Turin, birthplace of Italy’s beloved Fiat 500, prides itself today on being a fertile ground for innovation, allowing nascent tech companies to test and develop ideas for the cities of the future. Intesa Sanpaolo supports this, having paired with Techstars, a specialist in the nurture of nascent tech companies, to form the Techstars smart mobility acceleration programme. Hear from participants in the programme and the head of Techstars on how Turin is leading the way on smart city development.

At the Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center’s AI Lab, the team has developed proprietary software that superpowers market risk assessment. Listen to the podcast to find out more about the department and the project, plus what AI can do for business and finance.

Jaron Lanier helped to create virtual reality, so he’s no technophobe. Yet today he wants to spread the word that social media in its current form is harming all of us – from individual mental health all the way up to plurality in politics and healthy competition in business. In an interview following his virtual Novathon appearance, Lanier discusses his ideas for a positive future in social media, arguing that it all starts with changing the business model.