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Snowbotix manufactures self-driving, electric robots designed for commercial snow removal. These robots can be equipped with various attachments, such as plows or brooms, to effectively clear snow in harsh weather conditions. By automating snow removal tasks, Snowbotix helps businesses reduce costs, enhance safety, and lessen environmental impact.

Paper Crane is a startup focused on developing foundational artificial intelligence technologies aimed at enhancing accessibility to advanced geospatial data insights. The company’s technology platform provides users with licensed location and weather data, along with various analytical tools. This allows organizations and individuals to access and utilize geo data in a more flexible manner. By prioritizing accessibility, Paper Crane strives to make location intelligence available to a broader audience.

Elemental Coatings specializes in advanced anti-icing coatings designed to prevent ice buildup on various surfaces. Utilizing proprietary technology and unique materials properties, their coatings significantly reduce ice adhesion strength while maintaining durability and stability against chemicals and UV rays. Highly customizable, these coatings have applications across aerospace, automotive, trucking, power transmission, and consumer sectors where ice accumulation is a concern.

Paper Crane is a startup focused on developing foundational artificial intelligence technologies aimed at enhancing accessibility to advanced geospatial data insights. The company’s technology platform provides users with licensed location and weather data, along with various analytical tools. This allows organizations and individuals to access and utilize geo data in a more flexible manner. By prioritizing accessibility, Paper Crane strives to make location intelligence available to a broader audience.

Geostorm Technology is a technology based company performs Weather forecasting predictions and disaster prevention

Upstream Tech specializes in software development for environmental monitoring. They combine expertise in software, machine learning, hydrology, and earth sciences to create accessible remote sensing tools. Their products accelerate global environmental work by providing precise, large-scale data on freshwater conservation.

TellusLabs, Inc. is a Boston-based company that specializes in developing a planetary-scale data analytics platform utilizing satellite imagery and machine learning to address pressing economic and environmental issues. Founded in 2016, the company focuses on high-value sectors, providing insights into critical areas such as food security and water scarcity. Its flagship product, Kernel, leverages a vast database of satellite and weather data to deliver agricultural intelligence, enabling accurate forecasts of crop conditions. Additionally, TellusLabs offers Argus, a geospatial data discovery platform that grants users access to extensive planetary-scale datasets. The company aims to reduce uncertainty for its customers by delivering science-quality, global-scale results on a daily basis, facilitating informed decision-making across various industries. As of December 2018, TellusLabs operates as a subsidiary of Indigo Ag, Inc.

WeatherSafe is a company focused on providing agricultural data insights to enhance farming operations and decision-making for stakeholders in the agricultural and food supply chain. By integrating hyper-local weather data with pest and disease monitoring, practice farming modeling, and high-resolution satellite imagery, WeatherSafe offers comprehensive solutions that benefit farmers, governments, and NGOs. The company is particularly dedicated to addressing the challenges posed by a growing global population, aiming to optimize both the quantity and quality of crop yields. Through strategic collaborations with organizations such as the European Space Agency and the UK Technology Strategy Board, WeatherSafe is committed to delivering technology that fosters proactive environmental stewardship while adding value across the agricultural value chain. By building an interconnected ecosystem where each participant contributes to and benefits from shared insights, WeatherSafe enhances operational efficiencies and supports sustainable practices within the industry.

Roof For Two has a developed a lightweight, portable canopy that will protect riders from inclement weather making their travel comfortable. It costs the price of only two helmets and takes 90 seconds to remove and fold into a portable form. Potential customers have expressed great satisfaction in its utility.

Zazu is a cloud based technology accessible through Android and iPhone that helps users start their day with the right information. The smartphone technology presents information graphically and by voice from a user’s calendar, weather, news, and location-based services. Given calendar and location data, Zazu gives access to directions and calculates ETA for the next meeting or drafts an email for a user to notify meeting attendees if they’ll be running late.