Alexander E. Brunner has been the author of a book, multiple industry reports as well as media articles.

The Swiss AI Book illuminates the secretive Swiss AI industry. It is based on more than sixty interviews and hundreds of hours of interviews and showcases world-class researchers, visionary founders, savvy investors, and cutting-edge startups from Switzerland. 

The book is a thrilling, behind-the-scenes look into the future of AI, business, and society. It showcases cutting-edge use cases with a keen eye to separate what is real now and what is hype. It covers finance, pharma, creative industries, academia, and defense. The book surveys what is already feasible today and how leading Swiss companies successfully position themselves for the future.

The book also explores Switzerland’s secret sauce for creating a world-leading AI ecosystem with limited resources. It shows how one can compete in the global AI race and that initially big wins but in the long-term clever wins.

In July 2023 Home of Blockchain.swiss together with the Swiss Banking Association, the Asset Management Association Switzerland and the Capital Markets Technology Association published the first-ever Swiss Digital Asset Custody Report. The report is based on a survey of 34 Swiss digital asset service providers. The report can be downloaded here.

First Swiss Digital Asset and Wealth Management Report 2021

The report shows the diversity and depth of the Swiss digital asset industry that developed from the Crypto Valley. It is aimed at sophisticated investors who are pondering how to invest in cryptocurrencies and digital assets. It gives a conclusive overview of the Swiss digital asset ecosystem and its rapid institutionalization. This first of its kind report is based on more than 100 interviews with senior executives from banks, wealth managers, and service providers as well as professional individual investors and family offices. You can download the report here.

The first book about the Crypto Nation Switzerland and the history of the Crypto Valley.

Switzerland is one of the leading cryptocurrency and blockchain countries. In exclusive interviews we talk to prominent figures in the industry and show the breath of the technology. The book covers a whole range of topics from different perspectives. The non-profit book was successfully crowd-funded in July 2018. The book was published in August 2019. Among the people interviewed are: Former federal councillor Johann Schneider-Ammann, Mark Branson CEO of FINMA, Ruedi Noser, Councillor of State, Professor Aleksander Berentsen and Prof. Fabian Schär, Centre for Innovative Finance, University of Basel, Dr. Thomas Ankenbrand, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Art, Ralf Glabischnig, partner at Lakeside Partners, Lucas Betschart, president of the Bitcoin Association, Niklas Nikolajsen, founder of Bitcoin Suisse, Daniel Gasteiger, founder of Procivis & Trust Square, Vitalik Buterin, founder of Ethereum and many more.