Compliant AI - Swiss Economics

AI-Integration and Automatisation

Artificial intelligence (AI) and algorithmic systems offer significant potential for efficiency and automation. But deploying them successfully takes more than technical know-how: AI has to be economically viable, regulatorily safe and strategically thought through. As an independent economic consultancy, we support companies, public authorities and associations in the use of AI and algorithms – from integration within the company through algorithmic pricing and market design to the regulation of AI.

AI integration and automation. We support you in introducing AI on an economically sound basis – from identifying suitable use cases to integrating them into existing systems.

Identifying and prioritising AI use cases
Building automated, scalable processes
Integration into existing systems and workflows
Responsible governance: data protection, transparency and "responsible AI"

Algorithmic pricing and competition. Algorithmic pricing creates new opportunities, but also new competition-law risks. We assess these risks and help you design solutions in a competition-compliant way.

Assessing algorithmic pricing and collusion risks (e.g. "hub-and-spoke")
Data-driven screening for collusion and suspicious bidding behaviour
Processes for the early detection of competition-law concerns
Economic expert opinions on the competition effects of algorithmic systems

Simulation and market design. We model the behaviour of strategic players in detail to quantify market power or test market rules before they are introduced. To do so we use multi-agent reinforcement learning and agent-based modelling – methods that realistically simulate the interaction of many strategic players.

Quantifying market power and strategic behaviour
Ex-ante testing of market and auction mechanisms (mechanism design)
Comparing strategic and competitive market outcomes

AI regulation and policy advice. The regulation of AI continues to take shape with the EU AI Act and the Council of Europe Framework Convention on AI. We help companies, public authorities and associations interpret these developments, assess their impact and prepare for them.

Interpreting the EU AI Act, the Council of Europe Framework Convention on AI and its implementation in Switzerland
Regulatory impact assessments (RIA) and economic analysis of AI legislation
Support with position papers, consultation submissions and strategic positioning