[nikhil-shankar]

Hi, it totally is. That's one of our favorite weather visualization projects. We're using Cameron Beccario's open source version of nullschool for our forecasts. We cited him above in the blurb and also on our about page (https://hurricanes2024.silurian.ai/about.html)

[kristopolous]

so what exactly are you launching that I can see here?

[lighter943]

I’m confused by this thread. The posters have mentioned that they are building their own foundation model for climate/weather prediction and are using a well known open source tool in the field for viz. Where’s the ambiguity here?

[bpicolo]

This is the visualization tool they use. They generate the data that feeds into that visualization

[rybosome]

I suggest you read the post. Reading is typically how information is transmitted.

EDIT: the post I am responding to was altered to sound much less confrontational. It was originally:

> So what exactly are you “launching” and why does it require venture capital?

[bbor]

Props. HN really needs an [edited] icon… throw it on the long list!

[kristopolous]

Alright, what they presented, in the current state, is just a clone of a 10 year old project with a 2.5 month old weather forecast and some AI story attached to it.

[rybosome]

The project this “cloned” is just a data visualization tool. You can plug any data into it - good data, bad data.

They are launching an AI model which they claim produces higher quality weather data than traditional models relying on physical simulation. And they used this visualization library to make an engaging website.

Constructively, you have gotten to this position by overreacting to a perceived “clone” and failing to be enlightened by the numerous comments and the original post explaining the purpose.

Respectfully, I suggest you take a breath and try to disassociate from whatever emotional reaction you are having about this.

[kristjansson]

> Silurian builds foundation models to simulate the Earth, starting with the weather.

It's the first line man. The visual is just a visual, their product is the data being visualized.