January 2026 | Digital technology news in French-speaking Switzerland
🕹 #TechDemo: Jan. 27
Talent Fit is a valuable governance tool for HR management. The platform provides a digital gateway to more efficient recruitment, better employee integration, and internal talent development.
🍿 #replay
Up to 100% automation, a reduction of approximately 60% in inspection time, and an increase of approximately 30% in the detection of major defects. Watch the Criva demo:
💎 #TechTalk: the entrepreneurs & personalities driving digital innovation in French-speaking Switzerland!
Elodie Primo / MOS:"(...) a one-day classroom training course can be reduced to two hours of e-learning."
Data & AI Observatory:"In fact, what the observatory highlighted this year was the significant gap between real-world use cases and the disconnect with corporate strategy."
Céline Udriot / Largo.ai:"It's true that at first, when we went to see investors, we said, 'Look, we're from Switzerland, but our market is in Hollywood.' People looked at us with wide eyes and said, 'You're crazy...'"
Digital Observatory
AI is eating software
In 2011, Marc Andreessen predicted in the Wall Street Journal that "software is eating the world." He was right. In a decade, every industry, from finance to agriculture, has been transformed by lines of code. But at the dawn of this new year, that already seems like ancient history... As the leading figures of Silicon Valley now point out, "AI is eating software," a development that marks a tipping point for the digital economy.
🗞 Calls for projects & events
- Future of Health Grant: call for digital health projects❗️January 31❗️
- Tech4Regen: supporting regenerative & circular innovation❗️January 31❗️
- Cinéforom: support for digital creation❗️February 2❗️
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- IA (VD)❗️Jan.13❗️Generative AI Puzzle
- Industry 4.0 x AI (VD) Jan. 27 – Workshop for SMEs
- Data Protection(VD) Jan. 28 – Data Protection Day
- Innovation ( VD) Jan. 29 – Research & Innovation Day
- Digitalization ( VS) Jan. 29 – Swiss Digital Conference
- Construction & Architecture (GE) Feb. 5 – BIM DAY GVA
- Education & Training x AI (FR) Feb. 5 – AI Swiss Conference
- Innovation (GE) Feb. 5 – Corporate Innovation Symposium (CIS)
- Industry 4.0 (JU) Feb. 5 – Everything connected
🎁 Invitations & discounted tickets available for the Alp ICT community, details at www.alpict.ch
🇨🇭 Finally, find all the latest news from the cantons of French-speaking Switzerland:
- Geneva: Free charter for the use of AI in business x DEE
- Vaud: Focus Anyway Systems
- Neuchâtel: Industries of the Future x Microcity
- Fribourg: innovation strategy & cultural engagement x bluefactory
- Valais: Téléverbier SA & HooRa winners of the Swiss HR Award
- Jura: Focus Inveel