We convert uncertainty into evidence you can act on.
Papaia collapses the gap between a product idea and a result that works. We frame the problem, engineer the answer, and put it in front of reality — so what you walk away with is proof, not a pitch deck.
Frame
We sharpen a fuzzy ambition into a buildable problem — and surface the directions actually worth chasing.
Engineer
Hardware, software, or both — we build the most promising direction into a prototype you can put your hands on.
Prove
We stress it against users, performance, and constraints — then tell you, plainly, what holds up and what doesn't.
Six ways companies put Papaia to work.
A tight sprint, a built prototype, or a standing innovation partnership — pick the format that fits the shape of your challenge.
Challenge in. Evidence out. Five clear stages.
No drawn-out discovery, no theory left unproven. Every stage closes with something tangible in your hands.
Frame it
We pin down the real problem with you — fast and without ceremony.
Explore it
We generate directions and pressure-test their feasibility.
Build it
We engineer the most promising direction into something real.
Test it
We run it against reality and report what is actually true.
Decide it
You leave with a confident call: build, scale, or pivot.
We would rather show you than tell you.
A prototype settles arguments that slide decks only prolong. Representative snapshots below — swap in live projects as they ship.
Sensor concept → working rig
A stalled feasibility question became a tested, hands-on proof-of-concept.
Aging product re-engineered
Modernized architecture plus a prototype of the new direction.
Vague brief → clear path
We framed the challenge and shipped a demo that unblocked the decision.
A small team carrying serious firepower.
We are engineers, technologists, and builders grown out of the ETH ecosystem — one of the densest pools of technical talent anywhere. Small enough to move at startup speed, rigorous enough to be handed genuinely hard engineering. No account layers, no filler: the people who scope your problem are the same people with their hands on it.
Fast
Startup pace, not consultancy pace.
Technical
Real engineering depth, not slideware.
Imaginative
We take on the problems others avoid.
Hands-on
We build, test, and prove it.
The people who will actually be in the room.
No account managers, no hand-offs. Papaia is a tight group of ETH-trained engineers and builders — the same people who scope your challenge are the ones who design, build, and prove the answer.
Operations · InnovationJeremia Geiger
Raised inside two industrial family businesses, Jeremia leads ambitious multidisciplinary teams — from product design and software to data science. He turns industrial complexity into momentum.
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Systems · Electronics · RoboticsDr. Claas Ehmke
Built his first robotic system in high school and never stopped. An electronics and embedded expert with deep hands-on hard- and software skills, and an affinity for medical tech and autonomous systems.
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Robotics · Intelligent SystemsYaohui Huang
Turns advanced models into robust real-world behaviour. Award-winning work in mechatronics and soft robotics, with analytical clarity and a sharp systems perspective on hard problems.
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Embedded · Sensor ElectronicsDavid Werder
Bridges hardware, sensing, and reliable implementation into compact, robust systems. A structured, detail-driven engineer who gets concepts to working prototype.
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Product · Rapid PrototypingDaniel Gisler
Innovation manager at Align Technology. Turns early ideas into testable concepts fast — reducing uncertainty through experimentation and building the first functional version of complex systems.
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Robotics · Learning Control · AIViacheslav Sydora
Connects analytical depth with hands-on implementation, from learning-based control to robotic systems that make complex algorithms tangible. Research-driven, practically minded.
LinkedInPhilipp Kopp
A natural leader with entrepreneurial drive and deep-tech expertise in software, computer vision, and machine learning. Co-founded his first deep-tech startup before graduate studies.
LinkedInJasan Zughaibi
An expert in control theory and its applications, with a portfolio of award-winning robotics projects. Researching at ETH's Multi-Scale Robotics Lab and the Max Planck Institute.
LinkedInSome challenges simply don't fit the roadmap.
They stall inside normal process. They don't need another workshop full of sticky notes — they need a team that moves fast, thinks technically, and builds proof. Recognise any of these?
No technical path
The idea is clear, but the route from concept to something that actually works is not.
An aging product
It's slipping while competitors move, and it needs reinventing — not another patch.
A team at capacity
Your people are brilliant and fully booked. The new challenge has nowhere to land.
A deferred question
"Is this even feasible?" keeps sliding to next quarter, and the decision stays blocked.
Hand us the challenge your team can't stop thinking about.
Tell us where you're stuck — or where you want to go. We'll come back fast with what's possible and how we'd build it.