Get the world's most specialized weather forecasts. Zeus makes Bittensor's intelligence easily accessible

The demand for better weather forecasting is clear - it's a rapidly growing market projected to hit USD 3.56 billion by 2029, with accurate predictions being invaluable across industries. Existing centralized solutions often fall short, being slow and expensive.

Zeus is a decentralized climate forecasting subnet on the Bittensor network, designed to enhance climate predictions beyond state-of-the-art models. Its scalable and adaptive approach keeps miners hyper-competitive, while allowing them to shift focus based on evolving market needs. The core mechanism guarantees quality: Miner predictions are only incorporated if they demonstrably improve upon the best available regional baseline. This ensures you always receive the highest quality forecast.

Leading AI innovators are already planning to leverage the Zeus API and validator capabilities, recognizing the potential to build next-generation climate-aware applications.

From Bittensor Miners to Climate Innovators

As experienced participants and miners within the Bittensor ecosystem ourselves, we've seen its power firsthand. Additionally, we understood the immense value - and frustrating complexity - surrounding accurate weather forecasting. Businesses willingly invest millions for reliable predictions, yet accessing state-of-the-art data often involves navigating cumbersome APIs and fragmented sources.

This challenge resonated deeply. With domain experts on our team who have worked extensively on advanced climate forecasting techniques, we recognized a unique opportunity. We saw how Bittensor's incentive mechanism could foster true specialization — allowing miners to specialize in specific regions or conditions and outperform even the best existing models.

That insight became the foundation for Zeus: combine our practical Bittensor experience with deep environmental expertise to build the platform we knew was needed - one that intelligently aggregates the world's best specialized forecasts into a single, easy-to-use API, aiming to become the new global standard.

Meet the Team Driving Zeus

Zeus is brought to life by a dedicated team combining hands-on Bittensor experience with deep domain expertise from leading academic institutions. We're passionate about decentralization and building practical solutions to real-world challenges.

Wouter

Co-Founder & Machine Learning Engineer

University of Amsterdam

Travis

Co-Founder & Partner

VU Amsterdam

Egill

Business Developer

University of Amsterdam

Eric

Machine Learning Engineer

University of Cambridge

University of Amsterdam

Vasilis

Machine Learning Engineer

University of Amsterdam

Our Approach: Decentralized Weather Intelligence

Our core approach leverages Bittensor's incentives to encourage specialized miners worldwide to constantly improve weather forecast accuracy over established baselines. We intelligently aggregate the best, validated predictions, aiming for state-of-the-art results delivered through an easy-to-use API. This makes powerful, reliable weather data accessible for diverse applications.

Roadmap & Upcoming Updates

Please note: This roadmap outlines our current direction and priorities, which may evolve as the network and ecosystem develop.