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Startup Pitch Night

We’re excited to introduce the latest technologies from Switzerland’s most innovative AI & Robotics startups during our Startup Pitch Night on October 28, 2025.

Startup Pitch Night

Experience the innovative spirit of the most promising Swiss startups and prepare to be inspired as they redefine what’s possible.

Join us on October 28 for a pitch night featuring the next generation of Swiss AI & Robotics startups: Manukai, Visienco, Astrivis, Lobby, and Optiverse. Don’t miss your chance to meet the visionaries behind the breakthroughs and get inspired by the future of AI & Robotics.

The startups pitching are participating in the Startup Camp (AI & Robotics), powered by Innosuisse and managed by Swissnex, a two-week camp featuring toolbox sessions, fireside chats, networking events, and valuable introductions.

Program

  • 6:00pm – Doors open
  • 6:30pm – Event starts
  • 7:15pm – Networking reception
  • 8:30pm – Doors close
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Event start time

  • San Francisco

    6:00PM

Impressions

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Jurors

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    Patricia Liu

    Pitch Advisor, Venture-Ready Pitching

    Patricia Liu is a startup pitch advisor and founder of Venture-Ready Pitching. She advises founders on clearly pitching the venture-ready, venture-scale potential of their company. She also teaches courses on pitching in the Stanford ecosystem, and she serves as the Co-President of MIT Angels – a group of 500 angel investors, all MIT alumni.

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    Bio

    Frantz Lohier

    Senior WW Go-To-Market Strategist, Emerging Technologies - AI & Robotics, Amazon AWS

    Dr. Frantz Lohier has 25 years of experience in the tech sector, spanning consumer electronics, automotive, robotics, medical imaging, digital TV, and IoT – through various roles he held as technologist, entrepreneur, growth strategist, and product owner. At AWS, he is a Senior WW Specialist for Robotics with the mission to identify and incubate new AWS businesses that leverage Advanced Computing. Prior to joining AWS, Dr. Lohier was notably Chief Architect at iRobot, CTO of a large automotive tier-1 (Forvia group), and worked at Qualcomm and Samsung on aerial robots and self-driving cars. Dr Lohier obtained a PhD in Signal Processing from the French Sorbonne University in 2000 and a Master’s in Robotics from the same university. He has 12+ issued patents and authored two books on the business of innovating (ISBN 979-8861534253 and 979-8287334598).

Pitching Startups

    Astrivis

    Astrivis offers advanced 3D face and body scanning technology that delivers highly accurate facial models for diverse applications, with real-time tracking, AI-driven segmentation, 50+ landmark extraction, and secure on-device processing.

    Lobby

    Lobby is an AI booking agent for travel & hospitality that instantly handles B2B group requests, eliminating the days-long email delays that cost hotels up to 25% of revenue.

    Manukai

    Manukai transforms past production data into instant CNC machining programs, eliminating slow, repetitive programming and overcoming the shortage of skilled workers.

    Optiverse

    Optiverse is an AI-powered meeting assistant that automates transcription, generates custom summaries and action items, converts meetings into voiced video recaps (OptiClips™).

    Visienco

    Visienco’s ORGADROID combines bright-field imaging with deep learning to classify organoids, automate pipetting and analysis, and deliver customizable, AI-powered quality monitoring.
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Program Partners

The pitch night is part of the Startup Camp (AI & Robotics), powered by Innosuisse and managed by Swissnex.