@AnjneyMidha: i am not an investor in starcloud but wish i was
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Starcloud has raised $250 million at a $2.3 billion valuation to expand AI compute capacity in orbit, with investors including NVIDIA and Cisco.
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i am not an investor in starcloud but wish i was
Philip Johnston (@PhilipJohnston): I’m super excited to share that we have raised $250M at a $2.3B valuation to build a LOT more AI compute capacity in orbit 🚀
Thanks so much to our supporters, including Manhattan West, who led the round, and new investors, @NVIDIA, @Cisco_Invests, @CedarCapital, Goanna Capital,
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