AICA funding news – Swiss Startup AICA Raises Undisclosed Amount Funding

This investment, made through Momenta’s Industry 5.0 Fund, will propel AICA’s global expansion and enhance its AI-driven automation capabilities. Existing investors Spicehaus, HTGF, and Schaeffler have reaffirmed their confidence in AICA by participating in this round.

Solving a Major Bottleneck in Industrial Automation

Robotics programming is complex & costly, often doubling hardware costs. it System integrates AI with real-time, sensor-driven control to simplify deployment and reduce development costs. Used by industry leaders like Schaeffler, it enables tasks like assembly, polishing, and battery disassembly.

Bringing AI-Driven Intelligence to Robotics

Industrial robotics has long been limited by poor communication interfaces and the lack of standardized programming. As a result, most applications remain restricted to simple pick-and-place tasks.

It revolutionizes this space with a real-time control framework that seamlessly integrates impedance control, motion generation, and force compliance, making advanced robotics more accessible.

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AI is the future of industrial automation, enabling robots to learn tasks instead of being manually programmed. While simulation platforms like Nvidia Omniverse train thousands of agents, deploying these learned models onto real hardware remains a challenge due to the absence of control standards.

It bridges this gap by providing a universal control framework that ensures safe, real-time adaptation of AI-trained robotic systems, bringing AI-driven intelligence to industrial robotics.

Baptiste Busch, Co-founder and CEO of AICA said, “Robotics has been stuck in outdated programming methods for too long. At AICA, we’re making automation more flexible and intelligent—helping robots adapt in real-time and work the way industries actually need them to,”.

Advancing Automation Across Industries and Applications

Automation is transforming every industry, and AICA is at the forefront of this shift. While the company has gained strong traction in the automotive industry, the AICA System is simultaneously hardware, industry, and application agnostic, enabling flexible automation across diverse use cases.

For example, in the LAMBDA Project, a Eurostars-backed initiative, It applies its expertise to the automated disassembly of electric vehicle (EV) batteries, driving smarter resource recovery and strengthening circular economy efforts in the EV supply chain. Furthermore, in the life sciences and chemical industries, it is also seeing a strong appetite for more flexible and autonomous laboratory automation.

Enrico Eberhard, Co-founder and CTO of AICA said, “The confidence of investors and clients in AICA’s technology validates and emboldens our ambitious long-term vision, I am equally confident in our uniquely talented team and world-class partners to continue bridging the gaps between research and industry, between software and hardware, and ultimately between robots and the people they empower.”

Visionary Leadership Driving Innovation

It’s rapid growth is led by Baptiste Busch, Co-founder and CEO, a PhD in Robotics and Machine Learning, and Enrico Eberhard, Co-founder and CTO, a PhD in Control with previous experience in software development for robotics.

Both are recognized leaders in AI-driven automation. Their combined expertise in advanced control systems and machine learning has successfully translated cutting-edge research into scalable industrial solutions, attracting major industry players to AICA’s mission.

Miroslav Kriz, Principal Partner at Momenta said, “Momenta invests in disruptive technologies that deliver tangible industrial benefits, AICA’s advanced software for autonomous adaptation and force control simplifies what has long been one of the most challenging aspects of robotic automation. We’re proud to support AICA as they help manufacturers build more capable and flexible systems across diverse hardware platforms.”

About AICA

AICA is a robotics software company that spun out of the EPFL LASA lab, focused on revolutionizing industrial automation. By bridging AI software and real-time sensor control with industrial hardware, AICA simplifies the deployment and programming of robotic systems. AICA's goal is to make automation more accessible and intelligent, enabling complex automation and driving productivity across industries.