Aldo Podestà

Aldo Podestà is the co-founder and CEO of Giotto.ai, a groundbreaking Swiss artificial intelligence company based in Lausanne. Under his leadership, Giotto.ai gained significant recognition by winning the prestigious ARC Prize 2025 with a compact AI model, outperforming larger competitors while operating on a modest budget. Podestà advocates for maintaining the company's independence and aims to secure funding primarily from European or Swiss investors to foster innovation within Switzerland. He emphasizes the importance of developing efficient AI systems and has a vision of positioning Giotto.ai as a key player in the evolving AI landscape, particularly in the context of European technological sovereignty.