"An H100 is probably not the best chip for space, to be honest, but the reason we did it is we wanted to prove that we could run state of the art terrestrial chips in space."
"We're not going to be competitive on energy costs until Starship is flying frequently."
Starcloud, a space compute startup, has secured $170 million in Series A funding, reaching a valuation of $1.1 billion in just 17 months. The company aims to deploy GPU-loaded satellites to create data centers in space. However, the business model faces challenges due to the current limitations in rocket frequency and launch costs. Starcloud's first satellite, launched in late 2025, carries an Nvidia H100 GPU, with plans for future versions to include multiple GPUs. The company acknowledges that competitive energy costs depend on the frequency of SpaceX's Starship launches.
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