Manukai AG

You might have noticed we’re not shy about our Swiss roots 😉 So when Sifted challenged us to spotlight some of Switzerland’s most promising startups (portfolio companies aside), we were ready! Switzerland is a hotbed for innovation at the confluence of software and science (aka our sweet spot!), and the investment world is paying attention - Swiss startups have raised more than CHF 2bn just this year. Our top picks? Harald has these startups on his radar: - Witty Machines - creating AI-powered robotic assistants that operate in unstructured environments, handling tasks traditional automation can’t. - Focal Biosciences – developing a cellular reprogramming platform that uses novel epigenetic markers to restore healthy cell function, with the goal of creating therapies for chronic diseases. - Manukai AG – a solution that makes turning CAD designs into machine instructions faster and more efficient. For the full list of up-and-coming startups, check out Miriam Partington’s article here: https://lnkd.in/eHUyTDST

🚀 Spotlighting groundbreaking innovation in the startup ecosystem! The "Catch of the Jury 2024" has recognized promising startups for their game-changing solutions and potential impact. Congratulations to Lightium AG, Inveel GmbH, and Manukai AG for making this year’s list! These companies demonstrated exceptional innovation – from pioneering technologies to solutions for today’s most pressing challenges. As part of the rewards, we have recorded a podcast episode with each of them and our partner Swisspreneur. Stay tuned to learn more about the projects. 🙌🏼 Another big news: Special shoutout to Lightium for securing $7M in seed funding, led by Vsquared Ventures and Lakestar, to advance their transformative Thin-Film Lithium Niobate photonic chips, promising faster data and energy savings for data centers. Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/g7U-MWfk The future looks bright with innovators like these! Unlock Switzerland 💪🏻

🚀🏅 Champions on Stage and the Field 🚀🏅 Our CEO Pascal Weber was pitching on the main stage and winning the 2nd price at the Pre-Seed Pitching Competition at Startup Nights 🥈 However, the real champion was our CTO Daniel Wälchli, who challenged the various lawyers on the field, winning the prestigious ping-pong circuit from MME Legal | Tax | Compliance 🏓 and floorball 🥅 competitions from Wenger Vieli 🏆 Today we celebrate a perfect continuation of the past years: last year we pitched for the Talent Kick Award; just one year after kicking off ideation for Manukai with the first event at Startup Nights 2022 🚀 Big thanks for the other pitching startups Equiverse, @Nextgas, DigeHealth, Ionic Wind Technologies, Solabs Nanotechnology and to everyone who is part of the great 🇨🇭 ecosystem

🤗 We are thrilled to be attending Switzerland’s biggest startup event, Startup Nights, this week together with our teams! 🏆 Not only will we host our private Team Kick Award Ceremony there, but we’ll have a booth to meet you in person, and all our Team Kick Winners will pitch on the main stage - you won’t want to miss this! 🤯 Over 60 workshops, keynotes, panel discussions and fireside chats providing space for innovation, networking and inspiration - it’s one of our favourite events of the year and always leaves us feeling inspired by the entrepreneurial ecosystem we are a part of! 🔥 🌱 If this event awakens your motivation to harness your own entrepreneurial potential, the Talent Kick team will be present with open arms to connect with you and share how we can help support you on your journey to entrepreneurial success! 💕 Come by, say hello, and let’s launch your entrepreneurial career together! 🚀 ⏰ We have just over one week left to apply to be in our next batch! Apply now here: https://lnkd.in/dbCrQPR5 #StartupNights #innovation #event #networking #startup #founders #TalentKick

Last night, under the theme Innovators Retreat – Focus AI, Wenger Vieli together with Swisscom Ventures and the ETH AI Center hosted a pitching and community dinner at Café Black. It was a privilege to bring together the #founders of Manukai AG, nextesy, irmos technologies AG, and Floating Robotics with #investors, #advisors and fellow #entrepreneurs for an evening full of inspiring exchanges and with lots of smiles. Special thanks to Stefan Kuentz and Christian Wenger for hosting, and see you next time! #startup #innovation #digitalization #AI

🎓 Spotlight on another TK-S23 graduated team, Manukai AG: The Co-pilot for Metal Machining! 🚀 🛣️ The Talent Kick journey of Manukai AG showcases the inspiring transformation teams make during just a short amount of time, launching with confidence into a successful entrepreneurial career path after their studies! 🤝 Co-founded by Pascal Weber (ETH Zürich) and Daniel Wälchli (ETH Zürich), Manukai revolutionises metal machining with their novel AI. 🌱 Their first product, the CAM Copilot, processes key project information - 3D models, technical drawings, and machining programs - using algorithms that intelligently detect machining features and organise the data into a powerful knowledge database. This database allows their clients to instantly retrieve machining insights from similar past projects, significantly boosting production efficiency. This advancement saves their clients thousands of hours in machine programming and millions of dollars in production costs! 💰 🔩 Manukai are an ETH spin-off and affiliated with the ETH AI Center, and have been further recognised by international startup accelerators like Bluelion Incubator, CyberLab, Hubraum by Deutsche Telekom, and the Bosch Startup Harbour. Furthermore, they have been selected as "Catch of the Day" at the startupdays, have received a BRIDGE Proof of Concept grant, and are currently raising their pre-seed round! 🌟 Want to be in their position next year? 👉 Our application portal for the next batch is open for just 9 more days! Apply now here: https://lnkd.in/dbCrQPR5 🚀 Let’s kick-start your entrepreneurial journey together! 🌠 #TalentKick #Entrepreneurship #StartupJourney #Manukai #ApplyNow #Innovation #AI

