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                              April 25, 2022

       Yevgeny Fundler
       Chief Legal Officer
       Benson Hill, Inc.
       1001 North Warson Rd
       St. Louis, Missouri 63132

                                                        Re: Benson Hill, Inc.
                                                            Registration
Statement on Form S-1
                                                            Filed April 11,
2022
                                                            File No. 333-264228

       Dear Mr. Fundler:

              We have limited our review of your registration statement to
those issues we have
       addressed in our comments. In some of our comments, we may ask you to
provide us with
       information so we may better understand your disclosure.

              Please respond to this letter by amending your registration
statement and providing the
       requested information. If you do not believe our comments apply to your
facts and
       circumstances or do not believe an amendment is appropriate, please tell
us why in your
       response.

              After reviewing any amendment to your registration statement and
the information you
       provide in response to these comments, we may have additional comments.

       Registration Statement on Form S-1

       General

   1.                                                   We note that there is
no established public trading market for the 39 March 2022 Warrants
                                                        and that you do not
intend to apply to list the warrants on a national securities exchange or
                                                        recognized trading
system. Please revise your prospectus to disclose a fixed price at which
                                                        the selling
stockholders will offer and sell the warrants. See Item 501(b)(3) of Regulation
                                                        S-K.
               We remind you that the company and its management are
responsible for the accuracy
       and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments,
action or absence of
       action by the staff.
 Yevgeny Fundler
Benson Hill, Inc.
April 25, 2022
Page 2

       Refer to Rules 460 and 461 regarding requests for acceleration. Please
allow adequate
time for us to review any amendment prior to the requested effective date of
the registration
statement.

       You may contact Evan Ewing at 202-551-5920 or Sergio Chinos at
202-551-7844 with
any questions.



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Comapany NameBenson Hill, Inc.
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