The company's purpose is to provide services in the field of software development and knowledge management and transfer, the development of artificial intelligence and the distribution of information technology (in particular in connection with artificial intelligence). The company may participate in other companies, acquire, exploit, manage and dispose of real estate and intellectual property rights (in Switzerland, excluding transactions subject to the Federal Act on the Acquisition of Real Estate by Persons Abroad), establish subsidiaries and branches in Switzerland and abroad, and perform all legal acts that may be necessary or suitable to promote the company's purpose or the development of group companies. The company may grant direct or indirect financing to third parties, including companies in which it has a direct or indirect interest, its direct or indirect shareholders, and companies in which such parties have a direct or indirect interest, whether through loans or other financing, and provide security for their obligations of any kind, including by way of pledges on or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or guarantees of any kind, whether for consideration or not.