#OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is thinking about expanding into the final frontier for data centers, and according to The Wall Street Journal, he considered investing in a Seattle-area startup called #StokeSpace to gain a foothold (and challenge #SpaceX CEO Elon Musk in the process). https://www.geekwire.com/2025/openai-ceo-stoke-space-data-center/ #Space

#StokeSpace, one of the brightest stars in the #Seattle area's #space startup community, says $510 million in fresh funding brings total capital raised to nearly a billion dollars - and should clear the way for the first launches of its fully reusable #Nova rocket next year. https://www.geekwire.com/2025/stoke-space-510m-nova-rocket/

#StokeSpace, one of the Seattle area's up-and-coming #space ventures, is raising hundreds of millions of dollars to get its fully reusable #Nova rocket off the ground, according to #TheInformation. https://www.geekwire.com/2025/stoke-space-reportedly-raising-funding-nova-rocket/