[lnxg33k1]

As Italian, when I read something involving Agnellis willing to do something for Italy, I am a bit scared about taxpayers money, like Fiat has always got tax discounts and subsidies and as a thank you has closed factories, and fired people, can we just keep the people related to Agnellis in the Silicon Valley?

[albybisy]

this is what i think as well. When there is Agnelli family involved is just for have something from the state in some way or another. But we'll see. I hope to be wrong.

[riffraff]

FIAT is not EXOR, a ton of EXOR initiatives came and went (remember Ciaoweb?) without government intervention.

The issue with car manufacturing is that it employees a fuckton of people, so it becomes political.

Also, if there is a person who can run this thing well is mr. Piacentini, so I would not be too negative.

[santiagobasulto]

Off topic! I just moved to Italy, living in Torino now. How's the startup ecosystem in Italy? I've seen some interesting Blockchain-related groups at the Politecnico, but not much after that.

[lnxg33k1]

I live in the Netherlands :D but am from Naples originally so I know little about Turin :'( sovvy

[mat_jack1]

check this coworking space: https://toolboxcoworking.com/ there are several tech meetups of nice people and it's also hosting the local fablab: https://fablabtorino.org/

after covid there are less meetups, but I'm sure it's going to pick up again

[mattrighetti]

You could checkout the polihub incubator/accelerator in Milan, most of the startup they fund are hardware/mechanics related.

[kwere]

there is something around universities and in Milano,Rome. Its really small scale, low pay, very high risk. I believe engineering/product based startup are more fit for the italian market and offer more exit options, mostly M&A.

In Turin there is I3P [www.i3p.it], a serious incubator managed by the Torino Politechnich

[gw67]

It's just a stereotype, come on!

[lnxg33k1]

https://www.google.com/search?q=fiat+lays+off https://www.google.com/search?q=fiat+subsidies I don't think so, if I am honest when I was young the few things I remember hearing continuosly from news was fiat laying off and fiat getting money

[gw67]

Yeah, but isn't related to this initiative. You are referring to something happened in the past for another company. It doesn't make sense.

[lnxg33k1]

In Naples we say you can put all the rum you want a turd can’t become a baba (pastry).. so they can rename it but its always the same dna I guess? We will see ^^