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WindBorne wins a hefty US Air Force contract for its balloon data
Publisher description: A Silicon Valley startup that uses weather balloons and AI to predict the weather won a US military contract worth almost $50 million.
TechCrunch | Oct 12, 2026 | Tim Fernholz
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Air Force will buy data collected by WindBorne Systems‘ fleet of autonomous weather balloons under a new contract that could be worth nearly $50 million to the startup. WindBorne currently has about 700 weather balloons flying around the globe, collecting atmospheric sensor readings that the company sells to customers and also feeds into its own AI weather forecasting model. The company has worked closely with the U. S. government, particularly the National Weather Service and the U. S.
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