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. Stanford study (2025): 58% hallucination rate in legal AI analysis. The EU AI Act Digital Omnibus pushes high-risk deadlines to December 2027 (Annex III) and August 2028 (Annex I).
| Traditional AI Audit | KI-Assurance | |
|---|---|---|
| Timeline | 3–6 months | 5–10 days |
| Cost | CHF 200K+ (Big Four) | from CHF 8,000 |
| Methodology | Proprietary black box | Reproducible – you keep the harness |
| Basis | Opinion-based | Evidence-based, automated benchmarks |
| Independence | Vendor relationships | No commissions, no pay-for-score |