WindBorne Systems, leveraging AI and novel weather balloon data collection, raises $37M Series B to expand its forecasting capabilities beyond government agencies into the private sector.
Hong Kong's observatory forecasts 4-7 typhoons by October, with El Niño potentially fueling super typhoons. Rapid intensification, a key challenge in meteorology, is difficult to predict with current technologies.
Startup WindBorne Systems has launched WeatherMesh 6, an AI weather forecasting tool claiming superior accuracy and frequency to the ECMWF. Leveraging advanced deep learning and its own balloon sensor data, WindBorne aims to disrupt the traditional weather prediction market.
Forecasting service raises alarm over data from Paris airport used to settle Polymarket wagers on temperatureFrench police are investigating alleged tampering with national weather forecasting service equipment after a series of unusual temperature readings coincided with suspicious winning bets made on Polymarket.Data from a Météo-France weather station at Paris’s Charles de Gaulle airport was used to settle bets between online gamblers on what the temperature would be in Paris for March and the first weeks of April. Continue reading...
