Information technology

Leading artificial intelligence in Europe, Switzerland and the Greater Zurich Area have occupied top positions in worldwide rankings for innovative strength and talent availability in this sector. Greater Zurich’s top-tier research institutes, including ETH Zurich and the Swiss AI Lab IDSIA, continue to rank among the leading technical institutes in the world and attract the best talent and companies, including Google, IBM, Microsoft, Facebook, Oracle and more.

The Greater Zurich Area is one of the world’s leading centers for computer vision - thanks to leading universities, top talents, a dynamic start-up scene and global tech giants such as Google, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, IBM, Huawei, Oracle and Disney.

Companies involved in spatial computing technologies such as virtual, augmented or mixed reality encounter outstanding conditions in the Greater Zurich Area, including a highly qualified technical workforce, research facilities with global recognition, and worldwide technology leaders such as Facebook, Google, Magic Leap and Microsoft developing VR/AR solutions in Zurich.

Cybersecurity, one of the world’s most important areas of technology, thrives in the Greater Zurich Area. ETH Zurich has one of the top five teams in the world in the field of Cybersecurity and the Crypto Valley offers an innovative scene of small and mid-size companies involved in researching solutions for safer data processing. The region’s highly qualified technical work force and excellent quality of life are bonus factors to companies that choose to locate in the Greater Zurich Area.