Tomorrow.io
Boston-based, Israeli-founded weather-intelligence and satellite company, formerly ClimaCell, whose three founders are described as "veterans of elite IDF units"
| Tomorrow.io
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| Trade name | The Tomorrow Companies Inc. |
| Logo |  Tomorrow.io logo |
| Type | Private company |
| Founded | 2016 |
| Founder(s) | Shimon Elkabetz, Rei Goffer, Itai Zlotnik |
| Headquarters | 9 Channel Center Street, 7th Floor, Boston, MA 02210, United States; development centre in Tel Aviv |
| Industry | Weather intelligence; space |
| Services | Weather forecasting software and API; weather-radar and sounder satellites |
| Number of employees | About 150 in Israel (2026, according to Ctech) |
| Homepage | tomorrow.io |
Tomorrow.io (The Tomorrow Companies Inc.), known until March 2021 as ClimaCell, is a weather-forecasting company headquartered in Boston, with a development centre in Tel Aviv, that is building its own constellation of weather satellites. It was founded in 2016 by the Israelis Shimon Elkabetz, Rei Goffer and Itai Zlotnik, of whom Ctech said in 2026: "All three are veterans of elite IDF units" (Israel Defense Forces).[1] Elkabetz, the chief executive, told the US Congress in 2021 that he "served in the Israeli Air Force for over 11 years flying Apache helicopters" (Israeli Air Force).[2]
Founders and military service
Ctech reported in February 2026 that the company "was founded in 2016 by three Israeli entrepreneurs: Shimon Elkabetz, Rei Goffer and Itai Zlotnik. All three are veterans of elite IDF units and established the company out of the belief that accurate weather intelligence is essential for operational, economic, and national-security decision-making."[1] In written testimony to a subcommittee of the US House of Representatives in July 2021, Elkabetz said: "I was born and raised in Israel and served in the Israeli Air Force for over 11 years flying Apache helicopters. I have seen firsthand how weather forecasts without context can negatively impact operations in an elite military unit, and in fact I faced multiple near-death experiences related to the weather." He said that the company's customers included federal agencies, and set out uses of its platform for the US military.[2]
Funding
In March 2021 ClimaCell renamed itself Tomorrow.io and announced a $77 million Series D round led by the private-equity firm Stonecourt Capital.[3] Ctech then reported that it had raised $185 million in total and employed 120 people, 40 of them at its Israeli development centre, and that its clients included Uber, Delta, Ford, National Grid and Israel's ICL Group.[4]
In February 2026 Tomorrow.io raised $175 million at a valuation of more than $1 billion, in a round led by Stonecourt Capital and HarbourVest, to build DeepSky, a constellation of low-Earth-orbit weather satellites. Ctech reported that this took its total funding to about $500 million and that it employed around 150 people in Israel. Goffer told the paper: "We are an American company with a small development center in Tel Aviv, while most of our operations are based in the United States."[1] The company's website lists "Government & Defense" and "Aerospace & Defense" among its markets, and gives its headquarters as 9 Channel Center Street, Boston.[5]
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Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Meir Orbach, Tomorrow.io raises $175 million at over $1 billion valuation to build AI-driven weather satellite network Ctech, 3 February 2026, accessed 10 November 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Shimon Elkabetz, Written testimony of Shimon Elkabetz US House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space and Technology, Subcommittee on Environment, 21 July 2021, accessed 10 November 2026.
- ↑ Frederic Lardinois, Weather platform ClimaCell is now Tomorrow.io and raises $77M TechCrunch, 30 March 2021, accessed 10 November 2026.
- ↑ Meir Orbach, ClimaCell announces $77 million in new funding alongside name change Ctech, 30 March 2021, accessed 10 November 2026.
- ↑ Tomorrow.io, About Tomorrow.io: The Weather Intelligence Company Tomorrow.io, accessed 10 November 2026.