Google.org funds Ai2 to build NeuralGCM+, an open climate model
Ai2 is launching NeuralGCM+, an open-source model for decades-long climate projections, backed by multimillion-dollar, three-year funding from Google.org and technical support from Google Research.
By GennnAi··1 min read
It extends Google Research's NeuralGCM, which pairs physical equations with AI, by coupling atmosphere and ocean. Ai2 targets trends over years to decades, such as water availability in the southwestern United States by mid-century. It plans to release documented models and tools and improve performance on widely used GPUs. Its ACE2 model ran some experiments roughly 100 times faster than a conventional model.
Source: Ai2, published on November 4, 2026.