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Honeyjar offers AI tools to improve PR and comms at every company; plus, WindBorne wins a hefty US Air Force contract

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Show Notes

Honeyjar believes AI can actually make PR better.

Also, WindBorne is a startup that uses weather balloons and AI to predict the weather won a US military contract worth almost $50 million.

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