Philip Johnston - Founder of StarCloud (YC S24) | The Space Computing Era Has Begun

What if Earth can no longer support the future of AI?In this episode of The Founder's Code, I speak with Philip Johnston, founder and CEO of StarCloud - a startup building data centers in space.Philip isn’t just another founder. He’s building infrastructure for a post-terrestrial future, where compute is moved into orbit to escape Earth’s growing energy bottlenecks. We talk about space infrastructure, superintelligence, the future of civilization, and how YC helped him bet on a 100-year vision.In this episode:Why the future of AI will require orbital computingHow StarCloud plans to offer power at $0.002/kWhRadiation shielding, vacuum radiators, and launching Nvidia H100s into orbitPhilip’s thoughts on the AI singularity, Dyson spheres, and the Fermi paradoxWhat founders can learn from taking truly hard betsWhether you’re building on Earth or planning beyond it, this conversation is a look at the kind of founder thinking 100 years ahead.