Beyond Weather

Beyond Weather provides a fine-tuning platform for AI weather models, allowing organizations to create privately operated models optimized for their specific geography, assets, variables, and time horizons. The company helps customers move beyond generic weather forecasts by offering dedicated models that are calibrated to individual operational needs, resulting in higher task-specific skill and more actionable foresight. Beyond Weather offers two main products: Beyond Foresight, which provides ready-to-go fine-tuned models for common forecasting needs, and Beyond Focal, which delivers dedicated models for unique requirements. The process involves defining the forecasting job, selecting a foundation model from candidates like ECMWF or Google, fine-tuning it with proprietary data, and then operating the model privately. The company, a spin-off from the Climate Extremes research group at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, serves industries such as energy trading, asset management, and grid management.