Zurich AI roundup: Enact raises $30M, microagi claims $100M ARR in 6 months, Apple expands
giffmana · x · 2026-10-30
Monthly roundup of Zurich's AI scene:
- Atlas Bio exits stealth with $13M (Creamdum-led) for patient-response prediction models.
- Klarent (ex-fore ai) raised an $8M seed led by Mosaic Ventures for deterministic testing agents.
- Namespace raised a $42M Series B (Scale Venture Partners) building faster dev infra.
- TenThirty, fully bootstrapped and profitable, hit $6.5M ARR in under 11 months.
- Apple acquired Samplab's assets (AI audio editing) and is leasing 9,500 m² in Altstetten, likely hiring 500-700 people.
- Enact Intelligence emerged from stealth with $30M, with Yann LeCun and Arthur Mensch as angels.
- microagi claimed a $100M run rate six months after launching Shift.
- IonQ is building a Zurich presence (10+ people); Odin Robotics got into YC F26 for soft robotic arms.
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