# Adi Oltean

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Real Alpha has cut one moment from an interview with Adi Oltean (Co-founder & chief engineer, Starcloud) on Sourcery published Oct 31, 2026.

- Role: Co-founder & chief engineer, Starcloud
- About: Built Starlink tracking-beam systems at SpaceX and GPU clusters at Microsoft; holds more than 25 patents.
- Company: [Starcloud](https://realalpha.app/companies/#starcloud)
- On X: https://x.com/AdiOltean

## From this interview

- [Falcon 9's phaseout leaves a launch gap before Starship scales](https://realalpha.app/s/falcon-9s-phaseout-leaves-a-launch-gap-before-starship/)
  Sourcery · Oct 31, 2026 · 4 min
  Starcloud booked its first rideshare 21 months ahead, and launch insurance was relatively inexpensive. But Falcon 9 is winding down before Starship is ready, and insurance cannot recover lost time.

## The episode

- [Nvidia GPUs in Orbit: Inside Starcloud’s $2B Factory](https://realalpha.app/v/mdq6urSx-f8/) · Sourcery · Oct 31, 2026