A Weather Balloon Became An Ocean Buoy—and Kept Sending Data

WindBorne raises $37M for AI weather forecasting

WindBorne raised $37M for WeatherMesh, an AI weather model outperforming government systems, backed by proprietary balloon-sensor data as moat. Commercial scaling test: can enterprises and traders pay for AI-integrated forecasts? Sensing startups failed this for 10+ years, but superior predictions plus AI workflows could finally justify the cost.