# Meteoric

[Meteoric on Hacklab](https://hacklab.so/org/meteoric)

Startup · 2 people on Hacklab

## Links

- [Website](https://meteoric.earth/)
- [Y Combinator](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/meteoric)
- [LinkedIn](https://uk.linkedin.com/company/meteoric-inc)

## About

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## YC company profile

Drones that clear clouds over solar farms and weaken hurricanes

Meteoric is building drones that clear clouds over solar farms and ultimately weaken severe storms and hurricanes.

- **YC batch:** Summer 2026
- **Founded:** 2026
- **Team size:** 2
- **Location:** San Francisco
- **Country:** US
- **Status:** Active
- **Industry:** Industrials
- **Stage:** Early
- **Tags:** Hard Tech, Renewable Energy, ClimateTech
- **YC partner:** Gustaf Alstromer

## Founders

### Mete Karslioglu — Founder/CEO

Building drones that clear clouds over solar farms and ultimately weaken severe storms and hurricanes. 
Previously developed spray nozzles to brighten clouds (MCB) at the Cambridge Centre for Climate Repair. 
Cambridge MEng in Aerospace, Energy & Mechanical Engineering

[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mete-karslioglu/) · [X](https://x.com/MeteKarsli0glu)

### Eric Nilsson — Founder/CTO

Co-founder and CTO at Meteoric (S26). We build drones that clear clouds over solar farms and ultimately weaken hurricanes. 
Previously worked on capacitive sensing for digital microfluidics at the University of Cambridge.
Cambridge MEng in Engineering, specialised in Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Information & Computer Engineering, Instrumentation & Control.

[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-nilsson-2b3775254/) · [X](https://x.com/eric_nilsson_)

[Source: Y Combinator](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/meteoric) · Retrieved 2026-11-02. Company information is self-reported on YC.

## Current staff

- [Eric Nilsson](https://hacklab.so/eric-nilsson) — Founder/CTO (Present)
- [Mete Karslioglu](https://hacklab.so/mete-karslioglu) — Founder/CEO (Present)