Chase Lochmiller is a technology entrepreneur who co-founded Crusoe, an AI infrastructure company that originated in flare-gas-powered Bitcoin mining. Chase Lochmiller's Twitter Score is 92 out of 1000 (a Good rating) as of July 2026, ranking #9,281 (top 5%) among 531,432 tracked accounts.
Chase Lochmiller co-founded Crusoe in 2018 alongside energy investment banker Cully Cavness. The company initially deployed data center modules to harvest waste gases from oilfields to power energy-intensive computing, including Bitcoin mining, before shifting focus to permanent data center facilities and AI infrastructure. Chase Lochmiller serves as CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors.
Chase Lochmiller has led Crusoe through several major funding rounds. In April 2022, the company raised $350 million in Series C funding led by G2VP, alongside $155 million in new credit facilities, per Crusoe's newsroom. In December 2024, Crusoe raised $600 million in a Series D led by Founders Fund, joined by Fidelity, Long Journey Ventures, Mubadala, NVIDIA, Ribbit Capital, and Valor Equity Partners, valuing the company at $2.8 billion according to Crusoe's newsroom. In October 2025, Crusoe closed an oversubscribed $1.4 billion equity round led by Mubadala Capital and Valor Equity Partners, valuing the company at over $10 billion, with total capital raised reaching approximately $3.9 billion since founding, according to the Financial Times.
Chase Lochmiller has also overseen significant partnerships and projects at Crusoe. The company is building the first phase of OpenAI's Stargate data-center project in Abilene, Texas, and in October 2024 entered a $3.4 billion joint venture with Blue Owl Capital and Primary Digital Infrastructure for AI data center development, per Crusoe's newsroom. Crusoe's current products include Crusoe Cloud, managed inference, AI data center infrastructure, manufacturing, and energy infrastructure for AI workloads.
Chase Lochmiller previously worked at Polychain Capital, and before that served as a quantitative researcher and trader at Jump Trading and at GETCO. Chase Lochmiller is also a board member of CSforAll. Chase Lochmiller's account has 543 posts and has been mentioned by 48 accounts a total of 157 times.
Chase Lochmiller has also backed Polymarket and Ritual.
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