01/20/2026
Is the this most craziest thing ever chat?
YC-backed startup called GRU Space says it wants to build the first lunar hotel, taking deposits of $250K–$1M from wealthy true believers who are willing to reserve a bed on the moon years before the infrastructure exists.
The tiny startup plans to launch its first hotel, an inflatable structure, in 2032, giving SpaceX travelers an option off the Starship, Ars Technica reports.
The first tech demo is a 10kg payload slated for a commercial lunar lander in 2029, meant to prove out inflatable structures and on-site manufacturing.
Founder Skyler Chan, a 22-year-old UC Berkeley engineer, previously interned at Tesla and worked on a NASA-funded 3D printer flown to space.
GRU pitches itself as an infrastructure company that will mine outer space to support long-term human settlements.
Chan says the first hotel would be launched in 2032 and capable of supporting up to four guests, with the next iterations, built from moon bricks, taking on the style of San Francisco’s Palace of the Fine Arts. It’s an audacious vision bordering on absurd, but it has already received Y Combinator’s validation.
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Source: The Rundown Tech Newsletter
