Starcloud, a startup based in the United States, has secured $170 million in funding during its Series A round, elevating the company’s value to $1.1 billion. This achievement swiftly propels the company to unicorn status shortly after its participation in the Y Combinator program. Benchmark and EQT Ventures spearheaded the funding efforts.
The primary goal of Starcloud is to establish data centers in space, offering an innovative solution to the challenges faced by traditional on-ground facilities, such as energy limitations, land usage restrictions, and regulatory hurdles. While this concept is relatively untested, it is anticipated to demand substantial financial resources for its development.
Having accumulated a total of $200 million in funding thus far, Starcloud deployed its inaugural satellite in November 2025, featuring an Nvidia H100 processor. A more advanced iteration, dubbed Starcloud 2, is slated for release later this year. This upgraded system will integrate various processors, including components from Nvidia’s Blackwell architecture, cloud infrastructure from Amazon Web Services (AWS), and a bitcoin mining computer, as reported by Techcrunch.
Additionally, Starcloud is actively working on a larger spacecraft, Starcloud 3, envisioned to serve as a comprehensive orbital data center. The company plans to launch this system aboard Starship, a revolutionary reusable rocket under development by SpaceX.