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Starcloud Raises $170M to Build Data Centers in Space — Fastest YC Startup to Reach Unicorn Status
Starcloud, a Y Combinator-backed startup building orbital data center infrastructure, has closed a $170 million Series A — achieving unicorn status just 17 months after its YC demo day. The company is betting that space solves the physics problems that are straining Earth-bound AI infrastructure: free solar power, passive cooling, no land permits.