Adrian Locher

Sometimes the missing piece is simply talking to someone working on a similar challenge. We’re opening up the space on Wednesday, June 24th for our 6th edition of “Coffee & Code”, a dedicated coworking session for AI engineers. 🎟️ Save your spot here: luma.com/coffee-and-cod…

Update: Automate workflows on your iPhone📱 The workflows you built for Android now run on your iPhone too. Connect a real iPhone and run automation on one device or a whole fleet. > Plug in your iPhone > Connect with the mobilerun-ios CLI > Run tasks from the Playground or API try it now🔗👇

#Berlin-based @MerantixCapital announced the closing of its €103 million #AI Fund, which will invest in early-stage, AI-native companies across varied sectors, including energy, life sciences, robotics, and physical AI 🇩🇪 🚀 eu-startups.com/2026/06/german…

I’ve put together a founder’s guide on identifying and building design partnerships based on my time working with founders in the @MerantixCapital venture studio news.merantix-capital.com/p/the-founders…

I’ve been recording podcasts for a few years now, and Wasserdicht is always special to me. This one is an honest recap about what’s going on and what’s next. So maybe it's ideal holiday content when your calendar finally has some space. 😀 Dr. Tobias, Adrian, Marc P., and I talked about very different worlds. From the Olympics to AI, longevity, investing, Bitcoin, and what we’re focusing on next year - including A3F 2026 and maybe even a live Wasserdicht podcast on stage. 😀 🎧 You can watch the full Wasserdicht episode; link in the comments.

The wait is finally over🎉 Introducing Mobilerun - The Droidrun cloud☁️ Mobilerun comes with high scalability, zero device management and enhanced stealth with secure credential storage. Check it out here🦾 mobilerun.ai

New Podcast from „Club Wasserdicht“ youtu.be/5T9b_5QYNSo with @alan_frei @AdrianLocher @TobiasReichmuth and @marcpbernegger

Just hit 91.4% success on AndroidWorld 🚀 Our new multi-agent pipeline makes the difference: • Manager–Executor feedback loop • Smart text manipulation • Robust state tracking • Adaptive re-planning Take a look in the replys!

The “Merantix AI Breakfast” is back with the latest instalment BUT this time in the evening, over drinks 🍸

Berlin! AI meets science over breakfast. 🗓️ Oct 21 | 9–11 AM | Merantix AI Campus 🎤 Fireside chat w/ @wellingmax (CTO, CuspAI) Hosts: @Cusp_AI (climate AI) | Dunia (CO₂→tech) | @Cambrium_bio (biomolecules) 🎟 RSVP → luma.com/ai4scienceOct21

I'm joining an AI x Open Source panel hosted by @MerantixCapital at the London AI Hub next Monday 🎈 If you're in London & building with open source, running an open core startup, self-hosting open weight models, or a builder interested in the space, sign up here: luma.com/ynq4pf85

Debugging, shipping features, or even founding a company is hard enough - you don’t have to do it alone. On Oct 8, The Hacker Room opens its doors at the AI Campus for an afternoon of co-working, coffee & collaboration. Spots are limited! register → luma.com/zfhsx3tn

We are #1 On Androidworld Droidrun has now successfully re-claimed the #1 position, surpassing all competing agents with an impressive 78.4% success rate. Droidrun demonstrates significant improvement in completing 91/116 tasks. #Droidrun #BenchmarkResults #AIAgent #opensource

AI Breakfast: Materials Discovery From battery breakthroughs to biotech and semiconductors - the next industrial revolutions hinge on discovering and designing new materials. AI is quietly transforming this high-stakes domain: accelerating simulations, navigating chemical search spaces, and enabling entirely new modes of discovery. ​But how far along are we really? Are we just speeding up existing R&D workflows — or on the verge of automating science itself? ​ youtu.be/e1iuwjCwgF8?si…

AI’s biggest impact will be in how it enables change in our physical world and the design of matter itself. At @MerantixCapital, we see materials discovery as one of the most transformative frontiers in AI, whether that’s protein creation or rare-earth alternatives. Thanks to AI, we can now design, validate, and scale new materials with unprecedented efficiency and better take on the world’s biggest sustainability challenges. Check out this deep dive on Substack on why I like the space and what founders ideating in materials discovery need to know: news.merantix-capital.com/p/why-we-inves…

Hey droidrunners, our bounty board is now live. 💸 Claim bounties by contributing to Droidrun. The first PRs are already rolling in. github.com/orgs/droidrun/…

Watch the full recording here youtube.com/watch?v=RNbIOq…

🎥 The first-ever "Hacker Room" Demo Day is now live on YouTube!

This week on Campus:

My favorite thing to do is hosting events. And back in 2022, it started with a simple idea: bring together people who want to create something. Year after year, the A3F events kept growing, more energy, meaningful conversations, and a bigger audience. Now, it's time for the biggest one yet: 🚀 A3F Con 2026 📅 6 May 2026 📍 Kaufleuten, Zurich With a full-day conference, lineup of world-class entrepreneurs and an after party to wrap it all up. 🚨🚨🚨 First speaker announcement (more coming soon) - Lea-Sophie Cramer @meleayou (former Amorelie) – How to invest in scalable startups - @andyyen (Founder Proton Mail) – How Switzerland can build global giants - @AdrianLocher (Founder Merantix) – The State of AI in Switzerland / Europe 🎟️ Tickets & more info: alanfrei.com/a3f2026 My plan: bring the top entrepreneurs to Zurich. Let’s put Zurich on the tech map🇨🇭💪