YC Summer 2026 (S26) founder

Harper Dammann Smith

Founder of Pacific, Mass-producing and deploying micro data centers for Earth and Space

Company

Harper Dammann Smith is listed as a founder of Pacific. We mass-produce modular data centers that deploy on stalled infrastructure projects losing billions per week. Delayed infrastructure projects hemorrhage $1B a week in the US alone - Pacific mass-produces modular data centers that deploy on those sites in days and turn their unused power into revenue. Data centers are stuck for years waiting for power, while delayed construction sites across the world sit on unused interconnects, losing billions of dollars per week in interest on trillions of dollars of debt. Our pods deploy on those sites and generate revenue for them in days. They use diamond wafers in the cooling system so pods run anywhere on earth, even a desert. We'll use the same mechanisms we're building today to deploy compute across the galaxy.

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    The world bet trillions on data centers that can't be built fast enough, I'm incredibly excited to launch @Pacific_YCS26 with @ycombinator.

    The world bet trillions on data centers that can't be built fast enough, I'm incredibly excited to launch @Pacific_YCS26 with @ycombinator. We mass-produce and deploy micro data centers for Earth and space, faster than anyone else. Delayed infrastructure projects lose...

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    I dropped out of uni after selling my last company.

    I dropped out of uni after selling my last company. Today @Pacific_YCS26 is in @ycombinator - and we're hiring! Pacific mass-produces micro data centers that deploy in the hardest environments on earth and in space, faster than anyone else. Our first cluster goes live this...

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    Shooting our first company headshots! https://t.co/hAyGKXAt0X

    Shooting our first company headshots! https://t.co/hAyGKXAt0X

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    The CEO of the @FinancialTimes invited us to talk about our startup! We hit £10K MRR in our first month building digital twins for the worlds biggest companies.

    The CEO of the @FinancialTimes invited us to talk about our startup! We hit £10K MRR in our first month building digital twins for the worlds biggest companies. We capture years of employee knowledge and use it to deploy agents that solve problems only experienced staff could...

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    Great fun at the YC alumni party around the dogpatch https://t.co/ae3zYOz6T1

    Great fun at the YC alumni party around the dogpatch https://t.co/ae3zYOz6T1

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    Had a super fun time at YC - met some very cool engineers from Stanford as well.

    Had a super fun time at YC - met some very cool engineers from Stanford as well. I’m really excited by robotics and now have a clearer picture of the robotics and physical Ai wave fits into what building with https://t.co/7XrFeIij6M https://t.co/ORLaWts0aC