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From preventive health to real-time deepfake detection: 36 start-ups - 95% AI-powered - are shaping Switzerland as an innovation hotspot

Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing our lives – but how, exactly? What does it mean for our work, our education, our democracy, our everyday experience? And what does AI look like when it meets Swiss values? For Swiss {ai} Weeks, people and organizations are coming together as part of Switzerland’s largest AI movement to find answers to these questions.

🎉 Our vertical teams and partners have completed the startup selection for hashtag#Kickstart25! After reviewing 450+ late-stage scaleups...

Kickstart Intrapreneurship Program is back for 2025, offering teams from public and private organizations the chance to ideate, validate, test, and scale new products or services in a real-world environment.

We’re honored to share that Kickstart Innovation has been officially nominated for the Financial Times Europe’s Leading Start-up Hubs 2026!

Kickstart Innovation is a co-initiator of the Swiss {ai} Weeks. This initiative brings together our extensive startup ecosystem with Switzerland's largest AI initiative, and we believe it represents a significant step forward for AI innovation in the country.

In 2024, water scarcity and conservation became increasingly critical global challenges, with buildings consuming 70% of fresh distributed water. Yet despite this massive consumption, over 95% of building leaks go undetected, wasting precious resources and causing significant property damage. Shayp is changing this reality through intelligent water monitoring.