Tomorrow.io raised $175M at a $1B+ valuation to deploy an AI-driven LEO satellite network for weather forecasting, bringing its total funding to ~$500M
DeepSky constellation aims to replace aging government infrastructure and close global forecasting gaps.
‘AI-driven’ for LEO satellites mean they use something like a Raspberry Pi (or hardened version) to pre-process data/run local models so you're not waiting for the slowest download link ever before you can do something with data [embedded post]