<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><edgarSubmission xmlns="http://www.sec.gov/edgar/schedule13D" xmlns:com="http://www.sec.gov/edgar/common">
  <headerData>
    <submissionType>SCHEDULE 13D/A</submissionType>
    <previousAccessionNumber>0001493152-24-027836</previousAccessionNumber>
    <filerInfo>
      <filer>
        <filerCredentials>
          <!-- Field: Pseudo-Tag; ID: Name; Data: CORTEGOSO PABLO -->
          <cik>0002028166</cik>
          <ccc>XXXXXXXX</ccc>
        </filerCredentials>
      </filer>
      <liveTestFlag>LIVE</liveTestFlag>



    </filerInfo>
  </headerData>
  <formData>
    <coverPageHeader>
      <amendmentNo>1</amendmentNo>
      <securitiesClassTitle>Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share</securitiesClassTitle>
      <dateOfEvent>06/20/2025</dateOfEvent>
      <previouslyFiledFlag>false</previouslyFiledFlag>
      <issuerInfo>
        <issuerCIK>0001831979</issuerCIK>
        <issuerCUSIP>854936101</issuerCUSIP>
        <issuerName>Stardust Power Inc.</issuerName>
        <address>
          <com:street1>9112 N. KELLEY AVE</com:street1>
          <com:street2>SUITE C</com:street2>
          <com:city>OKLAHOMA CITY</com:city>
          <com:stateOrCountry>OK</com:stateOrCountry>
          <com:zipCode>73131</com:zipCode>
        </address>
      </issuerInfo>
      <authorizedPersons>
        <notificationInfo>
          <personName>Pablo Cortegoso</personName>
          <personPhoneNum>800-742-3095</personPhoneNum>
          <personAddress>
            <com:street1>15 E Putnam Ave, Suite 378,</com:street1>
            <com:city>Greenwich</com:city>
            <com:stateOrCountry>CT</com:stateOrCountry>
            <com:zipCode>06830</com:zipCode>
          </personAddress>
        </notificationInfo>
      </authorizedPersons>
    </coverPageHeader>
    <reportingPersons>
      <reportingPersonInfo>
        <reportingPersonCIK>0002028166</reportingPersonCIK>
        <reportingPersonNoCIK>N</reportingPersonNoCIK>
        <reportingPersonName>Pablo Cortegoso</reportingPersonName>
        <fundType>OO</fundType>
        <legalProceedings>N</legalProceedings>
        <citizenshipOrOrganization>X1</citizenshipOrOrganization>
        <soleVotingPower>5006616.00</soleVotingPower>
        <sharedVotingPower>0.00</sharedVotingPower>
        <soleDispositivePower>5006616.00</soleDispositivePower>
        <sharedDispositivePower>0.00</sharedDispositivePower>
        <aggregateAmountOwned>5006616.00</aggregateAmountOwned>
        <isAggregateExcludeShares>N</isAggregateExcludeShares>
        <percentOfClass>8.322</percentOfClass>
        <typeOfReportingPerson>IN</typeOfReportingPerson>
        <commentContent>The percent of class is calculated based on the 60,160,804 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of May 13, 2025, as reported in the Issuer's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2025, as filed with the SEC on May 14, 2025.</commentContent>
      </reportingPersonInfo>
    </reportingPersons>
    <items1To7>
      <item1>
        <securityTitle>Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share</securityTitle>
        <issuerName>Stardust Power Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerPrincipalAddress>
          <com:street1>9112 N. KELLEY AVE</com:street1>
          <com:street2>SUITE C</com:street2>
          <com:city>OKLAHOMA CITY</com:city>
          <com:stateOrCountry>OK</com:stateOrCountry>
          <com:zipCode>73131</com:zipCode>
        </issuerPrincipalAddress>
        <commentText>This Amendment No. 1 (this "Statement") amends and supplements the Schedule 13D, originally filed on July 15, 2024 (the "Schedule 13D") relating to the Common Stock of the Issuer. Except as set forth herein, the Schedule 13D remains in full force and effect. Each capitalized term used but not defined herein has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Schedule 13D.</commentText>
      </item1>
      <item5>
        <percentageOfClassSecurities>The information set forth in rows 11 and 13 of the cover page to this Statement is incorporated by reference into this Item 5(a).</percentageOfClassSecurities>
        <numberOfShares>The information set forth in rows 7 through 10 of the cover page to this Statement is incorporated by reference into this Item 5(b).</numberOfShares>
        <transactionDesc>On June 16, 2025, the Reporting Person sold 2,355 shares of Common Stock to cover tax withholding obligations in connection with the vesting and settlement of Restricted Stock Units ("RSUs") pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted on December 13, 2024. The sales were to satisfy tax withholding obligations to be funded by a "sell to cover" transaction and do not represent discretionary transactions by the Reporting Person.

On June 20, 2025, the Reporting Person sold 173,610 shares of Common Stock to cover tax withholding obligations in connection with the delivery of Common Stock.

Except as described above, the Reporting Person has not effected any transactions in Common Stock in the past 60 days.</transactionDesc>
      </item5>
    </items1To7>
    <signatureInfo>
      <signaturePerson>
        <signatureReportingPerson>Pablo Cortegoso</signatureReportingPerson>
        <signatureDetails>
          <signature>/s/ Pablo Cortegoso</signature>
          <title>Pablo Cortegoso / Chief Technical Officer</title>
          <date>06/23/2025</date>
        </signatureDetails>
      </signaturePerson>
    </signatureInfo>
  </formData>
</edgarSubmission>