Insights

What we read, write and get featured in.

Press coverage of our work, plus the live deep-tech market we recruit into - the same intelligence our searches run on.

As featured in

Coverage & conversations.

Featured publication

Deep-tech talent recruiting in Switzerland - the official white paper.

The Greater Zurich Area's official read on who funds, builds and hires across Swiss deep tech - with Rockstar on the recruiting side.

White paper

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The Swiss Deep Tech Report 2026 - the year's map of the ecosystem we recruit into.
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Inside Europe's largest AI cluster - and the roots of what we do.
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The AI job boom - where the new roles in tech are being created.
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Recruiting 2.0 - why the relationship outlasts the placement.
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Why Switzerland might be the deep-tech talent hub of tomorrow.
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Inside the candidate-first model - and the hidden tech job market.
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The fine art of deep-tech recruiting.
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AI and the ICT labour market - between hype and long-term effect.
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Using AI to sharpen your job search - and where humans still decide.
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Lucas Zehnder joins Rockstar - psychology meets tech recruiting.
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Zurich, the research hub the world's AI labs keep choosing.
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On the airwaves

Podcasts & appearances.

Where our co-founder talks AI in software, hiring and a tech market that is changing under everyone's feet.

Back to the Future of AI

B2FAI · Episode 22

KI in der Softwareentwicklung mit Dr. Klaus Fuchs - Co-Founder, Rockstar Recruiting — from 19:52

aipodcast.ch

with Stephan Lendi (Steve)

News

The market we recruit for

SEP 16, 2026FundingZurich-based ETF data intelligence fintech ETFBOOK (SquaredData AG) raised $13M in a funding round led by Expedition Growth Capital with participation from existing investor BlackFin Capital Partners.

SEP 8, 2026FundingFrench AI startup Mistral secured EUR 3 billion in a new financing round.

SEP 4, 2026FundingRaiffeisen issued a €500M bail-in bond to strengthen its capital base, aimed primarily at institutional investors due to the €100,000 minimum denomination.

SEP 2, 2026FundingNovaGo Therapeutics AG completed a CHF 24 million (USD 30 million) Series B financing round to advance its anti-Nogo-A biologic lead program into a proof-of-concept study in patients with acute spinal cord injury.

SEP 1, 2026FundingValu Invest closed its first institutional fund at hard cap; together with further commitments and bank financing, more than CHF 200M is available for investments in Swiss SMEs.

SEP 1, 2026Fundingxorlab raised EUR 5 million in a Series A+ financing round led by Spicehaus Partners to expand its sovereign email security platform across Europe.

AUG 21, 2026FundingIntel raises 20 milliards in a funding round, as reported in a weekly news brief.

AUG 17, 2026FundingGravis Robotics raised USD 200,000,000 in a Series A round.

AUG 13, 2026FundingSwedish startup Lovable raised $400M at a $13.

AUG 11, 2026FundingCy Biopharma brought in $17.1 million in cash from a pre-acquisition convertible note financing.

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