Acodis

Acodis is a Swiss intelligent document processing (IDP) company that builds AI-powered document automation software for enterprises, with a strong focus on the pharmaceutical and life sciences industries. Its platform uses augmented reading and machine learning to analyse documents, extract structured information from unstructured sources such as PDFs, scans and reports, flag inconsistencies for expert review, and turn entire documents into actionable data that can flow across teams and systems. The company positions its technology around quality, compliance and regulatory use cases, claiming that customers can cut document review times by up to 80 percent and make expert teams up to three times more productive. Acodis was founded by three ETH Zurich engineers who repeatedly encountered the same problem in their projects: valuable, structured information was buried in hard-to-find documents. What began as a way to solve a personal frustration — compiling trip information from PDFs and books as mountaineers — evolved into an enterprise-grade solution. The company is headquartered in Winterthur, Switzerland, where it maintains an open-space office and an international team. Its backstory emphasises long-term thinking, integrity, trust and partnership as core values. The product suite is organised around the needs of quality management, operational excellence, regulatory affairs, and audit and compliance teams. Specific solutions include batch record automation, stability report extraction, smart search for SOPs, yield and Right First Time improvement, document anonymisation, drug label digitalisation, and large-scale document parsing for audits and assessments. Acodis markets itself as trusted by global leaders in the pharmaceutical and life sciences sectors, and its messaging stresses accelerating batch releases, strengthening compliance and freeing experts for high-value work. Acodis operates as a private company. Its website and careers page describe a flexible, international working culture with remote-friendly policies and a home base in Winterthur. The company continues to develop its AI document automation platform and to serve enterprise quality and regulatory teams that need to handle large volumes of critical documents quickly and reliably.

Acodis was founded by three ETH Zurich engineers who kept running into the same frustration in their projects: valuable, structured information was buried in siloed, hard-to-find documents. As mountaineers, they often had to compile trip information from multiple PDFs and books, and they wanted to change that experience. This initial problem-solving effort evolved over time into an enterprise solution aimed at quality and regulatory teams in large organisations. The company's backstory, as described on its website, frames the founding idea as a response to a broader enterprise pain point: the world's most critical data should not be trapped in documents that slow compliance, decision-making and progress. Acodis set out to build an AI platform that transforms PDFs, scans and reports into instant, reliable insights and automated actions. What began as solving a common frustration became mission-critical technology for global enterprises. Acodis is headquartered in Winterthur, Switzerland, in the heart of a city where, as the company puts it, culture meets tech and innovation walks side by side with tradition. The office is an open-space environment designed to foster collaboration and seamless communication. The company describes itself as an international team and offers flexible working hours and the freedom to work from almost everywhere. A workbench in the kitchen is a tribute to a former software platform, and a picture of a rocket launch in the office symbolises the company's vision of being fast, powerful and reaching new heights. The company's journey page notes that it started with a problem worth solving and grew from there. While the sources do not provide specific founding dates, funding rounds, or executive names, they do indicate that Acodis has matured into a provider trusted by industry leaders in the pharmaceutical and life sciences sectors. Its platform is used for batch record reviews, stability report extraction, SOP search, yield improvement, document anonymisation, drug label digitalisation, and audit and compliance preparation. Today, Acodis continues to focus on AI document automation for quality, compliance and regulatory teams. Its messaging highlights measurable impact: cutting review times by up to 80 percent, making experts three times more productive, and saving 60 percent of time on batch reviews. The company remains private and maintains its home base in Winterthur while serving global enterprises.

• Founded by three ETH Zurich engineers to solve document data silos

• Evolved from a personal project into an enterprise solution for quality and regulatory teams

• Established headquarters in Winterthur, Switzerland

• Launched Batch Record Automation solution

AI-powered document automation for quality, compliance and regulatory teams in pharma and life sciences, promising faster reviews, early issue detection and actionable insights.

• AI Document Automation Platform

  AI-powered augmented reading that analyses documents, extracts information and flags inconsistencies for expert review.

• Batch Record Automation

  Solution to save 60% time on batch reviews, improve error detection and release faster.

• Stability Report Extraction

  Extract data from stability reports for quality management.

• Smart Search for SOPs

  Smart search across standard operating procedures.

• Document Anonymisation

  Anonymise documents for regulatory affairs.

• Drug Label Digitalisation

  Digitalise drug labels for regulatory affairs.

1. 1AI Document Automation for Pharma & Life Sciences | Acodisacodis.io
2. 2About us | Acodisacodis.io
3. 3Careers | Acodisacodis.io
4. 4Acodis - Wikidatawikidata.org