WindBorne 获美国空军近 5000 万美元气象数据合同
原标题：WindBorne wins a hefty US Air Force contract for its balloon data
AI 摘要
美国空军与气象数据初创公司 WindBorne Systems 签订了一份价值最高约 4900 万美元的合同，采购其自主气象气球收集的大气数据。WindBorne 目前在全球运营约 700 个气象气球，数据既对外销售也用于训练其 AI 天气预报模型 WeatherMesh 6。该合同未经过竞标，空军按需下单，目前已订购 170 万美元，资金将用于星座扩展及气球硬件研发。
正文节选
The U.S. 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. WindBorne, founded in 2015 and based in Redwood City, Calif., is one of the first organizations to directly feed