HELVETIC
AI
Independent AI evaluation for Swiss enterprises.
Location Bern, Switzerland System Inspect AI · Compl-AI · Swiss-Bench Services AI Compliance & AI Performance Focus Swiss SMEs & corporates

AI is already in production, but nobody evaluates it independently.

50% of Swiss financial institutions already use AI, 91% of those use generative AI. Yet governance has not kept pace. Only half have incorporated AI into an explicit strategy.

The EU AI Act is expected to require technical compliance evidence for high-risk systems from December 2027. FINMA already expects traceable model validation. But there is no Swiss evaluation infrastructure and no independent auditors in the mid-market segment.

FINMA survey (published April 2025): Of ~400 surveyed financial institutions, half use AI, the governance gap is significant. Magesh et al. (Stanford, 2024): leading legal AI tools hallucinate in over 17% of queries. Asai et al. (Nature, 2026): LLMs hallucinate citations 78–90% of the time. When models cite legal articles, they fabricate references the majority of the time. The EU AI Act Digital Omnibus pushes high-risk deadlines to December 2027 (Annex III) and August 2028 (Annex I). We built Swiss-Bench to measure this directly. Our methodology is documented in our published ArXiv paper (Uenal, 2026).
50%
of Swiss financial institutions already use AI
91%
of those use generative AI. Governance lags behind
Dec. 2027
EU AI Act high-risk deadline (Annex III)
5–10 days
from discovery call to finished evaluation report

How does independent AI evaluation compare to traditional approaches?

Traditional AI Audit Helvetic AI
Timeline3–6 months5–10 days
CostCHF 100K+ (Big Four)from CHF 8,000
MethodologyProprietary black boxReproducible, evidence-based
BasisOpinion-basedEvidence-based, systematic benchmarks
IndependenceVendor relationshipsNo commissions, no pay-for-score

One evaluation system: independent, reproducible, Swiss-specific.

Our evaluation system answers both questions, compliance and performance, through a single framework. The HAAS (Helvetic AI Assurance Score) evaluates every model across 6 dimensions, combining regulatory compliance assessment with domain-specific performance benchmarking. Built on frameworks from the UK AI Security Institute and ETH Zurich, extended with our proprietary Swiss-Bench.

HAAS Score

6 dimensions: Performance (incl. hallucination rate), Robustness, Safety, Compliance, Swiss Language, Documentation. Each dimension scored 0–100 with confidence intervals.

Reproducible Methodology

Every evaluation follows a documented, reproducible methodology. You receive comprehensive benchmark evidence and detailed scoring breakdowns with every engagement.

Independence

No commercial relationships with any AI model provider. No referral fees. No vendor partnerships. No pay-for-score. Every model is evaluated equally.

Data Sovereignty

Multiple data handoff modes from API-based evaluation to on-premise hardware and anonymize-first options. You choose the security level.

Air-gapped evaluation available. For FINMA-regulated institutions and high-security environments: we bring the evaluation to you on dedicated hardware. No data leaves your premises. See all data handoff modes →
Swiss-Bench Leaderboard: How do leading AI models perform on Swiss-specific tasks in DE/FR/IT? See 9 models ranked across 395 scenarios, updated quarterly. View Swiss-Bench →

How Swiss companies use independent AI evaluation.

Compliance

AI Model Validation for Banks

A regional bank validates its credit risk model against FINMA Guidance 08/2024, with HAAS Score and gap analysis for the board.

Compliance

Pre-Certification for High-Risk Systems

An insurer has its AI-based claims management tested against EU AI Act technical requirements: compliance evidence for the proposed December 2027 deadline.

Performance

Model Selection with Data, Not Opinions

A company evaluates 5 AI models for Swiss legal texts. Reproducible benchmarks show which model actually handles Swiss administrative German (Verwaltungsdeutsch), French, and Italian.

Performance

Fact-Checking for GenAI Systems

A financial services firm measures its AI chatbot's hallucination rate on Swiss regulatory questions. Quantified results: which topics are reliable, where does the model fabricate facts?

Compliance

AI Threat Detection in Cybersecurity

A SOC team evaluates whether their AI-powered threat detection system meets EU AI Act high-risk requirements and FINMA operational resilience standards. Compliance evidence for the security operations board.

Compliance

Medical AI in Health & Pharma

A pharmaceutical company validates its AI-assisted drug interaction checker against EU AI Act Annex III medical device requirements, with multilingual Swiss patient safety testing in DE/FR/IT.

Performance

Cybersecurity Incident Intelligence

A managed security provider benchmarks 5 AI models for Swiss-German incident report generation and threat intelligence summarization. Which model produces actionable SOC reports?

Performance

Clinical Documentation in Healthcare

A hospital group evaluates AI models for medical record summarization in DE/FR/IT. Hallucination rates on Swiss clinical terminology and patient safety as key metrics.

From discovery call to finished evaluation report.

Our process minimizes your effort and maximizes clarity. View full methodology →

1
Scoping
We define evaluation objectives, models, and benchmarks together. No preparation needed.
1 hour
2
Configuration
We configure the evaluation pipeline for your models, data, and compliance requirements.
2–4 hours
3
Evaluation
We run the benchmarks: HAAS Score, Swiss language quality, EU AI Act compliance, domain-specific scenarios.
3–8 business days
4
Handoff
You receive the evaluation report with HAAS Scores, gap analysis, recommendations, and a detailed findings presentation.
Report delivery
Dr. Fatih Uenal

Dr. Fatih Uenal

I build AI systems for regulated Swiss enterprises and have seen the governance gap first-hand. Studies show over 80% of employees use AI tools without IT approval (JumpCloud, 2026). The large consultancies ignore SMEs, the tools are too expensive, and regulation is tightening.

Helvetic AI closes that gap with independent evaluation, Swiss infrastructure, and the principle that AI can be deployed safely when you have the right evidence. Author: Swiss-Bench Methodology Research Paper.

  • Research Ph.D. Political Science (HU Berlin), Postdoc Harvard & Cambridge
  • Technology MSc Computer Science (CU Boulder, ongoing), MITx Statistics & Data Science
  • Cyber Security CAS Cyber Security Defence & Response (HSLU), Postgraduate Cyber Defence (Kommando Cyber)
  • Practice AI systems & security operations in regulated Swiss infrastructure

Ready for an independent evaluation?

Start with an AI Risk Classification or a full AI Model Evaluation. Within one to two weeks you'll know where your AI systems stand, evidence-based, not opinion-based.

Risk Classification from CHF 3,000 · Evaluation from CHF 8,000 · FINMA Validation from CHF 15,000 · All services
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System Foundation & Compliance
UK AI Security Institute ETH Zurich Swiss-Bench nDPA EU AI Act FINMA Swiss Company
Evaluation framework: UK AI Security Institute · Compliance framework: ETH Zurich / INSAIT · Swiss-Bench: proprietary Swiss-specific benchmarks