A huge thank you to the attendees who made ETH Launch 2024 such a success! 🚀 With over 1,200 attendees, 50 game-changing startups, solar-powered cars, robots, and insightful sessions with Thomas Dübendorfer on Swiss Unicorns and Steffen Ehrhardt on Sustainability, ETH Launch 2024 was a day to remember. Thanks to all the startups, including Anevo, checksum AG, companion.ch, Kadoa, Manukai AG, aikemy, CellX, EVIIVE, Verretex and the investors who joined us. 🚀Not a member yet? Join us https://lnkd.in/dzPvR6Y Stay tuned for more exciting events from SICTIC! Christian Mueller Gorman Nicola Fantini Kasia Krókowska Joëlle Stocker #ETHLaunch2024 #SICTIC #startups #investors

"VOLL AUF DIE 1️⃣ 2️⃣ !" - Beim 💻 IHK-Online-Pitch-and-Match-Format "StartupTrifftMittelstand" am 28.11.2024 zeigen zwölf interessante Startups ab 16:00 Uhr, wie KI Unternehmensprozesse verbessert. Etablierte Unternehmen 🏭 können sich inspirieren lassen und sich zusätzlich direkt online in 1:1-Meetings 🤝 mit Startups vernetzen. Mit einer spannenden Keynote führt Tobias Schmailzl, Co-Founder und Managing Director der PlanB. GmbH zu Beginn ins Thema KI-basierte 🔄 Prozessoptimierung ein. Die Bandbreite der Pitches reicht dann von der Optimierung von B2B-Vertriebsprozessen über 🌳Nachhaltigkeitslösungen bis hin zu intelligenten Systemen zur Effizienzsteigerung in der ⚙Produktion. Lernen Sie weiter Lösungen zur Automatisierung von 🎁Compliance-Prozessen und 🔢datenbasierte Ansätze für mehr ökologische und ökonomische Nachhaltigkeit kennen. Auf dem Pitch-Deck sind: Manukai AG, Tensor AI Solutions GmbH, Ariadne Industries GmbH, TerraNEXT.io, SquareNeo Solutions, Novo AI, NuCOS GmbH, puerro, Learnify, paxray, Normify, Junker-Filter GmbH Die Pitches wurden von einer 👨👩👧👧 Jury aus einer großen Anzahl an Startups ausgesucht, die sich über die "StartupTrifftMittelstand"-Plattform beworben hatten. Melden Sie sich unter https://lnkd.in/eJmrkJ5B an und bringen Sie Ihr Unternehmen mit KI auf das nächste Level! Oder gehen Sie zur LinkedIn-Eventseite: https://lnkd.in/ey6NHWQy. StartupTrifftMittelstand ist kostenfrei! Ihre IHKs in Baden-Württemberg #startup #unternehmen #pitch #ki #ai #prozesse #optimieren #ihk Daniela Jardot Tobias Adamczyk Mirko Trautz Nicolai Freiwald Björn Jahnke Steffen Koci Sunita Patel Bianca Schmid Nicolas Schruff IHK Karlsruhe IHK@Produktentwicklung Michael Löffler Dr. Arne Rudolph Philipp Klemenz Hülya Sevgin Patrick Walz Dr. Melanie Riether Dr. Michael Alpert Baden-Württembergischer Industrie- und Handelskammertag Jeannette Klein Marion Faiß Michael Reichert Markus Schmid Steffen Hausch Cristi Kieltsch Jürgen Kuhn

We know AI can generate words & images. What about metal parts? ⚙️🔩 Turning data into precision, Manukai AG is shaping the future of manufacturing! By utilizing cutting-edge AI, Daniel Wälchli's team is revolutionizing how high-precision metal parts are produced with unparalleled speed and accuracy. With that, they're bringing much-needed innovation to a traditionally manual industry, automating processes that were once impossible to streamline. 🎯 Founder & CTO Daniel shares that in a time when fewer people are willing to work in factories, Manukai's AI-driven technology frees up human workers for more skilled tasks, all while boosting production speed and precision in industries like automotive, manufacturing, and aerospace! Through the AI Co-Creation Program, its team gets expert mentorship while connecting with top clients. Particularly through Deutsche Telekom’s vast network of partners and hubraum’s vibrant innovation ecosystem, Manukai is well-positioned to scale even further. 🤝 We're thrilled to have the team on board and look forward to co-creating great things together! Find out more about their journey so far in the video below.👇 #AI #Startups #DeutscheTelekom

🚀 Exciting times ahead with the i4Challenge accelerator! We are thrilled to announce that the seventh edition of the i4Challenge accelerator is now underway, and our esteemed jury has selected six groundbreaking projects. 🌟 These innovative solutions are tackling critical challenges, from high-resolution printed electronics for robotics to revolutionary fuel cell technology and efficient building water management systems. Here’s a glimpse into the future they’re shaping: - Authena is fighting product counterfeiting with an Authenticity and Traceability as a Service platform powered by IoT, AI and blockchain. - DatenBerg GmbH helps companies optimize production with its advanced data management software. - Inveel revolutionizes robotics with extremely high-resolution printed electronics for proximity and touch sensors. - Manukai AG streamlines CAD-to-machining workflows, boosting efficiency and quality in metal manufacturing. - Shayp reduces water waste in buildings with its IoT-enabled SaaS platform, improving water efficiency by up to 22%. - SEPARATIC, a spin-off from the University of Fribourg, is developing next-generation palladium-coated graphene membranes to enhance fuel cell efficiency. 🎯 These ventures will receive tailored support, including expert guidance, market validation, strategic partnerships, and visibility at key industry events. Discover more about these promising companies: https://buff.ly/3BEfyoL ---- Follow us on #discoverthebaselarea Basel Area Business & Innovation #Innovation #Industry40 #Startups #Entrepreneurship #DigitalTransformation #i4Challenge #FutureOfIndustry #Basel #Switzerland