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OneSoil and Rainbow Weather partner to bring hyperlocal AI-powered rainfall forecasting to farmers worldwide

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ZURICH, June 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Driven by climate change, extreme rainfall events have spiked since the early 2000s, delaying planting seasons and ruining crop yields. In the EU alone, extreme weather costs farmers about €28 billion every year, around 6% of total agricultural production. Zurich-based precision agtech company OneSoil has partnered with Polish climate tech startup Rainbow Weather to address this issue.

Farmers could already track wind speed and temperature via the ‘Virtual Weather Station’ OneSoil’s existing app. What the collaboration brings is a ‘Hyperlocal Precipitation Forecast’ feature to the platform. This new layer shows clouds motion and, therefore, predicts rainfall probability and intensity down to a specific four-hour window for exact coordinates, whether it’s a particular section of a sunflower field in France or a cornfield in South Africa.

This precision and speed are possible thanks to machine learning models trained to analyze large volumes of radar, satellite, and atmospheric data to detect patterns in how precipitation develops and moves, Alexander Matveenko, co-founder and CEO at Rainbow Weather, explains.

For modern farmers, this ultra-short-term data is financially crucial, CEO at OneSoil Stepan Zulynskyi notes, “Knowing what will happen in the next few hours is more valuable than a general daily forecast.” He further explains that operations like fertilizing and chemical spraying are highly sensitive to rain. If an unexpected downpour hits immediately after a tractor completes a pass, thousands of dollars in inputs can wash away, forcing farmers to re-apply chemicals, waste labor, and damage soil health. According to the team, the new feature has already been used by more than 15 000 farmers monthly.

Alexander Matveenko adds that more accurate forecasts can bring new value to farmers given that, over the last few years, weather has become one of the biggest sources of risk in agriculture: “In these conditions, farmers are looking for tools that could help them access granular data on upcoming precipitation, as well as historical data on how much rainfall has already occurred, so they can better plan fieldwork. Rainbow Weather is exactly what they need.”

About Rainbow Weather

Rainbow Weather is a next-gen climate tech startup for ultra-accurate short-term forecasts founded in 2021 by Yuriy Melnichek, who previously built AIMatter (acquired by Google), a neural network-based AI platform, as well as the video creation and editing app Vochi (acquired by Pinterest), and fashion marketplace Wanna (acquired by Farfetch), and Alexander Matveenko, a founder of artificial intelligence mapping startup MapData that he sold to Mapbox in 2017. The company has raised a €4.87M ($5.5M) seed funding round, with main investors including Yuri Gurski, founder and president of Flo Health, the first purely digital consumer women’s health app to achieve unicorn status. Today, Rainbow Weather’s forecasting is available globally, with more than 1 million installs and over 120,000 active users. The company also works with 400 B2B clients sharing its forecasting via API.

In addition, the team runs weatherindex.ai, an open-source tool that evaluates the accuracy of short-term precipitation predictions from providers like AccuWeather, Vaisala, and The Weather Company in real time. It pulls live data from public APIs and compares forecasts with verified airport weather reports using standard metrics such as accuracy and F-score (a measure of predictive performance).

About OneSoil

OneSoil is a Zurich-based agtech company developing AI-driven solutions for precision agriculture. Its flagship product is OneSoil Pro, a digital farming platform that offers farmers tools for field monitoring, productivity analysis, variable-rate application maps, soil sampling, and field trials. Over the years, OneSoil’s products have been adopted by more than 1.16M users across Europe, Latin America, the US, Africa, and Australia. Annually active users account for virtually 140,000 farmers worldwide. Beyond individual growers, OneSoil’s solutions are used by major agricultural holdings and global enterprise clients specializing in seeds, crop inputs, machinery, and food production. Those include Corteva, BASF among others. The company is backed by Almaz Capital, PortfoLion, Bulba Ventures, and Yuriy Melnichek (founder of AIMatter (acquired by Google), Vochi (acquired by Pinterest), and Wanna (acquired by Farfetch)).

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WebFX Earns Reddit Gold Certified Sales Partner Badge, Highlighting Advertising Capabilities for Growth-Focused Businesses

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HARRISBURG, Pa., June 4, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — WebFX, the digital marketing agency that has driven more than $10 billion in client revenue over the past five years, today announced it has earned Reddit’s Gold Certified Sales Partner badge. The designation recognizes agencies that have demonstrated deep platform expertise and experience with Reddit’s advertising solutions on behalf of clients.

As a Gold Certified Sales Partner, WebFX gains access to exclusive partner benefits that directly enhance the Reddit campaigns it manages for clients.

Reddit has quickly evolved from a niche community hub into a mainstream advertising platform, reaching more than 126 million daily active unique users as of Q1 2026. For B2B marketers in particular, Reddit offers access to highly engaged, high-intent communities that are increasingly shaping how buyers research products and make purchasing decisions.

