Due to budget cuts by the Trump administration, a Silicon Valley weather startup will produce AI-powered weather balloons for the government, replacing those used by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Semafor reported.

WindBorne, founded in 2019, said it can provide valuable weather balloon data for a fraction of the cost by keeping the balloons in the sky for weeks by using a combination of off-the-shelf computer parts and novel software, Semafor said.

Weather balloons from the NOAA can only be used for a single day. The NOAA has seen its budget slashed by 25%, due to cuts made by the Department of Government Efficiency, overseen by tech mogul Elon Musk.

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