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๐ŸŽ‰ ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐š ๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ โ€“ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž 2025 ๐Š๐ข๐œ๐ค๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‚๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž! On Tuesday, Kraftwerk Zรผrich buzzed with energy as ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐š๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐ฆ๐ž๐๐ข๐š, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐๐ฌ came together to kick off this yearโ€™s 10-๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ค ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง ๐ˆ๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ. ๐Ÿš€ โœจ ๐‡๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐: ๐Ÿ‘‰ 36+ ๐ฌ๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฌ & ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ 14 ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ pitching their ideas ๐Ÿ‘‰ Inspiring ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ญ๐ฌ & ๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ง๐ข ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ showcasing collaboration in action ๐Ÿ‘‰ A spotlight on Swiss {ai} Weeks, which we are proud to co-initiate โ€“ a nationwide movement with 160+ events across 24 cities shaping the future of #AI ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ ๐Ÿ‘‰ The introduction of ๐€๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐‹๐‹๐Œ โ€“ Switzerlandโ€™s open-source, multilingual large language model, developed by ETH AI Center, EPFL AI Center & Swisscom This yearโ€™s Kickstart cohort is proof of that spirit: โœ… 95% of startups are #AI-powered โœ… 90%+ contribute to the United Nations #SDGs โœ… 35%+ are driving the #circulareconomy A huge thank you to our speakers โ€“ Katka Letzing, Heloise Le Masne (Impact Hub Zรผrich), David Weber (Stadt Zรผrich), Franรงois Capel (Innovaud), Daniel Dobos (Swisscom), Martin Jaggi (EPFL), Pascal Sollberger (hypt), Janine Keim (Sanitas Krankenversicherung), Simone Jones (Coop Betty Bossy), Linda Aerne (VNTR | Innovation & Venturing) โ€“ and to Sabina Kalamujic for guiding us through the evening. ๐Ÿ‘ We are grateful to our partners โ€“ AXA, Stadt Zรผrich, Coop, die Mobiliar, MSD Switzerland, PostFinance, Swisscom, Sanitas Krankenversicherung, CSEM, ETH Zรผrich, Mondelฤ“z International, Etat de Vaud, Greater Zurich Area โ€“ and 200+ partners globally championing innovation with us this year. ๐Ÿ’ก We are proud to contribute to #Switzerlandโ€™s collaborative innovation culture: startups, corporates, VCs & public institutions truly making ideas happen. ๐ŸŒโœจ Next up: our ๐„๐ฑ๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ƒ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ซ ๐ข๐ง ๐‹๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐š๐ง๐ง๐ž tonight! ๐Ÿฅ‚ ๐Ÿ“ธ Thanks to Yusef Evans and Jรผrg Stuker for capturing the energy of the evening. ๐Ÿ‘‰ See all the pictures: https://lnkd.in/dEEzjaTq #Kickstart25 #SwissAIWeeks #Innovation #AI #Sustainability #DeepTech #Startups #Collaboration

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