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 02.12.2025

Oriol de Tera, CEO of Meteosim: “What the PCB provides us with is the entire knowledge ecosystem that exists there”

Meteosim, a spin-off of the University of Barcelona (UB), has been specializing for more than twenty years in the development of customized solutions for weather forecasting, air quality, emergency management, and climate change consultancy, serving both public entities and industries in the chemical, energy, mining, port, and Oil & Gas sectors. The company’s technology has long integrated machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) models, combined with numerical and physical atmospheric prediction models specifically designed to meet the needs of each client.

Since its foundation, Meteosim has evolved into an international benchmark in applied meteorology. The company participates in European R&D projects, collaborates with scientific institutions, and operates in multiple countries, providing high value-added services for critical decision-making. Its multidisciplinary team, composed of physicists, engineers, and data specialists, combines academic experience with industrial expertise to transform complex environmental data into actionable and highly accurate information.

In this interview, Oriol de Tera, CEO of Meteosim, highlights the importance of defining a clear market strategy and focusing on those verticals where innovation can have the greatest impact. According to him, it is common for startups in their early stages to try to cover too many areas instead of concentrating efforts on the sectors with the highest potential. In this process of growth and consolidation, he also emphasizes the positive role that being part of the Barcelona Science Park (PCB) has played for the company. “We originated from a group in the Faculty of Physics at the University of Barcelona, and what the PCB provides us is the entire knowledge ecosystem that exists there. Even though the areas are very diverse, what you sense is knowledge with a business-oriented approach,” he states.