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Molto interessante su come opera OpenAI - pieno di perle. Sto ragionando per capire cosa è utile per organizzazioni più piccole/crescita meno esplosiva. (link in commento) Perle: Teams at OpenAI are much more fluid than they might be elsewhere. When launching Codex, we needed some help from a few experienced ChatGPT engineers to hit our launch date. We met with some of the ChatGPT EMs to make the request. The next day we had two badass folks ready to dive in and help. There was no "waiting for quarterly planning" or "re-shuffling headcount". It moved really quickly. There's a strong bias to action (you can just do things). It wasn't unusual for similar teams but unrelated teams to converge on various ideas. I started out working on a parallel (but internal) effort similar to ChatGPT Connectors. There must've been ~3-4 different Codex prototypes floating around before we decided to push for a launch. These efforts are usually taken by a small handful of individuals without asking permission. Teams tend to quickly form around them as they show promise Vale la pena leggerlo tutto

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Pack - The People Development Platform, the HR tech startup helping companies build and strengthen human capital with its all-in-one platform, has secured €3.5 million. The round was supported by the team led by Giulia Bianchi Frangipane of Bonelli Erede, with senior associate Enrico Goitre assisting Pack in the legal structuring of the transaction. Alessandro Profumo | Pietro Maria Picogna | Giacomo Gentili | Selene Santacaterina 🔗 Read full article link in comment #HRTech #StartupFunding #FutureOfWork #HumanCapital #AIinHR #VentureCapital #WorkplaceInnovation #HRPlatform #TeamGrowth #eustartups #news

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Italian startup Wayla Italia will launch a €1 million crowdfunding campaign to scale vanpooling across Italy. Currently active in Milan, Monza and Brianza, Wayla’s platform allows passengers to share trips during evening and nighttime hours. “In Milan, as in Rome and all the major cities of our country, there is a profound gap in the market: the lack of safe, accessible, and widely available alternatives to private transport when the sun goes down…We asked ourselves: why shouldn't there be an efficient system for those who move around after sunset in a modern city?” Wayla CEO and Co-Founder Carlo Bettini told Zag Daily. Read more: https://lnkd.in/emQEGF5u 

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Thrilled to see my perspective on emerging customer behavior making headlines on Italy's #1 business newspaper (Il Sole 24 Ore) Giampaolo Colletti and Fabio Grattagliano perfectly synthesized what I've been observing: the lines between gaming, commerce, and brand engagement are dissolving before our eyes. The article highlights three game-changing trends that every marketer should understand: ☝️ Virtual worlds as marketing frontiers: Platforms like Fortnite, Roblox, and Minecraft aren't just games anymore, but act like immersive marketing ecosystems where brands can create authentic experiences that resonate with Gen Alpha and Gen Z. ✌️ The rise of new forms of "advergame": We're witnessing the emergence of advertising that doesn't interrupt the experience but enhances it. Brands are becoming part of the gameplay itself (aka creating value rather than disrupting it). 🫶 Community-driven commerce: These platforms are proving that the future of retail isn't selling products, it's building COMMUNITIES WHERE COMMERCE HAPPENS NATURALLY. What fascinates me most is how these gaming environments are teaching us new rules for customer engagement: 1. authenticity over promotion, 2. experience over transaction, 3. community over audience. The implications for traditional retail and marketing are profound and they apply beyond Fortnite, Roblox and Minecraft. 😉 -gs

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Como 1907 and The Players Fund launch startup accelerator program Italian Serie A club #Como1907 has teamed up with London-based #VC The Players Fund to launch #ComoVentures, a new accelerator designed to support early-stage startups. The program will focus on sectors closely tied to sports and entertainment, including health and human performance, hospitality and travel, media technology, retail, mobility, and sustainability. The initiative gives selected startups access to Como’s team, facilities, and stadium operations in exchange for equity, with the football club leveraging its entrepreneurial approach — which already includes ventures in brewing and tourism — to integrate innovation into its operations. Como’s Chief Revenue Officer C. Ryan Shelton noted that the program aims both to enhance fan experience, from ticketing to transport, and to identify new business opportunities for the club. The Players Fund, an athlete-backed investment platform, will lead startup selection and oversee daily management of the accelerator. According to Andy Marston, Head of Corporate Venture at The Players Fund, three to four startups will be chosen for the first cohort, beginning in January 2026 with a six-month program that concludes with a demo day alongside Como’s commercial partners. Applications remain open until October, with pitch day scheduled for November. The article on The Sport Business Journal in the first comment.