As a Gold Certified Sales Partner, WebFX gains access to exclusive partner benefits that directly enhance the Reddit campaigns it manages for clients. These benefits include early opportunities to try new features, personalized account support from Reddit’s team, and audience insights for optimized strategies — giving WebFX clients an edge as the platform continues to grow.

“Earning Reddit’s Gold Certified Sales Partner badge is a meaningful milestone for our team and, more importantly, for the businesses we serve,” said Kyle Helder, VP of Demand Gen & Ecosystems at WebFX. “Reddit’s audience is uniquely valuable because people show up there with genuine intent, looking to research, compare, and make decisions. This partnership gives our clients privileged access to platform insights and tools that help us turn that intent into measurable revenue.”

The Gold Partner designation builds on WebFX’s broader commitment to meeting clients wherever their audiences are — across search, social, AI, and emerging channels. It complements a partner ecosystem that already includes Google Premier Partner, Meta Business Partner, and Microsoft Advertising Partner, among others.

To learn more about how WebFX helps businesses drive revenue through Reddit advertising and other digital marketing channels, visit webfx.com.

About WebFX

WebFX is a full-service, tech-enabled digital marketing agency built for the AI era. With many years of experience and 700+ digital marketing specialists, WebFX helps businesses grow through data-driven strategies across search, paid media, AI-powered channels, and more. The agency’s proprietary RevenueCloudFX platform connects marketing efforts to real business outcomes — leads, pipeline, and revenue — while its AI visibility tracking and optimization capabilities help clients stay discoverable as search evolves beyond traditional engines. WebFX has generated over $10 billion in client revenue and delivered more than 24 million leads in the past five years. Learn more at webfx.com.

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General Fluidics and Invetech Partner to Accelerate Accessible Diagnostics at the Point of Care

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SAN DIEGO, June 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — General Fluidics (GF) and Invetech today announced a strategic collaboration to bring fast, high-quality diagnostics closer to patients, enabling earlier decisions, better outcomes, and broader access to care. 

Founded at the Massachusetts General Hospital with a mission to make diagnostics genuinely accessible, General Fluidics is redefining routine blood testing by moving it out of central labs and directly into the clinics. From rural settings to urban urgent care centers, Axess transforms clinical practices by making reference-lab quality diagnostics available within minutes at point-of-care.

After a global search spanning four continents, GF selected Invetech as its development and scaleup partner for its proven end‑to‑end capability, deep diagnostics expertise, and culture of collaboration.  

“This was a critical decision for us” said Rob Granier, CEO of General Fluidics. “We needed a partner who had seen the hard problems before, who could move fast, be transparent, and help us scale with confidence. Invetech stood out not just for technical depth, but for how they show up as a true partner”.  

Invetech brings decades of experience translating complex diagnostic technologies into manufacturable, regulated products combining commercial insight, risk discipline, and practical execution across every stage of development.  

“What excites us about General Fluidics is the clarity of vision and the timing.” said Andreas Knaack, CEO of Invetech. “The market is ready, the technology is mature, and decentralised testing is now the expectation. Together, we’re building a platform designed to scale and to make a real difference in healthcare.”  

With aligned leadership, shared values, and a focus on execution, the collaboration positions General Fluidics to accelerate its journey from innovation to impact, bringing high quality diagnostics to more people, faster. 

About Invetech 

Invetech is your trusted partner in solving complex manufacturing and product development challenges in the global advanced therapies market. For more than three decades, we’ve partnered with leaders in diagnostics, life sciences, and cell therapy to co-create breakthrough solutions that transform ideas into market-ready technologies and therapies. Whether transitioning from early process development to commercial-scale manufacturing or optimizing complex workflows, our team combines scientific insight, engineering excellence and proven technology platforms to deliver tailored solutions. Our proven modules, technology platforms and custom automation solutions integrate seamlessly with your processes, reducing time to market, and supporting scalable, GMP-compliant manufacturing. Together with our clients, we’re advancing healthcare.  

To learn more about Invetech Group, visit https://www.invetechgroup.com/ 

About General Fluidics 

General Fluidics is a Boston-based diagnostic company that spun out of Massachusetts General Hospital in 2018. The company is focused on making diagnostic testing more accessible for all patients. GF’s Axess platform is a compact, seamlessly integrated benchtop diagnostic lab engineered to deliver hundreds of high-quality diagnostic tests at the point of care with results in minutes. 

To learn more about General Fluidics, visit https://www.generalfluidics.com/  

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Invetech
Emily.ellinger@invetech.com.au

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McRae Industries, Inc. Dividend Declared

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MOUNT GILEAD, N.C., June 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — McRae Industries, Inc. (Pink Sheets: MCRAA and MCRAB) declared a dividend of $.14 per share on the Company’s Class A and Class B Common Stock payable on July 1, 2026 to shareholders of record on June 17, 2026.

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