FortyGuard

Market position

FortyGuard describes itself as the market leader in urban heat intelligence and mitigation and states it built the first dedicated platform to map, analyze and solve urban heat for cities worldwide. External recognition cited includes selection by Hub71, the MBRIF accelerator, Presight's AI Accelerator Programme Cohort II (twelve companies chosen from 376 applications across 62 countries), a feature in Huawei's Transform magazine, and NVIDIA's recognition of its Large Temperature Models.

The company differentiates on resolution and accuracy — 2-meter, human-height temperature measurement that it claims is 115x more accurate per square meter than weather models — and on its Large Temperature Models trained on more than 50 billion daily data points. It frames urban heat as a distinct, addressable city-level problem separate from global warming, and positions automated, API-delivered intelligence as a faster and cheaper substitute for consulting-style heat assessments.

Technology

FortyGuard collects more than 50 billion temperature-related data points per day and processes them through what it calls Large Temperature Models (LTMs) to produce hyperlocal urban heat intelligence at meter-scale resolution, with the company stating NVIDIA recognized it as a pioneer of LTMs. Outputs include real-time and forecasted 2-meter-resolution temperature values, 12-hour hourly street-level forecasts, heat overlays aligned to geography, time-based simulation, comparison mapping and Heat Intelligence Reports, delivered via dashboards and APIs. Research work draws on reanalysis and satellite inputs including ERA5 climate readings and Landsat thermal scenes. The company claims 115x greater accuracy per square meter than weather models and insight delivery within 60 seconds. Its earlier technology stack centered on two-layer sensing services and material enhancement coatings applied to asphalt and interlock surfaces.

Go-to-market

The company combines direct enterprise and government sales with self-serve product access (free dashboard, API trial, published API pricing) and a startup program. It builds visibility through accelerators and incubators (Hub71, MBRIF, Presight AI Accelerator Cohort II), trade and policy events (Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, World Future Energy Summit, Make it in the Emirates, SelectUSA), academic and industry symposia (UC Berkeley AI and Climate Symposium), media features (Huawei's Transform magazine), and developer engagement via the FortyGuard Hackathon'26 and a partnership role as Temperature Data and API Partner for London's Health in Climate AI Hackathon during London Climate Action Week 2026. Published city and sector research, such as the Tripoli, Miami and U.S. data center assessments, supports demand generation.

Municipal governments and city planners, enterprises and asset owners (including real estate and data center operators), and energy providers; the company states it serves 10+ industries, grouped on its site into urban systems, enterprise and energy.

Geography

Headquartered in Abu Dhabi (Al Khatem Tower, WeWork Hub71, ADGM, Al Maryah Island) with a U.S. office in San Jose, California (Riverpark Tower, WeWork, 333 W San Carlos St). Commercial and research activity spans the UAE, the United States (including Miami and 36 U.S. AI data center sites), the United Kingdom (London Climate Action Week) and North Africa (Greater Tripoli).

History

The company describes itself as founded in Abu Dhabi in 2020 and began as a material science startup developing solutions to cool urban surfaces by reflecting sunlight and reducing heat absorption, combining two-layer sensing services, software and industrial materials into an urban cooling system for interlock and asphalt surfaces. Early traction included selection by the Abu Dhabi incubator Hub71 and acceptance into the Mohammed Bin Rashid Innovation Fund (MBRIF) accelerator, alongside a deployment with Masdar City in Abu Dhabi and a team of 14 people at the time. As the team progressed, it concluded that the larger challenge was identifying where cooling was needed and measuring its impact, and pivoted to a fully data-driven software company. Subsequent milestones include participation in SelectUSA for four consecutive years through 2026, exhibiting at Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week and Make it in the Emirates 2025, participation in UC Berkeley's AI and Climate Symposium, selection for Cohort II of the Presight AI Accelerator Programme in June 2026, a redesign of the Temperature Dashboard® and the launch of 12-hour forecasting in May 2026, and the FortyGuard Hackathon'26 whose winners were announced in September 2026.

Risks & controversies

Performance and accuracy claims — including 115x greater accuracy than weather models, 2-meter granularity and customer outcome figures such as property-value and temperature-reduction effects — originate from the company's own materials and are not independently verified in the available sources. Founding-year references are inconsistent, with the company citing 2020 while other records indicate 2021. The business also underwent a substantial pivot from materials science to software, and the earlier coatings and sensing line is no longer the company's stated focus.