Tomorrow.io

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Tomorrow.io
Company typePrivate
Founded2016
Founder
  • Shimon Elkabetz
  • Itai Zlotnik
  • Rei Goffer
Headquarters,
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Shimon Elkabetz (CEO)
Products
  • API
  • Weather Intelligence Platform
  • Tomorrow.io for Business
  • Insights Dashboard
  • Weather by Tomorrow
Number of employees
125 (March 2021) [1]
Website https://www.tomorrow.io/

Tomorrow.io (formerly ClimaCell; legally known as The Tomorrow Companies Inc. [2] ) is an American weather technology company. It provides real-time weather forecasting services and APIs.

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History

The company was founded in 2016 as ClimaCell to develop a real-time weather forecasting service based on cellular and IoT monitoring systems. [3]

In February 2021, Tomorrow.io announced Operation Tomorrow Space. [4] The company hoped to broaden its business model by launching proprietary radar satellites to improve its forecasting abilities. [5] In March of that year, it announced that it had raised $77 million in a series D round of funding. [6]

Technology

Weather Intelligence Platform ClimaCell Hypercast Screenshot 2019.jpg
Weather Intelligence Platform

Tomorrow.io's primary goal was to use wireless communication infrastructure and IoT devices to collect real-time weather data. The company aimed to report conditions closer to the ground than satellite and higher resolution than Doppler weather radar techniques. [2] [7]

The information includes measurements on temperature, wind and precipitation data. After two years of development, Tomorrow.io's Weather Intelligence Platform (formerly Hypercast) was publicly launched in April 2017.[ citation needed ]

The company's Operation Tomorrow Space is launching weather radar satellites to improve forecasting accuracy and coverage. [2] [8] The first satellite of the constellation, Tomorrow-R1, launched on 15 April 2023 on a SpaceX's Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket as part of the Transporter-7 rideshare mission. [9] The system operates in the Ka band to detect precipitation and ocean surface characteristics. [10] The company plans to launch 20 satellites with a combination of active radar and passive microwave sensors. [11]

Business model

The company's software is designed to provide information to aviation, construction, insurance, sports, and utility services.[ citation needed ] Clients include JetBlue Airways, Delta, and the New England Patriots. [12] [13]

Tomorrow.io launched a mobile weather app, ClimaCell Weather, in 2019. [14] The app was later[ when? ] renamed to Weather by Tomorrow.

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