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Excited for the new batch of the I-Tech Innovation Program! This program, promoted by Fondazione Golinelli and CRIF and managed by G-Factor, incubator-accelerator of Fondazione Golinelli, supports early-stage teams working on real-world problems with high-growth potential It’s not just about acceleration it’s about helping startups build the right partnerships, get funding-ready, and scale internationally The program will support 12 startups across 6 key verticals: •EdTech in Life Science •AI & Data in Finance & Green Economy •AgriTech & FoodTech •Industry 4.0 •Social Impact •TravelTech & Smart Mobility Applications are open to •innovative startups •spin-offs •newcos •entrepreneurial teams with just an idea Activities will take place between January and May 2026 with sessions both online and in Bologna What I appreciate most is how this program connects research, industry, and venture with the goal of building scalable, investable solutions, not just prototypes Applications are open until October 15 and there is an info webinars coming up on October 8th at 17:00 If you’re building something in one of these areas or supporting a team that is take a look, this might be the right platform Link in first comment

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Just read Alberto Dalmasso's take on unlimited PTO at Satispay. It got me thinking... 🚨𝐔𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐓𝐎 (𝐚𝐤𝐚 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬) 𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 Here's what we learned the hard way at Coverflex: When you remove PTO limits, you don't remove constraints, you remove clarity. -> High performers see time off as weakness signalling -> Managers give mixed messages about coverage -> People take fewer days than with traditional policies -> Humans hate ambiguity more than strict rules. "Take as much as you need" becomes "how little can I get away with?" At Coverflex, we stopped asking "How do we give maximum flexibility?" and started asking "What makes people actually feel safe to disconnect?" ✅ 25-day minimum (not maximum) ✅ Manager training on coverage planning ✅ Milestone sabbaticals every 5 years 𝐋𝐨𝐨𝐤, 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐩𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞. We're David fighting Goliath with limited resources and unlimited ambition. But intensity without recovery isn't sustainable. It's just burnout with better marketing. The best teams I know work hard and rest hard. They understand that peak performance requires both gas and brakes. 👉 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 "𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞" 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞? Similar to unlimited PTO. Maybe flexible hours without clear communication norms. Maybe "results-only" cultures that still reward visible busy work. The pattern is the same: we announce progressive policies, then wonder why the outcomes don't match our intentions.

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What does Amazon Founder & Executive Chair, Jeff Bezos, predict that AI’s biggest impact will be? He tells Italian Tech Week the scope of AI's ability to raise productivity and quality across every industry will be its biggest effect. “It will impact every company in the world,” he says. "By every company, I mean every company."

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Our CEO Brendan King took the stage at Siinda alongside Umberto Poschi (Italiaonline) and Stefano Colonna (Movylo) to dig into a big question: How do we bring AI to SMEs without adding complexity? Takeaways: AI wins when it works quietly in the background. The job of AI is simple: make work easier, faster, and more effective for sales teams and local businesses. Together, they unpacked the real challenges sales teams face in this transition and how to turn AI into everyday value. If you were there, what was your favorite takeaway? Drop it below 👇

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🤝 “We have chemistry, not only in our origins, but in our DNA when it comes to AI.” : Hugging Face, the world’s leading AI model platform, has partnered with Scaleway, iliad Group’s cloud subsidiary, to offer a fully European hosting solution for AI chatbots. As Damien Lucas, CEO of Scaleway, puts it: “Developers can now build directly on the platform, with their own data, on a European cloud.” This partnership marks a new step for a sovereign, European AI ecosystem! 👉 Read the full article, in French, here: https://lnkd.in/ePxP7A_w

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📈 With the Italian AI market reaching a record €𝟭.𝟮 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 in 2024 — a 𝟱𝟴% 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘁𝗵 in just one year — the need for 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 has never been more urgent. This is exactly the need recognized by 01net.it — one of Italy’s top media outlets for tech and innovation — in a recent article spotlighting our commitment to AI education through Smile.CX Academy and the launch of our 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 𝗱𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 🇮🇹 𝗜𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁, developed in collaboration with the Italian Insurtech Association - IIA. 🎓 “Training is essential to help companies fully unlock the benefits of digital transformation in CRM,” said Virginia Mateos, Group Head of Marketing and Communication at Covisian. “Through Smile.CX Academy, we offer innovative training programs tailored to different professional profiles — supported by partners who share their knowledge and expertise.” 👉 Read the full article in italian here: https://lnkd.in/du45-6xX 📌 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲? Discover more and register here: https://lnkd.in/e7grgDXF #SmileCX #Covisian #IIA #DigitalTransformation #CustomerExperience #AITraining #SmileCXAcademy #Innovation #ArtificialIntelligence

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