Nehos in Switzerland — AI agents, Next.js and GEO/AEO

#Why Nehos in Switzerland

Switzerland concentrates large digital transformation budgets: private banking and wealth management in Geneva, finance and insurance in Zurich, pharma in Basel, watchmaking in the Arc lémanique, commodity trading between Geneva and Zug. These players have strong confidentiality and compliance requirements, which are handled at the scoping stage of a project.

Nehos Groupe is a French AI and tech studio based in Toulouse. We have no office in Switzerland: we work with companies in Geneva and Zurich, remotely and on site when the project calls for it, in French or English depending on your region.

#Swiss Sectors We Serve

#Private Banking and Wealth Management

Geneva is a leading private banking centre. Institutions there face simultaneous pressure: the revised Federal Act on Data Protection (nLPD, in force since September 2023) imposes obligations close to the GDPR, while the FINMA circular on outsourcing frames the use of external IT providers. Legacy core banking systems, often old, need modernisation without service interruption.

We design AI agents that automate KYC document review, anti-money laundering screening and portfolio reporting, on infrastructure compatible with these requirements. Our legacy modernisation practice prepares the step-by-step migration of monolithic platforms, with processing hosted in Switzerland where required.

#Fintech and Digital Assets

Crypto Valley (centred on Zug, extending to Zurich) hosts digital asset companies operating under the FINMA regime, with the DLT Act (2021) as their legal framework. These companies need production-grade Next.js platforms for investor portals, compliance dashboards and tokenisation interfaces.

We build headless platforms on Next.js 16 with Payload CMS, which can be deployed with a Swiss hosting provider for contractual Swiss data residency. We include compliance documentation (DORA where the entity is concerned), audit trails and, where needed, AI inference on self-hosted open models.

#Pharmaceuticals and Life Sciences

Basel is a major pharmaceutical hub with many biotech and medtech startups; Geneva adds the flavours and fragrances sector. These organisations need AI systems that comply with Swiss data protection law and sector-specific rules (Swissmedic, clinical trial data, pharmacovigilance).

We design AI agents for document classification, regulatory submission preparation and multilingual medical content generation, with human validation at each sensitive step.

#Watchmaking and Luxury

Swiss watchmaking is concentrated in the Arc lémanique and the Jura. Brands invest in direct-to-consumer experiences, CRM platforms and after-sales automation. We provide Next.js e-commerce and brand platforms, multilingual content management (French, German, English, Mandarin) and GEO/AEO optimisation so that these brands are cited accurately when customers ask AI assistants.

#Commodities Trading

Geneva is a leading commodity trading hub. These firms need real-time data platforms, risk dashboards and AI-powered market intelligence tools, built on controlled infrastructure because the data is commercially sensitive and jurisdictionally complex.

#Swiss Regulatory Landscape

Switzerland's framework for digital services has evolved since 2023. The points below should be reviewed with your legal counsel; they do not replace a compliance opinion.

The new Federal Act on Data Protection (nLPD), effective 1 September 2023, brings Swiss data protection closer to the GDPR: breach notification, impact assessments for high-risk processing, extraterritorial scope, transparency about automated individual decisions.

FINMA Circular 2018/3 on outsourcing governs how Swiss financial institutions entrust IT services to providers: audit rights, location of processing, continuity plans, exit provisions. We structure financial engagements to make compliance easier.

The DLT Act (2021) provides a legal framework for blockchain-based financial services: DLT trading facilities, crypto custody, tokenised securities. For fintech clients, we factor this framework into the platform architecture from the start.

Banking secrecy (Article 47 of the Banking Act) remains in force and digital transformation projects must preserve its protections. Depending on the institution, this leads to requiring that data stays in Switzerland and that AI inference runs on Swiss-resident infrastructure.

#Our technical approach for Switzerland

Control over data location is a legal requirement for some financial institutions and a commercial expectation for many others. This is what we can set up.

Infrastructure: deployment with a Swiss provider (for example Exoscale, or Infomaniak in Geneva) when Swiss jurisdiction is required, or with a European provider (for example OVHcloud) for projects without this constraint.

AI inference: open models (Mistral, for example) deployed on GPU infrastructure chosen with you, with no call to an external API for sensitive workloads. Fine-tuning on your own corpora is possible.

Application layer: Next.js 16 with App Router, Payload CMS, PostgreSQL, Qdrant for vector search (RAG), deployed on managed Kubernetes with CI/CD pipelines running in the agreed jurisdiction.

#Why Choose Nehos for Switzerland

French and English delivery: French for French-speaking Switzerland, English for Zurich, Zug and the international finance community.

Toulouse HQ, travel to your premises: the engineering team is based in Toulouse. We travel for workshops and regulatory liaison when the project calls for it. Our prices are published and the same wherever you are: for example 275 € excl. VAT per day for development on a time-and-materials basis, or an AI agent MVP from 11,000 € excl. VAT.

Suitable hosting: in Switzerland when jurisdiction requires it, or with a European provider such as OVHcloud for Swiss clients with European operations who need GDPR compliance alongside nLPD.

Full-service AI and digital: AI strategy, AI agent development, Next.js platform engineering, legacy modernisation and GEO/AEO visibility, with one partner from strategy to production.

FINMA compliance elements: audit trail architecture, data residency attestation, outsourcing risk assessment and exit plan are deliverables of our Swiss financial engagements.

#Get Started

Choose your contact based on your location and language preference. Geneva for French-speaking Switzerland: private banking, watchmaking, pharma, commodities. Zurich for German-speaking Switzerland: corporate banking, insurance, crypto, tech. Not sure which fits? Book a 15-minute discovery call and we will direct you.