AccuWeather

AccuWeather builds and operates the data infrastructure behind one of the world's largest weather forecasting operations. The company's technical work spans weather forecasting and meteorology, weather data processing and APIs, digital media, weather technology, and enterprise weather intelligence. Its AccuWeather API and weather data platform handles more than 35 billion daily data requests and supplies weather content to more than 180,000 third-party websites.

Alongside the data platform, AccuWeather produces consumer weather forecasts and severe weather warnings for more than 1.5 billion people globally, and sells enterprise weather solutions to businesses that need operational weather data and predictions. Those solutions are used by more than half of the Fortune 500 across sectors including manufacturing, transportation, healthcare, finance, retail, insurance, utilities and energy.

Founded in 1962 and headquartered in State College, Pennsylvania, the company employs more than 450 people worldwide, among them over 100 expert meteorologists, across nine offices. The stated purpose of the forecasting work is measured in outcome terms: the company reports its accurate predictions have contributed to saving tens of thousands of lives and preventing tens of billions of dollars in property damage, and identifies forecast accuracy as its core operating standard.