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Tom Feldman

Co-founder & CTO, Stoke Space. On 1 show, 1 appearance. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.

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A former Blue Origin engineer, Feldman co-founded Stoke Space in 2019 to develop Nova, a fully and rapidly reusable rocket designed to operate with aircraft-like frequency.

What they said3 Shows1

Everything Tom Feldman said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.

Y COMBINATOR Opinion

Feldman: Fully reusable on-demand rockets will be an iPhone App Store moment

“I think if you have something that can go up and come back to the place where you want it to go, when you want it to go, I think it is like the iPhone app store moment.”

Tom Feldman Jan 8, 2026 ▶ 0:27 Inside The Startup Building Reusable Rockets · Y Combinator

Y COMBINATOR Prediction Not checkable as stated

Feldman: Stoke Space will fly rockets daily if successful

“If we are successful, we are flying this thing every day.”

Tom Feldman Jan 8, 2026 ▶ 15:05 Inside The Startup Building Reusable Rockets · Y Combinator

Y COMBINATOR Assertion Not checkable as stated

Feldman: No Rocket Companies Were Rigorously Tackling Full Reusability in 2019

“There is this problem, you know, people are still throwing away rockets. And like, we really didn't see anybody actively working super hard to like, you know, attack that problem with rigor, combined with the fact that we thought we had a pretty good idea on h…”

Tom Feldman Jan 8, 2026 ▶ 5:03 Inside The Startup Building Reusable Rockets · Y Combinator

One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Tom's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.

Show	Role there	Eps	Statements	Record
Y COMBINATORLEDGER	Co-founder & CTO, Stoke Space	1	3	—	full record on the Y Combinator Startup Podcast →