Climeworks | Mistral | Open AI | Schweiz as Talentmagnet | Beekeeper Exit | RTDT
In this episode, Max Meister and Guy Giuffredi discuss current topics such as Climeworks’ USD 162 million financing round led by Partners Group, the planned USD 1 billion fundraise by Mistral with MGX, and how the talent war for top AI researchers has massively inflated employee equity packages — as the OpenAI case illustrates.

The main topic dives into Switzerland’s potential to emerge as a global winner in the race for talent. In the listener question, we explore why exit transaction figures are rarely made public in Switzerland and how the Beekeeper deal actually played out.

Finally, we take a closer look at RTDT’s pre-seed round.