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We asked Naomi MacKenzie, co-founder of KITRO, what innovation means to her.
The Swiss company uses artificial intelligence to efficiently record and analyze food waste in the food service industry worldwide.

We asked Sarah Harbarth, founder of KUORI, what innovation means to her.

Doré de Morsier is the founder and chairman of Eurotube, a pioneering Swiss research foundation and European research infrastructure for Hyperloop technology with the vision of sustainable long-distance transportation and freight transport through energy-efficient tunnels and tubes.

Markus Eicher is CEO of ELEX AG and co-founder of the new joint venture Alnewa, which uses plasma technology to convert CO₂ into usable raw materials for industrial processes.

EuroTube is a pioneering Swiss research foundation and European research infrastructure for Hyperloop technology, envisioning sustainable long-distance travel and freight transport through energy-efficient tunnels and tubes.

The goal is to connect major Swiss cities in 20 to 30 minutes while reducing energy consumption. Collaboration with local, national, and international partners is crucial for developing this innovative technology.

Mario Jenni, co-founder and CEO of Bio-Technopark Schlieren, provides insights into the added value of Inno-Hubs and explains why Innovation Zurich plays an important role.

Dr. David Taylor is the CEO of Unbound Potential and deeply connected to Cleantech. We asked him how his flow battery is making the world more sustainable and why Thalwil in the canton of Zurich is a top location for him.

What does innovation mean to David Taylor? We asked the co-founder of the cleantech start-up Unbound Potential.

Parquery, an ETH spin-off, is a Zurich-based software company specializing in computer vision, a field within artificial intelligence (AI) that enables computers to extract meaningful information from digital images and videos. Thanks to the Innovation-Sandbox and the cooperation with the city of Frauenfeld, they are now making a significant contribution to using parking spaces on site more efficiently while effectively taking data protection aspects into account. Additionally, the Innovation-Sandbox ensures that other municipalities can benefit from their pioneering project as well.

The Innovation Sandbox for Artificial Intelligence is a test environment for the implementation of AI projects. The Sandbox is designed to promote responsible innovation by allowing the administration and participating organizations to work closely on regulatory issues and to enable the use of novel data sources.

AI-supported tools can be used in a variety of areas. While they offer potential for individualised learning in education, they enable the detection of the smallest cracks in asphalt in infrastructure maintenance.

But what potential does AI have for translations in administration?

Paula Reichenberg, CEO & Founder at NEUR.ON, and Simona Todesco, COO at Textshuttle, together with Raphael von Thiessen, explain the challenges of legal translations with specialised artificial intelligence and show how secure and adaptable machine translations are produced.

The Innovation Sandbox for Artificial Intelligence is an initiative in which administration, business and research work together on regulatory issues and enable the use of new types of data sources. It is a test environment for the implementation of AI projects designed to promote responsible innovation.

Gerrit Sindermann, President of the Green Fintech Network, and Julian Osborne, Founder & CEO of Pelt8, are firmly rooted in the green fintech ecosystem. We asked them what exactly green fintech is and what role the Green Fintech Network and its members play for the Swiss financial centre.