ETH D-INFK alumni Samuel Mueller, Christian Floerkemeier and Christof Roduner founded Scandit, which began by turning smartphone cameras into barcode scanners. Today, the ETH spin-off uses computer vision and AI for smart data capture. Its technology is now used to detect suspicious behaviour and prevent theft at self-checkout. Scandit became a unicorn in 2022, valued at more than $1 billion
ETH computer science students Ryan Fuchs and Boris Kantor have co-founded Turiq with banking economist Klaus Wellershoff. The Zurich-based start-up develops an AI platform that connects market information, internal analyses and portfolio data to support financial institutions in market analysis, investment decisions and client communication. Fuchs and Kantor lead the company as CEO and CTO while completing their Bachelor’s degrees at ETH Zurich.
Nearly 500 scientists from 34 countries have signed an open letter calling for stronger international oversight of advanced AI. ETH D-INFK alumna Christina Pöpper, now Professor of Computer Science and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs at NYU Abu Dhabi, explains why she signed it, citing the growing ability of AI agents to find and exploit vulnerabilities at scale. She earned her doctorate at ETH under Professor Srdjan Čapkun.