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  "id": 226540,
  "title": "WindBorne, which deploys weather balloons to collect data for its AI weather forecasting models, raised a $37M Series B at a $250M post-money valuation (Tim Fernholz/TechCrunch)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/windborne-which-deploys-weather-balloons-to-collect-data-for-its-ai",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-06T15:30:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Techmeme",
    "slug": "techmeme",
    "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/05/ai-makes-weather-prediction-better-can-windborne-make-it-lucrative/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The new deep learning techniques behind LLMs have also given us weather simulations that can run on laptops instead of supercomputers, changing meteorology.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}