AI Talk - The AI Landscape in Switzerland

How does Artificial Intelligence transform industries, societies, and our daily lives? In this episode, we talk to Dalith Steiger-Gablinger, a pioneering voice in the global AI landscape and Co-Founder of SwissCognitive. Dalith shares her personal journey from mathematics and banking software to international AI advocacy. We explore how SwissCognitive supports companies, startups, and investors in...

Guest: Markus Danhel, IBM Client Engineering Executive & AI Thought Leader Co-host: Dalith Steiger-Gablinger Host: Stephan LendiPodigee We’ve heard of AI models, copilots, and assistants. But what if the next frontier is AI agents – digital collaborators with autonomy and initiative? In this episode of AI Talk, we speak with Markus Danhel, Client Engineering Executive at IBM, about the evoluti...

Guest: Dr. Thomas Dübendorfer, President of SICTIC (Swiss ICT Investor Club) What makes an AI startup truly investable – and what mistakes should founders avoid? In this episode of AI Talk, we speak with Thomas Dübendorfer, President of SICTIC, Switzerland’s leading angel investor network for digital startups. With decades of experience in tech and entrepreneurship, Thomas shares what he and other...

Guest: Klaus Fuchs, Founder & CEO of Rockstar.jobs Is AI really taking jobs – or is it just changing who gets hired? In this episode of AI Talk, we speak with Klaus Fuchs, founder and CEO of Rockstar.jobs, about the evolving job market in tech. With fewer job openings, a noticeable shift from junior to senior roles, and growing questions about AI’s impact on employment, this is a moment of rec...

Guest: Nimrod Malinas, CEO & Co-Founder of Robonnement How do you bring advanced robotics to businesses that thought they couldn’t afford it? In this episode of AI Talk, we meet Nimrod Malinas, the Swiss-Israeli founder behind Robonnement, a startup that offers robots as a subscription service. With a bold RaaS (Robots-as-a-Service) model, Robonnement helps small and medium-sized enterprises (...

Designing Intelligence: How Artifact Builds AI Products That Actually Work Guest: Michael Wegmüller, Co-Founder of Artifact What makes a good AI product actually work in the real world? It’s not just about models and infrastructure – it’s about interfaces, intuition, and end-to-end product thinking. In this episode of AI Talk, we delve into Artifact, a fast-growing startup from Switzerland that's...

Robert MacKenzie – Scaling Robots with Purpose  Language: English How do you scale from a robotic prototype to 200+ autonomous machines working across the globe? In this episode, we talk to Robert MacKenzie, former CPO & CTO of ANYbotics, about what it takes to turn complex AI-powered technology into real-world impact — from industrial stair-climbing robots to fully autonomous inspection syste...