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Kloten/Schaffhausen/San José - Flughafen Zürich AG is investing in a pilot project involving a self-driving shuttle bus with space for nine people. According to current plans, this will be put into service in the next few months. The Californian pioneer WeRide has been selected as technology provider.

Zurich - Spitch has moved to a larger property within the City of Zurich. The specialist in speech and text dialogue systems for companies and authorities expects this step to enable it to meet the demands created by its transformation from a start-up to a global provider.

Kloten/Lugano - From 2027, Flughafen Zürich AG in the canton of Zürich will purchase 30,000 liters of solar diesel from Synhelion every year. The partners have signed a five-year offtake agreement. This solar diesel will be used to power special vehicles without electric drives.

Zurich - Embotech has raised 23.5 million Swiss francs in a Series B financing round. With this fresh capital injection, the supplier of autonomous driving solutions can further scale its technology for Automated Vehicle Marshalling at car factories and Autonomous Terminal Tractors at port terminals and logistic centers.

Schlieren/Berlin - Neurimmune and AICURA have announced a strategic partnership to leverage the benefits offered by Artificial Intelligence (AI) for the development of drugs to treat Alzheimer’s disease. The partnership aims to develop patient programs and to shorten drug development times.

Zurich - ANYbotics has increased its external capital by 60 million US dollars to more than 130 million US dollars in total. The manufacturer of autonomous robot solutions will use this financing to accelerate its global scaling and most recent expansion in the USA.

Zurich - Relai has raised a total of 12 million US dollars in a series A funding round. The Zurich-based bitcoin platform plans to use the funds to expand in Europe. Relai hopes to become the market leader in this region in 2025.

Manno/Saint-Sauvers - xFarm Technologies and Syngenta France have developed a geospatial AI tool. With this, French farmers should be able to identify crops more effectively and deploy pesticides in more targeted fashion.

Zurich/Madrid - ANYbotics has combined its autonomous inspection robot with the ecosystem for machinery and robots from the global technology group GMV. Together, the two companies recently won a tender from the Spanish energy companies Elewit/Red Eléctrica.