10 Swiss AI and Machine-Learning Startups to Watch
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Discover our selection of software correcting code, advising agriculturers, checking contracts, structuring unstructured data-sets, and pricing real-estate assets. These startups have raised millions in venture funding, with technologies that also enable engineers to create previously unimaginable designs or doctors to see deeper into human health and diagnose diseases earlier.
Training computers to do work of complexity and depth beyond our human capacities Switzerland's brightest founders are developing technologies to assist and augment human knowledge.
is the platform for AI-powered code reviews. VC-backed ETH spin-off DeepCode brings the knowledge of the global development community to every software developer. The bot uses machine learning to process millions of commits in software projects and learns how to find many more critical bugs/vulnerabilities in your code than other tools. The Zurich-based startup was among this year's winners in the Swisscom StartUp Challenge.
Gamaya improves efficiency and sustainability of farming businesses by offering unique and compelling agronomy solutions, enabled by hyperspectral imaging and artificial intelligence. Our decision support and automation services help industrial farmers reduce costs of water, chemicals, fuel and manual labour, while reducing environmental impact and improving the quantity and quality of their produce. The startup won training, support and CHF 30,000 in Venture Kick, traveled to Silicon Valley with Swisscom StartUp Challenge in 2017, and ranked at the TOP 100 Swiss Startup Award five years in a row, finishing 7th this year. Gamaya raised more than $7 million in a strategic series B funding round that included India's Mahindra Group among investors.
Legartis' artificial intelligence makes legal document analysis convenient and efficient. Trained by legal experts and using the latest machine learning and natural language processing techniques, Legartis' multi-lingual AI platform is one of the most-advanced for the legal profession.
Logmind is a big data analytics platform that provides visibility and automated insights into unstructured log data. As the IT complexity and the volume of machine data increases exponentially, manual and rule-based problem detection approach becomes ineffective. This is where we introduce our tool to enable IT Operations and DevOps teams to automate the detection of their applications issues. This not only helps them to run their applications bug-free but also allows them to identify and avoid costly incidents on time. The Lausanne-based startup won 10,000 francs, training and support from Venture Kick in 2018.
Nanolive has developed a new technology that lets scientists explore living cells in three dimensions without damaging them. In comparison with other industry solutions, the process is simple and economical and is carried out using a microscope. The '3D Cell Explorer' enables medical researchers to test the effects of drugs on living cells in real time. The startup won 30,000 francs, training and support from Venture Kick in 2013, the same year co-founder Yann Cotte won a seat on the Venture Leaders USA roadshow to Boston and New York. The Ecublens-based company won the Swisscom StartUp Challenge in 2016 and ranked at the TOP 100 Swiss Startup Award every year between 2015 and 2018.
This spin-off from EPF Lausanne's computer vision lab uses artificial intelligence to analyze the aerodynamics of car and airplane designs 1,000 times more quickly than the current state-of-the-art. It's software, Neural Concept Shape, is able to accelerate simulations from days to minutes or seconds, and to automatically find optimal solutions under precisely defined criteria and constraints, while also suggesting novel designs that were previously unthinkable. The Lausanne-based company won 130,000 francs pre-seed funding, training and support from Venture Kick earlier this year, before closing a 'seven-figure' seed round in May.
Proptech startup PriceHubble aims to radically improve the understanding and transparency of real-estate markets. The team applies the latest in machine learning, big data analytics and ultra-convenient data visualization to help market participants along the entire real-estate value chain make smarter, data-driven decisions. The Zurich-based startup has ranked at the TOP 100 Swiss Startup Award for the past two years.
RetinAI is leading the transition to patient-specific, precision medicine for the most common eye and brain diseases. It is the first company offering software and tools for healthcare professionals to collect, organize and analyse health-data from patients' eyes. The startup raised CHF 2.3 million in June, to globalize its AI-ophthalmology as it targets an $8 billion market for diagnosing and monitoring eye diseases. The Bern-based RetinAI won training, support and 130,000 francs pre-seed funding from Venture Kick in 2017, and the company's founders roadshowed with Venture Leaders to Boston in 2017 and across China in 2018. The startup ranked at the TOP 100 Swiss Startup Award in 2018.
Backed by clinical experts in Switzerland, Sleepiz combines state of the art sensor technologies and latest hardware with advanced learning algorithms to achieve clinical grade contact-less monitoring and assessment of sleep. The Zurich-based startup won 10,000 francs, training and support from Venture Kick in 2017.
Squirro is an AI-engine that delivers actionable recommendations for better business outcomes. Squirro's technology automatically ingests, enriches and analyses business-critical information from complex data environments, both structured and unstructured. It's software enables enterprises to improve their operational efficiency and increase revenues. Squirro delivers the right insights at the right time, automatically. Research group Forrester lists Squirro as a leading vendor in what it calls the 'insights economy'. The startup ranked at the TOP 100 Swiss Startup Award in 2011.
