Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

WindBorne Systems designs, builds, and operates a network of long-duration high-altitude weather balloons equipped with sensors to collect atmospheric data for weather forecasting, climate research, and environmental monitoring. The company delivers its data to government and private weather services and has developed a balloon-based sensor delivery system alongside a weather forecasting platform that provides atmospheric data collection, AI-driven forecasts, insights, alerts, evaluations, and visualizations for decision-makers. By integrating data collection with advanced forecasting tools, WindBorne Systems supports more accurate forecasts, timely warnings for severe weather, and planning for climate adaptation.

Salient creates a weather intelligence platform that combines novel ocean and land-surface data with machine learning and climate expertise to provide accurate subseasonal-to-seasonal (S2S) weather forecasts 2 to 52 weeks ahead. Salient's tools sift through large datasets to identify complex climate system relationships in order to provide accurate forecasts used in agriculture, energy, finance, supply chain, and other industries. Salient utilizes scientific knowledge to assist individuals and organizations in better understanding and preparing for the increasing volatility of climate change.