"This is a moment for Europe to lead" – Swiss AI startup Jua targets climate resilience and European sovereignty
6 aug. 2025
17:18
As adverse weather events and natural disasters become more frequent, billions are being poured into AI weather prediction models and software to help people mitigate the harm – as well as support renewable energy producers.
The founder of Swiss startup Jua claims to have one of the best models yet, and says Europe’s prediction tech needs to be more self-reliant.
The founder of Swiss startup Jua claims to have one of the best models yet, and says Europe’s prediction tech needs to be more self-reliant.
In late July, Zurich-based Jua released its latest EPT-2 commercial weather forecasting AI, which the company says blows away models from competitors and major players like Microsoft and DeepMind. EPT-2 – with its 'Large Physics Model' simulating the earth's atmosphere in real-time – claims unprecedented accuracy with considerably less computational power needed.
"Weather is upstream of almost every major societal system: energy, agriculture, transport, disaster response," Jua’s founder and CEO Marvin Gabler tells Impact Loop. "If you can predict better and earlier, you can act smarter and sooner."