Schneier on Security

76Y • February 13, 2026 7:12 PM

https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-founded-spacex-of-weather-raises-175m-to-send-next-gen-satellites-into-orbit/

‘Israeli-founded Tomorrow.io, a weather intelligence platform, said Wednesday that it has secured $175 million in fresh capital to launch the next generation of weather-monitoring satellites into space to forecast where storm clouds are gathering as well as help businesses and countries manage fast-evolving climate threats.

Billing itself as the SpaceX of weather, Tomorrow.io’s bold endeavor is to tackle the decades-old challenge of getting weather forecasts right as extreme weather events are ranked as the top long-term risk, according to a survey by the World Economic Forum. In 2024, natural disasters wiped $320 billion from the global economy, with weather and climate change-related catastrophes, such as floods, wildfires, hurricanes, and tropical cyclones, responsible for 93% of overall
damages.

“There are roughly 100 hurricanes or tropical cyclones a year globally and we still have a hard time forecasting both their trajectory and intensity,” said Goffer. “If you look at why, in most cases, it was because of a pretty rapid change in the structure of a storm that was missed because of gaps in existing meteorological observation data.”

The lack of timely and dense data prompted the three founders to develop their own satellite technology to improve observations and measurements of the current state of the atmosphere, especially in underserved regions such as India, the Philippines, and Africa.

Goffer said that the size of the satellites range from a shoebox to a mini fridge, whereas government satellites are the size of a car or bigger, heavier,and more costly.’