Infrastructure projects are becoming larger, more complex, and increasingly constrained by tighter budgets, stricter regulations, and growing sustainability requirements. Yet much of the planning process still depends on manual engineering work, disconnected software tools, and time consuming design evaluations that can delay critical decisions. As governments and organisations invest heavily in new transport, energy, and urban infrastructure, the demand for faster and more intelligent planning solutions continues to grow. Swiss startup goNEON Agentic Systems is developing an artificial intelligence platform designed to modernise this process, and the company has now secured fresh funding to accelerate its commercial development.
ETH Zurich spin off goNEON Agentic Systems has received €160,000 in funding from Venture Kick to support the next stage of development of its agentic AI platform for infrastructure planning.
The investment will help the company expand pilot projects, validate commercial applications, and continue transforming advanced research into scalable software for engineering teams.
Modernising Infrastructure Planning
Infrastructure planning remains one of the most complex stages of construction and public development.
Engineering teams must evaluate numerous design alternatives while balancing technical requirements, local regulations, environmental considerations, budgets, and project timelines.
Traditional planning methods often involve extensive manual analysis across multiple software systems, making the process slow and resource intensive.
As projects become increasingly sophisticated, organisations need tools capable of accelerating decision making without compromising engineering quality.
goNEON was created to address these challenges through intelligent automation that supports rather than replaces engineering expertise.
An Agentic AI Platform for Engineers
The company’s platform uses agentic artificial intelligence to automatically generate infrastructure designs based on engineering requirements and real world project constraints.
Instead of producing a single solution, the system rapidly creates multiple technically feasible planning scenarios that engineers can review, compare, and refine.
The platform incorporates local regulations, engineering standards, and practical implementation considerations into its recommendations.
By automating repetitive planning activities, goNEON allows engineering teams to focus more of their time on strategic decision making and project optimisation.
The company believes this collaborative approach enables AI to strengthen engineering workflows while preserving professional oversight.
Accelerating Better Decisions
One of the platform’s key advantages is its ability to dramatically reduce the time required to evaluate alternative infrastructure designs.
Tasks that traditionally require weeks of engineering analysis can be completed within minutes, allowing planning teams to explore significantly more options during the early stages of project development.
Evaluating a broader range of scenarios can improve project quality while helping organisations identify more efficient, sustainable, and cost effective solutions.
Maintaining engineering standards and regulatory compliance remains central to every recommendation generated by the platform.
The company aims to improve planning efficiency without sacrificing technical accuracy or safety.
Built on Research and Industry Expertise
goNEON Agentic Systems was founded by Raphael Eder and Dr Lukas Ballo, combining expertise in entrepreneurship, artificial intelligence, and urban planning.
The company emerged from research conducted at ETH Zurich with the goal of bringing advanced AI technologies into practical infrastructure planning environments.
Its founders are focused on developing software that can help engineering organisations respond more effectively to growing project complexity while improving overall planning outcomes.
Their vision centres on creating intelligent tools that complement human expertise rather than replacing it.
Preparing for Commercial Growth
The newly secured Venture Kick funding will support the company’s next phase of commercial development.
goNEON plans to prioritise pilot projects offering the strongest market opportunities while transforming its most successful planning workflows into scalable software modules.
The company will also continue validating practical use cases that will form the foundation of its broader infrastructure planning platform.
As governments and private organisations continue investing in large scale infrastructure modernisation, intelligent planning technologies are expected to play an increasingly important role. By combining agentic artificial intelligence with engineering expertise, goNEON Agentic Systems aims to help planning teams make faster, better informed decisions while delivering infrastructure projects more efficiently and with greater confidence.