Starcloud raises $170m to build orbital AI data centers
Starcloud announced on April 2, 2026 that it has raised a $170 million Series A at a $1.1 billion valuation, making it Y Combinator’s fastest-ever unicorn. The Redmond-based startup will use the capital to build orbital data centers designed to relieve the terrestrial energy bottleneck for large-scale AI compute.
Source: StreetInsider (Business Wire)