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Building a nervous system for the atmosphere

Summer 2024Founded 20244 peopleSan Francisco, CA, USA
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Sorcerer is deploying a global network of persistent airborne sensors to fuel advanced weather forecasting. Our high-altitude balloons collect 1000x more data than existing systems and are already used daily by meteorologists to track extreme weather across the US and Central America.

Founders ยท 3

Austin Tindle
Austin TindleFounder/CEO

CEO at Sorcerer. Engineering and product leader of decacorn hardware teams. Previously Head of Product at SumUp, led acquisition of Fivestars (YC W11).

Maxmillion McLaughlin
Maxmillion McLaughlinFounder/CTO

CTO of Sorcerer. Previously, first hire at Urban Sky where I led development of high-resolution stratospheric imaging systems for mapping cities and tracking wildfires.

Alessandro Vecchi
Alessandro VecchiFounder/CPO

CPO of Sorcerer. I was employee #3 at Urban Sky, where I built their mission control software ("the best in the world" - US Secretary of Defense) and prediction engine from the ground up. Over 5 years of experience working with/dealing with forecast and weather data. Building software products since I was in high school.

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