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This AI weather startup is out-forecasting government agencies
WindBorne benefits from its unique combination of model-building and data collection. The company now has about 400 balloons in flight gathering sensor readings at any given time, launched from 15 sites around the globe. The advances in its current model come from improvements in how the data collected by the balloons is fed into the models.
TL;DR
- WindBorne Systems' new AI weather tool, WeatherMesh-6, reportedly surpasses the accuracy of the ECMWF.
- The system utilizes data from WindBorne's 400-strong fleet of weather balloons and advanced deep learning models.
- WeatherMesh-6 provides hourly forecasts with a resolution of 3 km in Europe and the continental U.S.
- The startup's unique selling proposition is the direct ingestion of sensor data into its AI models.
- WindBorne also collects and sells its balloon data to agencies like NOAA and the U.S. Air Force and Navy, and forecasts to investors and traders.