Energy climate

Silurian

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Founded 2024Origin source ↗Checked 2026-09-15

Overview

Silurian is building foundation models for simulating Earth, starting with weather. From assessing the risk of wildfires to predicting the energy grid load, we provide an infrastructure layer for our planet. Our frontier models push the boundaries of what can be simulated on Earth and improve decision making across vital sectors including energy, insurance, agriculture, and logistics.

Company description As recorded 2026-11-08

Founders & team

Jayesh K. Gupta

Founder/CEO

Jayesh is Co-founder and CEO of Silurian AI. Previously he was the Head of AI at Poly Corporation. He led the development of the first foundation model for weather & climate as researcher at Microsoft and was the co-author of Aurora. Jayesh holds a Ph.D. in CS from Stanford.

Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15

Nikhil Shankar

Founder

Nikhil is a co-founder and chief engineer at Silurian AI. Previously he was a software engineer at AWS SageMaker and prior to that he dropped out of his PhD in applied mathematics where he was working on problems in fluid dynamics.

Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15
6team members reported
Source-reported As recorded 2026-09-15

Founded 2024 · Source

News & product activity

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Last website check2026-11-11
Location · source statedSeattle, WA, USA
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Maturity: Not assessed · 3 of 6 areas documented

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