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goNEON Agentic Systems secures €160K to accelerate AI-powered infrastructure planning

Tech.eu Tamara Djurickovic 20 July 2026, 08:40

ETH spin-off goNEON Agentic Systems raised €160,000 from Venture Kick to develop an AI platform that automatically generates infrastructure designs from engineering requirements and constraints. The platform enables engineers to generate and evaluate design scenarios in minutes instead of weeks. The funding will support pilot projects and help scale the platform's planning workflow modules for broader infrastructure applications.

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ETH spin-off goNEON Agentic Systems has secured €160,000 (CHF150,000) in funding from Venture Kick to accelerate the development of its agentic AI platform for infrastructure planning. The funding com...

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