Planet-sized ambitions: Swiss startup Jua lands €10 million to launch AI-based earth simulation

Zurich-based startup Jua, creator of the “world’s most advanced AI-based Earth simulation“, announced today the close of its €10 million Series A funding round to accelerate the commercial rollout of their Earth Intelligence Platform, a decision engine that helps energy traders make decisions by simulating how the physical world behaves.

The round was co-led by Ananda Impact Ventures and Future Energy Ventures, with continued support from existing investors including 468 Capital, Promus Ventures, and others.

Marvin Gabler, CEO & Co-Founder of Jua, shared with EU-Startups his hopes for the future of the company: “With €10 million secured, we’re scaling the foundation for planetary intelligence, and it’s happening here in Europe. Building on ECMWF’s scientific legacy, Jua is proving that Europe can lead in building the most advanced AI systems for the real world.”

Founded in Zurich in 2022, Jua’s mission is to build the world’s most advanced foundational AI model for the natural world. Combining deep expertise in physics-simulating AI, climate modeling, and energy systems, the team saw an urgent need: climate volatility and geopolitical instability were outpacing the capabilities of existing planning tools.

Powered by Jua’s proprietary EPT-2.0 AI model, a Large Physics Model trained on petabytes of data, the platform delivers unparalleled forecasting performance across weather, energy markets, and supply-demand dynamics. According to the company, in third-party benchmarks, EPT-2.0 significantly outperforms traditional numerical weather models (like ECMWF’s ensemble) and AI models from big tech firms, including DeepMind’s GraphCast, Nvidia’s Earth-2, and Microsoft’s Aurora.

“Jua is building one of the most important technological foundations for our planet’s future,” said Florian Erber, General Partner at Ananda Impact Ventures. “The team combines world-class talent in AI and Earth science with the technical depth to execute at scale. We invest in ventures with deep, systemic impact: Jua is a standout example.”

Accurate weather forecasting is critical for sectors like energy, agriculture, aviation, and shipping, impacting lives, infrastructure, and economies. Yet, Jua says that traditional forecasting still relies on fragmented models and expert interpretation. As extreme weather intensifies and predictability declines, a new approach for the AI era is needed.

Jua’s AI-based Earth simulation marks a fundamental shift, moving from fragmented guesswork to a single, consistent, physics-simulating platform that enables faster, more reliable decision-making across sectors.

Alongside the raise, Marvin Gabler, Co-founder and architect of EPT-2.0, has been appointed CEO, taking over from Andreas Brenner, who led the company since its founding in 2022. Under Gabler’s leadership, Jua will focus on scaling its platform within the energy sector and expanding its capabilities into new markets.

“Jua is not just improving forecasts; they are redefining what’s possible,” added Jan Palasinski, Partner at Future Energy Ventures. “They’re establishing themselves as a category leader in foundational models of the natural world, exactly the kind of innovation needed to accelerate the energy transition.”

Jua previously raised €14 million in its 2024 Seed round. Notable backers of Jua include Siraj Khaliq (Founder of The Climate Corporation), Mehdi Ghiassani (former Head of Product at DeepMind), Ola Torudbakken (Director of AI Systems at Meta), 468 Capital, Green Generation Fund, and Promus Ventures.

“With our Earth Intelligence Platform, we’ve turned the world’s most advanced Earth simulation into a practical decision engine,” said Gabler. “This is a foundational step toward mastering our planetary future.”

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