SCHAFFHAUSEN, SWITZERLAND – In a milestone victory for regional tech innovation, Berg Digital announced today that its pioneering Agentic AI platform, schaffhausen.live, has won two prestigious at the Best of Swiss Web 2026 awards. The platform secured a Silver Award in Innovation and a Bronze Award in Public Value.

This double win marks a historic first in the 25-year history of the Best of Swiss Web—Switzerland’s most esteemed digital economy competition. Never before has a company based in the Canton of Schaffhausen won as both customer and contractor. The achievement redefines the region, positioning Schaffhausen as an emerging Swiss tech hub utilizing cutting-edge autonomous AI for community utility.

Solving the "Last-Mile" Swiss information Gap

While global search engines excel at macro-level data, residents across Switzerland's 2 121 municipalities face a digital paradox: finding global news is effortless, but discovering neighborhood road closures, or harvest alerts from nearby farmers remains a challenge.

Schaffhausen.live bridges this "last-mile" information gap. Rather than operating as a traditional news portal, the platform utilizes proactive, autonomous AI agents that work around the clock. By securely crawling Swiss municipal websites, local weather stations, public warnings, and regional social media, it synthesizes fragmented data into cohesive, narrative briefings that mimic a conversation with a well-informed neighbor.

A breakthrough for Public Value and technical Innovation
The recognition in both Innovation and Public Value underscores Berg Digital’s dual commitment to advanced software engineering and social responsibility. Designed to be accessible, highly visual, and privacy-first, the platform stands out through several core capabilities:

1. Free of charge autonomous Agents: Users can set up personal AI agents for free. These agents autonomously monitor the local Swiss landscape and analyze incoming data based on individual user preferences.

2. Granular, hyper-local intelligence: The system delivers real-time, narrative updates on immediate neighborhood events and time-sensitive municipal warnings.

3. Interactive map: All localized events are plotted onto a map, providing immediate spatial awareness of what is happening nearby.

4. Multilingual support: To support non-native speakers and foster community integration, the user interface is available in English as well as three Swiss national languages (German, French, and Italian).

5. Swiss-grade Data Privacy: To comply with strict federal data protection laws, all data processing and storage remain strictly within Switzerland. The ecosystem is completely free of third-party ads, tracking pixels, and data monetization.

Measurable Community Impact and Expansion
Since debuting in December 2025, pilot data indicates that households utilize the platform to save an average of 12 minutes per week by eliminating manual web searches. This aggregates to roughly 10 hours saved annually per family—returning a full day of personal time back to local residents.
As Berg Digital prepares to scale its regional AI architecture to rest 25 Swiss Cantons later this year, this historic recognition validates its foundational mission: empowering communities with the localized data they need to live better lives.

About Berg Digital

Berg Digital is a Schaffhausen-based cognitive laboratory for Generative AI and Agentic AI solutions. The firm specializes in bridging the gap between frontier AI capabilities, enterprise applications, and regional utility platforms.
Website: schaffhausen.live
Company producer: bergdigital.ch