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Sorcerer

Sorcerer

Summer 2024

Building a nervous system for the atmosphere

Artificial IntelligenceHard TechHardwareClimateAerospace

About Company

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.

Active Founders

Austin Tindle

Austin Tindle

Founder/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 McLaughlin

Founder/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 Vecchi

Founder/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.

Company Facts

LocationSan Francisco, CA, USA
Team Size4
Founded2024
StatusActive