Explore insights, news, and background stories from the Greater Zurich Area – one of Europe’s most advanced business and innovation hubs. This is where international companies, tech pioneers, and investors find the latest updates on artificial intelligence, robotics, biotech, fintech, and more. Whether you're looking for real-world expansion cases, startup success stories, or key developments in Switzerland’s business environment, our articles offer firsthand perspectives and strategic guidance.
Nvidia acquires ETH spin-off Animatico
Zurich/Santa Clara - The Californian chip manufacturer Nvidia is acquiring Animatico. The company was formed as a spin-off from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH) and develops interactive avatars for brands and companies.
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Juniper acquires Helsinn cancer drug
Lugano/Singapore - The biopharmaceutical company Helsinn from the Greater Zurich Area has awarded Juniper Biologics with a license for its medication to treat a rare bile duct tumor. This means that Juniper can market it in Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia, and parts of the Middle East and Africa.
SkillGym trains management using artificial intelligence
Manno/Chiasso - The training platform SkillGym from LifeLike Interactions has been further developed with the help of artificial intelligence specialists at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI). SkillGym trains the interactive capabilities of management personnel.
USI institute makes metastasis breakthrough
Bellinzona - Researchers from the Institute of Oncology Research at USI are celebrating a breakthrough: A team has developed a new therapy to prevent the formation of metastases with the help of bioinformatics and Artificial Intelligence.
Helbling developing technologies for precision medicine
Zurich - On behalf of therapy providers, Helbling is developing technologies to democratize access to personalized medicine services. To this end, the engineering and consulting firm is building systems, devices and instruments to automate laborious processes in the field of cell and gene therapy.
Oviva deploying AI to fight obesity
Altendorf/Bern - The digital health company Oviva is using Artificial Intelligence to help combat obesity in conjunction with obesity experts from the University Hospital of Bern and University of Bern. The aim is to offer customized nutritional advice to obese people.
Nexxiot tasked with digitizing the Hapag-Lloyd container fleet
Zurich/Hamburg - Nexxiot is to equip the Hapag-Lloyd container fleet with modern IoT technology. Global monitoring is expected to be rolled out for a significant share of the approximately 3 million Hapag-Lloyd standard containers by the end of 2022.
Hamamatsu Photonics using technology developed by Dotphoton
Zug/Hamamatsu - Hamamatsu Photonics is integrating the Jetraw technology developed by Dotphoton in its camera systems for research purposes and the pharmaceutical industry. Jetraw works by compressing image data to a greater extent than has ever previously been achieved. This solves problems related to storage volumes and costs.
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