xitter.cf/t.co/G8SoHyqcAy
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Thanks @YCombinator for documenting @Starcloud_Inc1’s journey to launching the first @Nvidia H100 in space 🙏 Check it out below! 🎥🤓
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.
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Good luck with the Big Iron Express launch vehicle @BaijuBhatt and @CowboySpaceCorp team! We’d love a ride! 🚀🙌
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Good luck with the Big Iron Express @BaijuBhatt and @CowboySpaceCorp team! We’d love a ride! 🚀🙌
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The Thiel Fellowship has an insanely high unicorn rate 🤯😱
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I am shocked, absolutely shocked, that Anthropic ARR has likely gone vertical in October after they cut token prices.
Except the exact same thing happened for the entire AI market, which is why GPU rental prices have surged while token prices declined.
$100b plus in year-end ARR looks possible again.
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Caught up with a few of our favorite founders on stage at @GoannaCapital's Global Frontier Summit in Abu Dhabi
@zebulgar building space drug factories
@PhilipJohnston building space data centers
@Willob building the ocean company
The real world is the frontier
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Caught up with a few of our favorite founders on stage at @GoannaCapital's Global Frontier Summit in Abu Dhabi
@zebulgar building space drug factories
@PhilipJohnston building space data centers
@Willob building the ocean company
The real world is the frontier
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Based on the current @ycombinator batch, the new word on every billboard in SF is about to be ‘Swarm’ 🐝🐝
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Can one of the labs please spend a few trillion tokens on the hard problem of consciousness? Thank you kindly 🤓🙏
And while you’re at it please get it to confirm we don’t have free will 👌💪
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Nope @FermiExplorer
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More than half of the satellites in space right now were made here in Washington state.
We just had our strongest quarter — maybe ever — for venture capital investment in startups with the space economy as a major driver.
Great to be at the Seattle Space Superiority Summit yesterday. I'm committed to doubling down on our success. That's why I created the Governor's Space Council to ensure we continue to innovate, compete, and move forward as a leader nationwide and worldwide.
ALT Bob behind lectern reaching hand out, plane above
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They are now teaching the Fermi Paradox as part of regulatory frameworks at Harvard @Kennedy_School 👀 🤓
Honestly not the worst take. @FermiExplorer
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Wise words from Laura Kreidberg, Director of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy on the Fermi Paradox:
“It may be that intelligence is not evolutionarily favourable.”
@FermiExplorer
Once we have the telescopes to look, signs of life in the galaxy will be more frequent than we expect. For this Forecast 2050 we discuss looking up to the stars for the sparks of life that might help us answer the question that has plagued humanity for centuries. Are we alone out here?
Laura Kreidberg, Director of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg, Germany, thinks that we are within 30 years of finding out whether humanity is all alone in the universe.
Appointed at the age of 30, Laura is one of the youngest directors in the history of the Max Planck Society. Her work uses the Hubble and James Webb space telescopes to explore the atmospheres of planets orbiting distant stars. Read more about the science behind this in the @SkyandTelescope article linked below.
We discuss:
- How astronomers study exoplanet atmospheres, including measuring wind speed.
- The race to find the first exomoon.
- Why Laura would bet more than a bottle of wine that Mars and Venus once had life.
- The smoking gun evidence for alien life.
- The Fermi Paradox & whether the universe is indifferent to our presence.
- Science as soft power on the world stage.
Enjoy!
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
3:10 The Atmospheres of Other Worlds
8:14 In Astronomy, Bigger is Better
10:50 Earth-like Planets
20:04 The Huge Variety of Exoplanets
26:03 Science Communication
27:30 Intelligence is Not Evolutionary Favorable
33:30 Signs of Life on Exoplanets
40:19 Discovering Aliens in 30 Years
45:44 Science as Soft Power
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A good rule of thumb for if someone will appreciate an unsolicited professional introduction (as a founder at least):
The flow of cash resulting from the introduction will be to the introducee
Ie not recruiters, real estate people, bankers, lawyers, vendors, etc!
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@FireflySpace leverages its Elytra platform to integrate edge AI—powered by @nvidia —and host @Starcloud_ orbital data center. $FLY bypasses downlink bandwidth bottlenecks, pioneering in-space computing and unlocking high-margin orbital data services for the cislunar economy.
And yes, it has AI. space.com/space-exploration/…
