HELVETIC
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Independent AI evaluation for Swiss enterprises.
Location Bern, Switzerland System Inspect AI · Compl-AI · Swiss-Bench Services Compliance, Performance, Reliability & Security 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 will require technical compliance evidence from 2027. AI models hallucinate in up to 17% of legal queries, production systems fail without warning, and prompt injection attacks go undetected. There is no Swiss evaluation infrastructure that independently tests compliance, performance, reliability, and security.

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 scientific publications (Uenal, 2026a; Uenal, 2026b).
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 5,000
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 four questions in a single framework: Compliant? Performant? Reliable? Secure? The HAAS (Helvetic AI Assurance Score) evaluates each model across 8 dimensions, grouped into 4 pillars. Three service tiers scale from automated scores to evidence-based remediation prescriptions: Measurement, Measurement + Diagnostic, Measurement + Diagnostic + Remediation. Built on frameworks from the UK AI Security Institute and ETH Zurich, extended with our proprietary Swiss-Bench.

HAAS Score

8 dimensions across 4 pillars: Compliant (Safety, Compliance, Swiss Languages, Documentation), Performant (Performance, Robustness), Reliable (Production Reliability), Secure (Adversarial Security). Each dimension 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.

Sovereign AI Lab

Open-source and open-weight models run on our own hardware in Switzerland at reference quality and production quality. Proprietary models are evaluated via their providers’ APIs. Your data never leaves Switzerland.

Sovereign AI Lab. Open-source and open-weight models run on our own hardware in Switzerland. Proprietary models are evaluated via their providers’ APIs. Your data never leaves Switzerland. For FINMA-regulated institutions, we additionally offer air-gapped deployment on your infrastructure. 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 800+ scenarios, updated quarterly. View Swiss-Bench →

How Swiss companies use independent AI evaluation.

Compliant

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.

Compliant

EU AI Act Readiness Assessment

An insurer has its AI-based claims management evaluated against EU AI Act technical requirements: gap analysis and remediation roadmap ahead of the December 2027 deadline.

Performant

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.

Performant

Full SOTA Sweep for Hospital Group

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.

Reliable

RAG System Reliability

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?

Reliable

AI Assistant in Production

A SOC team evaluates whether their AI-powered assistant delivers consistent, accurate outputs under production load. Reliability evidence for the operations board.

Secure

Prompt Injection Testing

A managed security provider tests AI models for prompt injection vulnerabilities and adversarial attacks. Which models resist manipulation in Swiss-German enterprise contexts?

Secure

Data Leakage Assessment

A pharmaceutical company assesses whether its AI systems leak sensitive data through model outputs. Systematic testing for PII exposure, training data extraction, and cross-session information leakage.

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 Research Papers (2026a, 2026b).

  • Research Ph.D. Political Science (HU Berlin), Postdoc Harvard & Cambridge
  • Technology MSc Computer Science (CU Boulder, ongoing), HarvardX Data Science
  • Cyber Security CAS Cyber Security Defence & Response (HSLU), Postgraduate Cyber Defence (Kommando Cyber)
  • Practice AI governance & automation, cyber security at critical infrastructure

Ready for an independent evaluation?

Four questions for your AI: Compliant? Performant? Reliable? Secure? Start with an AI Risk Check or choose the question that concerns you most.

Assurance Basic from CHF 5,000 · Assurance Plus from CHF 12,000 · Assurance Komplett from CHF 20,000 · All services
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