Zurich Robotics & AI Founders Summit

As part of the Zurich AI Festival, the Zurich Robotics & AI Founders Summit will gather leading voices from academia, venture capital, and pioneering startups to explore how robotics and agentic AI are reshaping industries from healthcare to defense, logistics to industrial automation. With a curated audience of 200 founders, investors, and corporates, this event is designed to spark dialogue, discovery, and new collaborations. Don’t miss the startup pitches & booths with robotics & AI ventures showcasing their technologies and connecting with investors throughout the event.

Startups on stage

  • baby-sleep-doctors

    baby-sleep-doctors is developing an AI-based sleep app that helps parents and toddlers sleep better.

  • BeyondFence

    A strategic technology for robot-human co-existance and collaboration, verified by Nvidia, top robot firms & top users.

  • BreezeLabs

    We are an ETH spin-off that tracks breathing with standard earphones for better training advice and healthy behavior.

  • CycloWatt

    CycloWatt is developing an AI-powered power meter for amateur cyclists at an affordable price.

  • DBI

    DBI unleashes the high potential of breath metabolomics by applying advanced data science and cutting-edge technologies.

  • fluidbot

    fluidbot protects potable water by detecting leaks early–using autonomous robots and data-driven predictive maintenance.

  • Hatch Systems

    Real-time health intelligence for marine occupational workers.

  • Kolbev

    Provides infrastructure-free, on-demand recharging service for electric vehicles (EVs) with renewable energy at any given location within city limits.

  • Magnes AG

    AI-based continuous monitoring solution to achieve better clinical outcomes for neuro disorders

  • Skaaltec

    Skaaltec helps stroke patients recover arm movement faster by noninvasively and automatically stimulating their brain.

  • Talnets

    Talnets is developing an AI-powered video analytics platform to help the sports ecosystem identify talent more effective.

  • Windtracx

    Windtracx is developing a maritime wind propulsion system to help ships decrease fuel consumption, thanks to a drone.

Event Agenda

14:00 – Doors opening, startup booths open
14:30 – 15:00 – Welcome by AWS, SICTIC & AISC
15:00-15:30 – Keynote “Open Models Are Changing The (Robotics) World” by Leandro von Werra (Head of Research, Hugging Face)
15:30-16:00 – Networking & booths
16:00-16:30 – Panel “VC perspective on what sets AI & robotics startups apart” with Robert MacKenzie (Venture Partner, Ellipsis VC) and Philip Kneis (Investment Manager, Redalpine) and Klea Wenger (Investment Director, Swisscom Ventures), moderated by Thomas Dübendorfer (President, SICTIC)
17:00-17:30 – Panel “From Lab To Market” with Mara‑Elsa Montoya (founder, MNTY Zurich, ASET (CAIEO)), Arsen Abdulali (CEO & Co-Founder, Qoonek LTD) and Daniel Naeff (Head of Innovation & Entrepreneurship, ETH AI Center) and Gregg Mac Neil Baxter (President, ues.io), moderated by Cristina Gadibadi (Senior Partner Sales Manager at AWS)
17:30-18:00 – Panel “Founders’ Voices: Shaping the Future of Robotics & AI” with Neil Chennoufi (Co-founder, miros), Maria Stamatopoulou (Co-Founder, Laelaps AI) and Nikita Rudin (Co-founder of Flexion Robotics), moderated by Christian Hoffmann (Director, AI Startup Center)
18:00-18:30 – Startup Pitches
All day – Networking & booths
19:00 – End of event

Registration

Startup Applications

Startups: If you want to pitch, please submit your project here. If accepted to pitch, you will get two free tickets to attend. We encourage startups that fulfil our investment criteria to submit their business case. We offer this service and the pitching at one of our events free of charge to startups. For each SICTIC Investor Day, a jury will select the eight most promising startups for pitching at the event.

Submit your startup project

Important: In case you don’t express your interest to pitch at an event in your application form, we will assume you would rather just to want share your business case with SICTIC members and investors and will not include your project in the selection process.

Investor Registration

This event is intended primarily for angel investors (also novices). Family offices, fund managers and venture capitalists that want to invest in Swiss Startups are also welcome to attend.

SICTIC Investors and invited guests please use your promotion code to get your free ticket.

Investors: You can read the startup business cases before the event by joining our SICTIC Investor Community. You can then attend SICTIC Investor Days for free and get access to our online deal platform.

Limited seating. No entry without a valid ticket. No ticket sale at the event.

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Location

Technopark Zurich

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