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Zurich - Deep learning is indispensable in the development of complex applications such as driverless cars. The Zurich-based start-up Mirage Technologies is developing a deep learning platform to support companies in devising these kinds of products.

Lausanne/Singapore - Zurich has been voted into second place as part of the first edition of the global Smart City Index. The index assesses the efforts and successes of a city in terms of the introduction of smart technologies to improve the lives of the people who live there.

Schlieren ZH – US biotech firm Akero Therapeutics is now using InSphero’s human liver disease platform to screen the effects of one of its lead product candidates.

Zurich – Global IT giant Microsoft has opened a new laboratory in Zurich, where it will collaborate with the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich in the areas of mixed reality and artificial intelligence.

Zurich – The private bank Vontobel has expanded its digital financial assets portfolio by becoming the first issuer worldwide to offer a classic structured product for trading and custody using blockchain technology.

Zurich – Psychologists at the University of Zurich have developed an app to help parents monitor their child’s development of motor, cognitive and linguistic skills. Anonymized data from the app is then poured into research.

Zurich – The Canadian pop icon Céline Dion is being accompanied on her new world tour by drones from the Zurich startup Verity Studios. During the singer’s concerts, the drones perform a dazzling show above the stage.

Tokio/Wädenswil ZH – The Japanese pharmaceutical company Eisai is partnering with Numab Therapeutics AG from the Greater Zurich Area. Using a platform developed by Numab, Eisai will develop new cancer therapies.

Wädenswil ZH – Creoptix has raised 8 million Swiss francs in a financing round. The start-up from the Greater Zurich Area develops analytical laboratory devices used in Life Sciences research and the pharmaceutical industry.