Starcloud raises $250 million at $2.3 billion valuation
Starcloud Inc. said it raised $250 million at a $2.3 billion valuation in a Series A extension led by Manhattan West and joined by Nvidia and Cisco. The startup last year launched an Nvidia graphics card into orbit and completed an orbital AI training run, and it plans to deploy up to 88,000 additional satellites with about 20 gigawatts of combined compute. Starcloud will launch Starcloud-2 in 2027 to run training and inference in orbit, then follow with Starcloud-3 and Starcloud-4 designs; the new funds will expand manufacturing and reserve launch space.
Starcloud raised $250 million to scale orbital AI satellite manufacturing.
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Starcloud launched an Nvidia graphics card into orbit about ten months ago and ran an orbital AI training job. The company announced a funding extension today. Next it plans Starcloud-2 in 2027 and mass production of larger satellites.
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