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    LAWRENCE
    VENICK

    Partner

    2206-19
    Jardine House

    1
    Connaught Place Central

    Hong
    Kong, SAR

    Direct
    +852.3923.1188

    Main
    +852.3923.1111

    Fax
            +852.3923.1100

    lvenick@loeb.com

Via
EDGAR

September
3, 2024

Mr.
Benjamin Holt and Ms. Dorrie Yale

Securities
and Exchange Commission

Division
of Corporation Finance

Office
of Real Estate & Construction

Washington,
D.C. 20549

    Re:
    Metal
    Sky Star Acquisition Corp

    Preliminary
    Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A

    Filed
    August 6, 2024

    File
    No. 001-41344

Dear
Mr. Benjamin Holt and Ms. Dorrie Yale:

As
counsel for the Company and on its behalf, this letter is being submitted in response to the letter dated August 30, 2024 from the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) in which the staff of the Commission (the “Staff”) commented
on the above-referenced Preliminary Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed August 6, 2024 (the “Preliminary Proxy Statement”).

The
Company has filed via EDGAR Amendment No. 1 (the “Amendment”) to the Preliminary Proxy Statement, which reflects the
Company’s responses to the comments received by the Staff and certain updated information. For the Staff’s convenience, the
Staff’s comment has been stated below in its entirety, with the Company’s response set out immediately underneath such comment.

Preliminary
Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A

Questions
and Answers About the Meeting

Q.
Why is the Company proposing the Extension Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal?,

page
2

    1.

    We
    note that under Article 36.2 of your Amended and Restated Articles of Association, your failure to consummate a business
    combination by August 5, 2024 triggers an “automatic
    redemption” of the public shares and that your directors “shall take all such action necessary (i) as promptly as reasonably
    possible but no more than ten (10) Business Days thereafter to redeem the Public Shares or distribute the Trust Account to the holders
    of Public Shares, . . .; and (ii) as promptly as practicable, to cease all operations except for the purpose of making such distribution
    and any subsequent winding up of the Company’s affairs.” You state here that since you have not completed a business
    combination by August 5, 2024, your board has determined to seek shareholder approval to extend such date. However, you also state
    that the board will also as promptly as reasonably possible redeem the shares or distribute the trust account. Please revise to expand
    this Q&A and in Proposal 1 to state the automatic redemption date as calculated using the method described in your Articles,
    the redemption date that your board is targeting, and the steps that you have taken so far towards the Automatic Redemption.

Response:
The Company has amended the Q&A and Proposal 1 in response to the Staff’s comments.

Risk
Factors, page 14

    2.

                                                         We
                                                         refer to your disclosure to investors in your initial public offering registration statement that “[i]f [you] are unable to
                                                         consummate [y]our initial business combination within [the original termination date], [you] will distribute the aggregate amount
                                                         then on deposit in the trust account . . ., pro rata to [y]our public shareholders by way of redemption and cease all operations
                                                         except for the purposes of winding up of [y]our affairs, as further described herein. Any redemption of public shareholders from the
                                                         trust account shall be effected automatically by function of [y]our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association
                                                         prior to any voluntary winding up” (emphasis added). Please revise to add a risk factor to specifically disclose this prior
                                                         disclosure and to discuss the risks to you of now seeking this extension beyond August 5, 2024 despite this prior
                                                         disclosure.

Response:
The Company has amended page 14 of the Amendment in response to the Staff’s comments.

General

    3.
    We
                                            note your disclosure that, “[s]ince Metal Sky Star has not completed a business combination
                                            by August 5, 2024, the board of directors will as promptly as reasonably possible to redeem
                                            the Public Shares or distribute the Trust Account, regardless of voting results of the vote
                                            of this Extraordinary General Meeting.” You also state, “[i]f the Extension Proposal
                                            and the Trust Amendment Proposal are approved before the Automatic Redemption is completed,
                                            such approval will constitute consent for the Company to (i) continue its normal operations
                                            after August 5, 2024, without the need to initiate the automatic redemption of the Public
                                            Shares.” Please revise to reconcile these disclosures and to clarify throughout your
                                            proxy statement that (1) your failure to complete a business combination by August 5, 2024
                                            has triggered the automatic redemption requirement under Article 36.2 of the Amended and
                                            Restated M&AA, regardless of whether the Extension Proposal is approved before the Automatic
                                            Redemption is completed; and (2) if the Extension Proposal is approved, the Company will
                                            not comply with the automatic redemption requirement under Article 36.2. Please also revise
                                            your risk factors to disclose the risks to you of not complying with Article 36.2.

Response:
The Company has amended the notice, Q&A section, and background section of the Amendment in response to the Staff’s comments.
The Company has amended its risk factors section on page 14 of the Amendment in response to the Staff’s comments.

    4.
    We
    refer to your Investment Management Trust Agreement that you have entered into with Wilmington Trust, National Association, as amended
    by the Amendment Agreement, dated October 31, 2023. In this agreement, Wilmington Trust has agreed to commence liquidation of the
    trust account within two business days following the “date which is the later of (1) August 5, 2024 and (2) such later date
    as may be approved by the Company’s shareholders in accordance with the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and
    articles of association, if a Termination Letter has not been received by the Trustee prior to such date.” In this regard,
    we note that your articles of association were not amended before August 5, 2024 to extend such date, and that you filed this preliminary
    proxy statement seeking to extend such date only after such date. Please revise your disclosure to discuss the applicable provisions
    of the trust agreement, and to explain any discussions you have had with the trustee regarding this provision.

Response:
The Company has amended page 14 of the Amendment in response to the Staff’s comments.

    5.

    We
    note that Nasdaq Rule 5101-2(b) requires that a special purpose acquisition company complete its initial business combination
    “[w]ithin 36 months of the effectiveness of its IPO registration statement, or such shorter period that the company specifies
    in its registration statement,” and your disclosure in your August 13, 2024 Form 8-K that you have already received a notice
    from Nasdaq regarding this non-compliance. Given that your deadline to complete your initial business combination passed on August
    5, 2024, please revise to disclose the risks of your non-compliance with this rule, including that your securities may be subject to
    suspension and delisting from Nasdaq, and the consequences of any such suspension or delisting, including any potential impact on
    your consummation of an initial business combination.

Response:
The Company has amended page 15 of the Amendment in response to the Staff’s comments.

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Please
contact the undersigned at + 852 3923-1188 or (310) 728-5219 if you have any questions with respect to the response contained in this
letter.

    Sincerely,

    /s/
    Lawrence S. Venick

    Lawrence
    Venick

    Partner

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