Tom Feldman

Co-founder & CTO, Stoke Space · 1 appearance on the record.

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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.

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Everything Tom Feldman said on the Y Combinator Startup Podcast that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →

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

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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

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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

Appearances (1)

Episode	Date	Speaking time
Inside The Startup Building Reusable Rockets · Y Combinator	Jan 8, 2026	3m

Tom Feldman

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