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CERN in Geneva and AI developer Mistral AI have signed a statement of intent for a long-term strategic partnership on foundation models for scientific discovery. The first goal is a "Large Physics Model" for high-energy physics.

CERN and Mistral AI join forces to develop AI foundation models for science

19 October 2026

Bern-based Besso has closed a CHF 4 million seed round, taken entirely by a European family office. The start-up's platform helps multinationals manage the cost and complexity of global trade.

Besso raises a CHF 4 million seed round for its global trade intelligence platform

12 October 2026

Trust Valley has unveiled the cohort for the eighth edition of its Tech4Trust accelerator: 30 start-ups from 11 countries, including 15 from Switzerland, working to make AI secure, governed and sovereign.

Tech4Trust selects 30 start-ups to secure artificial intelligence

5 October 2026

Proton and the research team behind Apertus, the fully open language model developed by EPFL, ETH Zurich and partner institutions, are partnering to advance open and sovereign AI in Switzerland and Europe.

Proton integrates the Swiss language model Apertus into its AI assistant Lumo

22 September 2026

Lausanne-based Giotto.ai and Groupe Mutuel, which serves more than 1.3 million clients, have begun a collaboration to deploy the Giotto AI model across selected use cases, with sensitive data remaining within the insurer's own environment.

Groupe Mutuel partners with Giotto.ai to deploy sovereign AI on its own infrastructure

22 September 2026

Swiss industrial group Bystronic has entered into an agreement to acquire Isochronic, an automation technology company based near Lausanne specializing in high-speed robotic sorting systems and software for sheet metal processing.

Bystronic acquires Vaud robotics start-up Isochronic

31 August 2026

The Foundation for Innovation and Technology has awarded a CHF 200,000 Digital Growth loan to WasteFlow, CHF 50,000 Digital Seed loans to DOCumenter and Nextrainers, and a CHF 20,000 Digital Grant to RiveLock.

FIT supports four Vaud start-ups through its Digital programs

31 August 2026

One year after closing its funding round, EPFL spin-off Logmind has expanded its customer base across Europe, strengthened its commercial organization and launched Logmind v3, a new generation of its AI platform for IT operational intelligence.

Logmind launches its third-generation AI platform for IT operations

31 August 2026

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Top Stories from Western Switzerland (July 2026)

3 August 2026

Salesforce has announced plans to invest USD 1 billion in Switzerland over the next five years to accelerate the country's agentic AI transformation, in a commitment unveiled in Geneva ahead of the AI for Good Global Summit.

Salesforce to invest USD 1 billion in Switzerland’s AI transformation

8 July 2026

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