Insider Brief:
- Spire Global has announced a multi-million dollar deal with an undisclosed financial firm.
- Under the agreement, Spire will provide its High-Resolution Weather Forecast model and develop an AI-powered model for long-range forecasting.
- This collaboration builds on Spire’s recent partnership with NVIDIA, leveraging Earth-2, NVIDIA’s platform for weather and climate change modeling.
Spire Global, a leading provider of space-based data and analytics, has announced a multimillion dollar deal with an undisclosed financial firm. Under the agreement, Spire will provide its High-Resolution Weather Forecast model and develop an AI-powered model for long-range forecasting.
The High-Resolution Weather Forecast model offers a six-day outlook based on proprietary data collected from space. Through this partnership, Spire aims to further improve weather forecasting accuracy and speed by developing AI models.
This collaboration builds on Spire’s recent partnership with NVIDIA, leveraging Earth-2, NVIDIA’s platform for weather and climate change modeling. The new AI weather models are expected to enhance the accuracy of forecasts and produce long-range probabilistic forecasts quickly.
Michael Eilts, general manager of Weather & Climate at Spire, commented, “AI is transforming weather forecasting, especially when paired with proprietary space-collected data. These models provide crucial insights for financial firms to anticipate weather’s impact on price dynamics and market trends.”
Spire’s constellation of satellites employs radio occultation technology to gather precise vertical profiles of temperature, pressure, and humidity worldwide. These datasets enable Spire to initialize AI forecasting models, promising a new level of accuracy, speed, and reliability.
Spire’s Weather and Climate solutions cater to various industries such as energy, logistics, utilities, and agriculture. With offerings like High–Resolution Weather Forecasts, DeepVision™, and proprietary data sources, Spire aims to serve its customers with cutting-edge weather insights.
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