Your AI in the sky
WHAT CAN WE DO FOR YOU?
Working with us, weather measurement institutions, weather stations and atmospheric researchers can measure weather more precisely while reducing the burden of weather measurement debris into the environment. Additionally, insurance companies, financial institutions and emergency management professionals are able to provide services for people and businesses with our AI-empowered severe tropical storm forecasting model.
Why Skyfora
Skyfora combines scientific understanding of tropical storms with computer vision, machine learning and IoT technologies. Skyfora’s power pair of weather intelligence consists of the AI empowered Tropical Storm Tracker and lightweight weather instruments StreamSondes.
Tropical Storm Forecasting
- Forecast update every 7-30 min
- Resolution of 250 m – 1 km
- Best forecast accuracy 0-24 h all over the world
- Intuitive user interface or tailored API
StreamSonde / Weather Instruments
- Worlds lightest weather sonde
- Data collection during ascent and descent
- Low weight and slow velocity make parachutes redundant
- Increased and Improved wind data
Copernicus Masters Winner
Awarded in the highly respected Copernicus Masters and Galileo Masters innovation competitions. Part of European Space Agency’s Business Incubator Centre (ESA BIC) until end of 2020.
Products
TROPICAL STORM TRACKER
The Tropical Storm Tracker software provides the most up-to-date weather data possible. A machine learning model issues storm intensity estimates and forecasts with every incoming satellite image, numerical weather forecast and dropsonde measurement. Application segments include insurance linked security funds (ILS), (re)insurance, emergency and disaster management, aviation and shipping.
WEATHER INSTRUMENTS
StreamSondes
The StreamSonde is the world´s lightest weather sonde. It weighs less than 15 grams, and it is used as a radiosonde, a dualsonde (i.e. radiosonde during ascent and free falling dropsonde during descent) or as a dropsonde. In all user scenarios, it provides numerous benefits.
“Weather provides some of the most demanding tasks for data processing and forecasting. There is a need to acquire and process weather data faster, in more detail and more reliably than ever before.”
News
Artificial intelligence adds accuracy for weather forecasting and research
Skyfora, founded in 2019 and based in Helsinki, focuses on weather intelligence research and solutions that allow weather data to be collected more accurately and widely enabling better weather forecast accuracy. The company has also developed the StreamSonde, the world’s lightest weather sonde.
Skyfora announces updated Tropical Cyclone Seasonal Forecast with Gulf of Mexico landfall skill
The Finnish next-generation weather intelligence company Skyfora announces an updated Tropical Storm Seasonal Forecast model with proven skill, particularly for the vital Gulf of Mexico area.
Forecast for Atlantic Hurricane Season 2021
Skyfora continues to predict an active Atlantic Hurricane Season following a streak of five above-average seasons 2016-2021. The current forecast is 20 named storms, 9 hurricanes, 4 major hurricanes and an accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) of 182.
Our Team
The Skyfora team features a unique combination of expertise in weather instrument engineering, atmospheric
science, machine learning and international sales.
Svante Henriksson
(PhD) Founder, CPO, Climate Scientist
Fredrik Borgström
CEO
Kim Kaisti
CTO & Board
Markus Kaukonen
(PhD) ML Engineer
Illkka Ikonen
Senior Scientist, Advisor
Anton Kaisti
Embedded SW Engineer
Benjamin Nedergård
Machine Learning Engineer
Pauli Paaso
Master Thesis worker
Theodora Valerie
Test Engineer
Alex Matakos
Machine Learning Engineer
Jobs
Join us on an exciting pioneering journey in building something brand new with significant impact on the real world.
You will have the chance to work on one of the few products that’s supporting the globe with forecast and insights on climate change adaptation. We are a small supportive, competent entrepreneurial team with no bureaucracy
Skyfora develops next-generation weather technology. The StreamSonde is world’s lightest weather sonde and the AI-powered weather forecasts bring solutions to many industries in a world faced with climate change and extreme weather.
Skyfora’s high-tech solutions increase the amount of weather and climate change observations and turns that data into better weather and climate forecasts and risk data through artificial intelligence backed up by academic research. We have won prestigious innovation competitions and our products are sold internationally.
The company has several patents, which fuels the company’s giant leap in atmospheric data gathering and improved weather forecasting. The team features a unique combination of expertise in atmospheric science, weather instrument engineering, machine learning and business development.
See open vacancies below:
Even if you don’t find a vacancy listed, we encourage you to submit an open application to admin@skyfora.com and we’ll keep you in mind for future opportunities.