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EPFL, ETH Zurich and CSCS have released Apertus, Switzerland’s first large-scale open-source language model, designed for transparency, reproducibility, and multilingual use.

Switzerland launches Apertus, a fully open multilingual large language model

3 September 2025

Top Stories Western Switzerland

Top Stories from Western Switzerland (August 2025)

1 September 2025

Bernese mobility start-up FAIRTIQ has entered a new phase of expansion with a one-year nationwide pilot in Slovakia, its first collaboration with a national railway operator in Central and Eastern Europe.

FAIRTIQ launches nationwide pilot with Slovakia’s national railway operator

19 August 2025

The Trust Valley, in collaboration with the World Bank and the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), has launched the GovTech Innovation Challenge.

Trust Valley launches the GovTech Innovation Challenge with World Bank and SECO

6 August 2025

CERN spin-off Reshape Systems secures CHF 800,000 in pre-seed funding to accelerate the development of its AI-powered risk analysis tools for complex industrial systems.

Reshape Systems raises funds to scale its AI-driven risk analysis platform

5 August 2025

Developed by ETH Zurich, EPFL, and CSCS, the open-source LLM is trained on the Alps supercomputer and designed for transparency, scale, and multilingual use.

Switzerland to release fully open large language model trained on national supercomputer

9 July 2025

Geneva strengthens its support for breakthrough innovation with new FIF funding awarded to InTeeth, Speqqle, and 4D-PicoSense.

Three Geneva start-ups receive support from the FONGIT Innovation Fund

9 July 2025

Vaud-based AI and data analytics firm Unit8 has joined forces with OpenAI to support enterprise AI adoption across Switzerland, Germany, and Austria.

Unit8 becomes official OpenAI Services Partner in the DACH region

16 June 2025

Swiss start-ups shine at the sixth edition of the Trust Valley acceleration program, with Reshape taking the Grand Prize for its AI-driven risk analysis software.

CERN spin-off Reshape wins top prize at Tech4Trust 2025

16 June 2025

DemoSquare has successfully raised CHF 1.2 million in pre-seed funding to fuel its expansion into European markets, aiming to enhance its AI-based platform for monitoring political and regulatory activities.

DemoSquare launches EU platform in Brussels to expand AI-based policy monitoring

13 May 2025

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