Philip Johnston
Co-Founder & CEO @ Starcloud
- Role
- Co-founder & CEO at Starcloud
- Location
- Redmond, WA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Philip Johnston
Building data centers in space.
Experience
Co-founder & CEO
Jan 2024 — Present · Redmond, WA, US
Starcloud (YC S24) is building data centers in space to address the AI energy challenge. Falling launch costs enable Starcloud to capitalize on the abundant energy and ability to rapidly scale in space. Starcloud raised a $21M Seed round at the end of 2024 to enable the launch of multiple satellites. Their backers include Y Combinator (S24), NFX, In-Q-Tel, the NVIDIA Inception Program, and the World Economic Forum\'s Technology Pioneers. Starcloud White Paper: Starcloud.com/wp Starcloud Concept Video: Starcloud.com
Education
INSEAD
MBA exchange student specializing in new venture strategy
2017 — 2017
Columbia University
MA, Applied Mathematics
2009 — 2010
The Wharton School
MBA
2016 — 2018
Y Combinator
Co-Founder & CEO of Starcloud (YC S24)
University of Nottingham
1st Class BSc (Hons), Applied Mathematics & Theoretical Physics
2005 — 2008
CFA Institute
CFA Charterholder, First time passes
Harvard University
MPA, John F. Kennedy School of Government (HKS), National Security & Technology
2017 — 2019
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