Build what
others only
discuss.
Talk is cheap. Slides are cheaper. We take the problem your team keeps circling and hand back a working answer you can hold.
Some ideas die in meetings.
The challenges that matter most rarely fit the roadmap. They get parked, debated, and deferred — because nobody has the bandwidth to actually go build the answer. That is exactly the gap we fill.
No path from idea to thing.
The vision is sharp. The route from concept to something that runs is not.
A product falling behind.
Competitors keep moving. Patches won't save it — it needs to be rethought.
A team already maxed out.
Your engineers are excellent and fully booked. The next big bet has nowhere to land.
A question stuck on repeat.
"Can we even build this?" rolls into next quarter, again. The call never gets made.
Small team. Heavy hardware.
We are engineers, technologists, and builders rooted in the ETH ecosystem — one of the densest pools of deep-tech talent anywhere. Lean enough to move at startup speed, rigorous enough to be trusted with the hard engineering. No account layers, no hand-offs: the people who pitch you are the people with their hands on your problem.
Fast
Startup tempo. We measure progress in days, not gate reviews.
Technical
Real engineering depth across hardware, software, and systems.
Imaginative
We chase the problems most teams quietly route around.
Hands-on
We don't present possibilities. We build, test, and prove them.
We turn doubt into proof.
Papaia collapses the distance between a product idea and a result that works. We frame it, engineer it, build it, and put it under load — so you walk away with something real, not a verdict on a slide.
Sharpen the question
We cut a fuzzy ambition down to a buildable problem and the directions worth chasing.
Make it real
Hardware, software, or both — we turn the strongest direction into something you can pick up and run.
Hit it with reality
Users, performance, constraints. We test hard, then tell you straight what holds and what doesn't.
Six ways in.
From a single sharp sprint to a standing innovation partnership — match the format to where you're stuck.
Challenge in. Proof out.
No endless discovery. No theory without something to point at. Every stage leaves a tangible artifact on the table.
Frame
We pin down the real problem with you, fast.
Explore
We generate directions and stress-test feasibility.
Build
We build the strongest direction for real.
Test
We run it against reality and report the truth.
Decide
You leave with a clear call: build, scale, or pivot.
The people in the room.
No account managers. No hand-offs. Papaia is a tight crew of ETH-trained engineers and builders — the same hands that scope your challenge 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.
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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.
LinkedInShow, don't tell.
We'd rather hand you a prototype than describe a process. (Placeholder snapshots — swap in real projects.)
Sensor concept to working rig
A stalled feasibility question became a tested, demonstrable proof-of-concept.
Aging product re-engineered
Modernized architecture and a working prototype of the new direction.
Vague brief to clear path
We framed the challenge and shipped a demo that unblocked the decision.
Stop discussing. Start building.
Tell us where you're stuck — or where you want to go. We'll tell you fast what's possible and exactly how we'd build it.