BIG SWISS AI SECRET, THE

The race to master Artificial Intelligence is more competitive than ever. All eyes are on the global AI platforms as countries race to take the top position — and Switzerland has emerged as a strong contender despite its size.

What lies behind Switzerland's AI success? How did it succeed in creating a world-leading AI ecosystem with limited resources? This book answers these questions and more. Based on hundreds of hours of interviews, this book sheds light on the secretive Swiss AI industry. In its pages, you will find insights gleaned from world-class researchers, visionary founders, savvy investors, and cutting-edge startups, each from Switzerland's thriving and exclusive AI industry. The Big Swiss AI Secret demonstrates how one can compete in the global AI race, highlighting that short-term victories are less important than achieving clever, long-term successes.

Alexander E Brunner's second book on the Swiss deep tech ecosystem examines how Switzerland, with a small but impactful AI industry, has created a world-leading AI ecosystem, recognized by luminaries like Prof. Yann LeCun, META's AI head. Written by a practitioner for practitioners, this book offers an exciting, behind-the-scenes exploration of the future of AI, business, and society. It highlights cutting-edge use cases with a sharp focus on distinguishing what is currently real from what is just hype. Adopting a cross-disciplinary perspective, it examines what is already feasible today and how leading Swiss companies successfully position themselves for the future.

Contents:

• About the Author
• Cover Design
• Introduction
• Acknowledgment
• The Year AI Went Exponential
• From Classic to Generative AI
• Why This Time Is Different
• AI Use Cases Across Switzerland:
  • Empowering Clients and Employees in Banking
  • Efficiency Gains in Insurance
  • AI Investment Analytics
  • Faster Drug Research
  • AI in Manufacturing and SMEs
  • The Advent of AI Robots
  • AI and the Calculator
  • Chatbots and Better Knowledge Management
  • Exponential Business Process Automatization
  • The Quest for an Intelligent Personal Assistant
  • Influencing the Creative Industry
  • Creating a Buzz in the News Industry
  • The Evolving Landscape of Marketing
  • Sandbox for AI Pilots
  • Accelerating Talent Search
  • Robots and Autonomous Cars Entering our Physical World
  • Transforming the Modern Battlefield
  • Endnotes
• Accelerated Risks:
  • Will Superintelligent AI Agents result in Job Losses?
  • How AI is Fueling Data Vulnerabilities and Cyber Risks
  • The Race for More Data
  • Hidden Data Quality Challenge
  • Data Privacy in the Age of AI
  • Energy Exponentialism
  • What We Should Really Be Concerned About in AI
  • Endnotes
• The Outsized Importance of Ecosystems in Tech:
  • Innovation Disrupting Value Chains
  • The Underpinnings of the Dominant American AI Ecosystem
  • Europe is Falling Behind the US in Innovation
  • Europe's Inability to Build a Rival to the US and China
  • Endnotes
• Swiss Innovation Champion:
  • CERN and the Swiss World Wide Web
  • Albert Einstein in Switzerland
  • Switzerland's Latest Generation of Supercomputers
  • The Magic of Swiss Decentralized Collaboration
  • The Success of Crypto Valley and the Power of Decentralization
  • Trust Your Citizens by Respecting Their Privacy
  • Local Grassroots Collaboration
  • Endnotes
• The Swiss Freedom to Innovate:
  • Switzerland's Global Innovation Network
  • Entrepreneurs Love Switzerland
  • Swiss Startups Bursting Out of Their Home Market
  • Expanding on the Back of Swiss Multinationals
  • International Investors Snapping Up Swiss Startups
  • Switzerland's AI Talent Hub
  • Endnotes
• The Importance of Open Source and Data Sovereignty:
  • Switzerland is Open Source
  • Digital Resilience and Open Source
  • Endnotes
• How to Keep Up With Brute-Force Innovation:
  • The American AI Nation-State
  • An American Brute-Force Fantasy
  • How to Compete with Colossal AI Firms
  • Brute-Force Versus Multi-Disciplinary Intelligence
  • Endnotes
• Unlocking AI Growth:
  • The Importance of Buying Locally
  • Government's Duty to Support Local Tech Ecosystems
  • Unlocking Innovation Through Procurement
  • Taking Advantage of Homegrown AI Capabilities
  • Switzerland's Data Goldmine
  • Endnotes
• Practical AI Insights for Business:
  • Swift AI Adoption in Four Stages
  • Five Principles for AI in Business
  • Endnotes
• The Rise of the Intelligence Economy:
  • Accelerated Intelligence Everywhere
  • A No-Code Revolution
  • Endnotes
• Switzerland, a Role Model for Decentralized:
• AI Innovation
• The Importance of Building Entire Value Chains
• Freedom to Innovate Versus Brute-Force
• The Importance of Buying Local Tech
• Decentralized Innovation Drives Global Success
• Endnotes
• Appendix: List of Interviews

Readership: Executives, advisors, government officials, politicians, and general readers who are interested in ecosystem innovation in the AI industry.