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.

Some data we recently assembled on entrepreneurship/compute in Europe: eudata.vercel.app. We hope that one of the useful roles that Stripe can play is in collecting and publishing empirical data pertaining to entrepreneurship and industry in Europe. There's growing appetite to get Europe on a better footing, and cross-sectional comparisons can often shine light on where opportunities lie. If you're interested in this kind of thing, we publish more at stripeeconomics.substack.com.

Great to have our esteemed colleagues @Google planning to join the GPU party on orbit alongside dozens of @nvidia Jetsons, Thors, and even a H100 courtesy of @Starcloud_

After years of research, Project Suncatcher is scheduled to embark on its first test in orbit, launching a prototype satellite to evaluate how Google Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) perform in space. Learn more about the science behind this moonshot. ⬇️

The amount of compute in space will obviously round up to 100% of all compute

BREAKING: Google launching TPUs in space NEXT WEEK on SpaceX falcon 9 to test AI data centers orbit ITS HAPPENING

The amount of compute in space will obviously round up to 100% of all compute

In the last 12 months, my LinkedIn went from about 50k follower to 80k (+60%). While my X went from about 5k to 30k (+500%). I posted pretty much the same stuff on each. 🤔🧐

Stoked for the return of morning launch

The lesson creators should take away from this is that they should be spending their time building really audacious hard things like data centers in space

It is 2050, AGI has replaced 99.99% of jobs, every disease has been cured, fusion is solved. Soyuz is still flying

Thanks NASA Administrator Isaacman @rookisaacman for being one of the biggest supporters of orbital data centers… and interstellar missions! 😲😃🚀 @Starcloud_, @FermiExplorer

I love my job 🤓😁 @NASA

Thanks NASA Administrator Isaacman @rookisaacman for being one of the biggest supporters of orbital data centers… and interstellar missions! 😲😃🚀 @Starcloud_, @FermiExplorer

Two of my favorite spaceflight people together!

Thanks NASA Administrator Isaacman @rookisaacman for being one of the biggest supporters of orbital data centers… and interstellar missions! 😲😃🚀 @Starcloud_, @FermiExplorer

Thanks NASA Administrator Isaacman @rookisaacman for being one of the biggest supporters of orbital data centers… and interstellar missions! 😲😃🚀 @Starcloud_, @FermiExplorer