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Planette
Techstars '23Fremont, US · Founded 2022 · 10 employees on LinkedIn · 7 known investors
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Planette develops AI-powered long-range weather forecasts and environmental intelligence to help organizations and communities adapt to climate volatility beyond traditional forecast horizons. The company serves businesses, utilities, and vulnerable populations facing extreme weather impacts.
Also known as Planette.ai
Founders & leadership
Planette was founded in 2022 by Trevor Schmidt, Kalai Ramea, and Hansi Singh.
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Company profile
researched Sep 2026Planette is an Earth system forecasting company that produces long-range weather and environmental predictions covering horizons from roughly two weeks out to a year ahead, a window that sits between conventional short-term weather forecasting and multi-decadal climate projection. Its models combine atmospheric data with ocean, land and ice inputs, and the company states its forecasts reach 180 days ahead and beyond at 25-km global resolution, delivered with year-to-year granularity.
The product line consists of three offerings: Joro, high-resolution probabilistic forecasts aimed at quantitative teams; Sura, visualization-oriented global forecasts for operational decision-making; and Eddy, an on-demand long-range forecasting tool made freely available to the public. Customers can access outputs through a weather API, bulk data in formats including JSON and CSV, configurable extreme-weather and custom-signal alerts, ENSO predictions, historical data, backtests, and calendar integrations. The company advertises enterprise authentication, HTTPS encryption and a 99.9% uptime commitment.
Planette also conducts federally supported research and development. It describes itself as a NASA, NSF and NOAA SBIR portfolio company and was selected by NASA to develop QubitCast, a quantum-inspired AI system intended to detect severe weather two weeks to six months in advance using less computing power than conventional numerical forecasting.
Founding story
Planette was founded in 2022 by Dr. Hansi Singh and Dr. Kalai Ramea. Singh, the CEO, previously was a professor of physical climate science at the University of Victoria, holds a PhD and master's from the University of Washington and was a fellow at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Ramea, the CTO, was formerly associate director of the Palo Alto Research Center and holds a PhD in quantitative modeling from the University of California, Davis. Their combined backgrounds span climate and atmospheric science, AI, machine learning and quantitative modeling.
Business model
Planette sells long-range forecast products and data to enterprises, offering API access, data downloads, customizable alerting and industry-specific indices, alongside a free consumer-facing tool (Eddy). Research and development is additionally supported through federal SBIR programs with NASA, NSF and NOAA.
Enterprise forecast subscriptions and data/API services, with tiers spanning probabilistic forecasts for quantitative teams (Joro) and visualization-driven global forecasts for operations teams (Sura); Eddy is offered free to the public.
Traction
At the time of its 2024 seed announcement, Planette reported three letters of intent, a pilot with the largest public municipal utility in the United States, and negotiations toward a partnership with the United Nations. It has since launched Eddy for public access and was selected by NASA for the QubitCast program.
Latest developments
Recent milestones include the public launch of Eddy, an AI-powered long-range forecasting tool available worldwide at no cost, and NASA's selection of Planette to develop QubitCast, a quantum-inspired AI system for extreme weather prediction two weeks to six months ahead.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history, risks & controversies
Market position
Planette competes in a field of AI weather and climate prediction startups and positions itself on the sub-seasonal-to-seasonal horizon — quarterly and seasonal outlooks — rather than day-to-day weather or long-term climate projection, and states its long-range forecasts outperform major centers including NOAA and ECMWF.
Differentiation is based on near-term (weeks-to-months) forecast horizons underserved by both conventional weather models and climate projections, integrated Earth system modeling that incorporates ocean and land inputs, and API-ready delivery with business-specific indices and alerts.
Technology
Planette uses foundation models and proprietary AI algorithms that model interactions across the atmosphere, ocean, land and ice rather than atmospheric data alone, extending predictability beyond the roughly two-week limit of initial-condition-based weather models. Forecasts are issued globally at 25-km resolution, out to 180 days and further, and include probabilistic outputs, ENSO predictions and derived indices such as monthly average heating degree days and temperature volatility used in natural gas analysis. Under a NASA selection, the company is developing QubitCast, applying quantum physics principles to identify climate patterns for severe weather detection two weeks to six months ahead at lower computational cost.
Go-to-market
Direct enterprise sales supported by demo and trial requests on the company site, API and data integrations into customer workflows, participation in the Techstars Seattle accelerator, federal SBIR research programs, and a freely available public tool that broadens reach. The company reported pilots and letters of intent in the energy and utilities sector.
Enterprises and public-sector organizations making operational decisions sensitive to weather, including energy and utilities, commodity and energy trading, agriculture and food, insurance and finance, and emergency management, as well as general consumers via the free Eddy tool.
Geography
Bay Area, California-based with ties to the Seattle startup ecosystem through the Techstars Seattle accelerator; forecasts are global in coverage.
History
The company was founded in 2022 and participated in the Techstars Seattle accelerator, graduating from the cohort that held its Demo Day in January 2024. In February 2024 it announced a $2.4 million raise led by Audacious Ventures. Subsequently it released Eddy, a publicly accessible long-range forecasting tool, and was selected by NASA to build QubitCast, a quantum-inspired AI system for extreme weather prediction.
Risks & controversies
Coverage notes that some experts remain skeptical that AI-based approaches will replace traditional numerical forecasting models, and that the long-range forecasting field includes numerous competing startups.
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Key figures
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Timeline · 4
launches, deals, and filingsPlanette made Eddy, an AI-powered long-range forecasting tool combining atmospheric, ocean and land inputs, freely available to the public worldwide.
NASA selected Planette to build QubitCast, described as the first quantum-inspired AI system for extreme weather prediction, detecting severe weather 2 weeks to 6 months ahead with less computing power than traditional forecasting.
Planette announced a $2.4 million raise led by Audacious Ventures with participation from Jetstream, Dash Fund and Graham & Walker, shortly after graduating from the Techstars Seattle accelerator.
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Planette completed the Techstars Seattle accelerator cohort and pitched at Demo Day in January 2024; Techstars Seattle also invested in the company.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Planette do?
- Planette builds AI-driven long-range weather and Earth system forecasts spanning next week to next year.
- Who founded Planette?
- Planette was founded by Trevor Schmidt, Kalai Ramea, Hansi Singh in 2022.
- Who are Planette's investors?
- Planette's investors include Audacious, Graham Walker Venture, Jetstream, Techstars, Dash Fund.
- Where is Planette headquartered?
- Planette is headquartered in Fremont, US.