Good morning,

Milan scammers are keeping up with the digitalisation - now on top of getting mugged, you can also get your card details fished while paying in the public transport. Progress comes in different flavours 🥲 On the bright side - the weather is gorgeous and there’s a lot going on in the city, let’s dive in!

Business, Tech & Innovation 

n8n + Claude Code: The Magic Duo (Tue, May 5th, 6pm @ WAO Romolo)
Automation workflows meet AI coding agents. Practical demos, open sharing, open mic at the end if time allows. Mostly in English, all levels welcome - though beginners are advised to watch a couple of YouTube videos beforehand.

Digital Marketing Tribe Meetup (Tue May 5, 7PM @ Open, Viale Monte Nero)
Monthly meetup for digital marketers, entrepreneurs, and creatives. Organized by DMK Tribe, an international community of 7,000+ members across Lisbon, Barcelona, and Milan. Casual, multilingual crowd. Free, RSVP required.

Python, Rust & Trashware (Wed May 6, 7PM @ Buildo, Via Malaga 4)
Two talks: giving old hardware a second life, and when integrating Rust into your Python stack actually makes sense (and when it doesn't). Networking after. Hosted by Buildo.

Business Networking - Startups, Investors & Tech (Thu May 7, 6:30PM @ Ceresio 7)
Structured international networking with welcome drinks, warm-up intros, and open deal-making. 21+.

ETHMilan 2026 (May 21-22 @ Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia)
Italy's main Ethereum conference, fourth edition. Builders, founders, VCs - two days of blockchain, DeFi, AI x crypto, and tokenization. Students get a free pass.

Community & Networking

Don't Be Shy! International Aperitivo (Fri May 8, 7:30PM @ Pacino Café
EN/FR/DE/ES/JP/PT - Ask for Armando when you arrive.

Bla Bla Language Exchange (Thu, 7:30PM @ Henry's Café, near Darsena/Navigli)
Multiple language tables, locals and expats. You practice Italian, someone else practices English. Win win.

Let AI Decide - AI Matchbox Singles Night (Thu May 14, 8PM @ Spiller Isola)
If your dating choices have been at best questionable, might as well let AI do it for you. 120 spots, 32+. Takes place on a rooftop, so worse case scenario you’ll be awkward with a view.

Art, Culture and Entertainment

English Stand-Up Comedy with Delia (Mon May 4, 9PM (doors 8:30PM) @ Ostello Bello Duomo, Via Medici 4)
British-style stand-up, entirely in English.

Milano Open Air all'Ex Macello - Flashmob (Sat May 9, 6PM-midnight @ Ex Macello)
Open-air electronic music at the iconic Ex Macello - billed as the last-ever season at this venue. Headlined by Flashmob. Food trucks on site. Free via DICE. Age 18+.

Sunday Remedy in the Park - Palms Trax (Sun May 10, 2-10PM @ Parco La Spezia)
Season-opening outdoor day party by Take It Easy. UK house/electronic headliner Palms Trax, plus Bugsy, Tayga, Francesco Daprile. Free via DICE. Age 21+.

Amazon is quietly building a lot of data centers around Milan — Multiple sites in Lachiarella, Rho, and Pero, with Equinix also in the mix. Not flashy news, but significant if you're tracking where tech infrastructure is actually moving in Italy. → r/milano

Someone built a performing arts map for Milan — Venues, shows, what's on when. performingartsatlas.com. Useful enough to bookmark.

Getting a "tap-out error" SMS after paying by contactless on the tram? Don't pay it. — A scam targeting new arrivals and tourists has been making the rounds. You get an SMS asking for €1.50 for a supposed tap-out error. It's not real. Ignore it. → r/milano

Italy still kills three workers a day, and the May 1st parade made sure you knew it — The Labour Day procession from Corso Venezia to Piazza della Scala was, on paper, the usual: flags, sound trucks, a Paolo Jannacci concert. The actual message was uglier. Italy logs ~1,100 workplace deaths a year - one of the highest rates in the EU - and the unions spent the day reading names. If you've been here a while you stop noticing the cranes-and-scaffolding economy that runs this country; this was a reminder of the bill it's running. → Wanted in Milan

Salvini brought the European far-right to the Duomo - and thousands showed up to say no — Few weeks ago Wilders, Bardella, and Salvini rallied in front of the cathedral for the Patriots for Europe's first major event since Orban's election defeat in Hungary. Counter-protests drew equal crowds. The League is polling at 6-8%, down from 17% in 2018 — Milan keeps getting used as the backdrop for a movement that's losing ground at home. → The Local

The airport shuttle pricing debate is back on r/milano - and people are not ok - €12+ each way to Malpensa or Linate. The thread is the usual collective venting, but it's a useful temperature check: this is a shared pain point for basically everyone in the international community here. → r/milano

Milan wants your opinion on the M6 metro - The city opened a participatory planning process for the future M6 line. Feels a bit like one of those tick the box activities to If you have thoughts on where Milan needs better transit, this is the window to make them official. → r/milano

Scalapay - Enterprise Account Executive

Sales role targeting enterprise merchants for Italy's leading BNPL platform. Unicorn company, strong benefits, English-first environment.

Scalapay - Senior Product Manager (Subscription)

Own the subscription product vertical end-to-end. Experience with consumer fintech or subscription products preferred.

Scalapay - Credit Risk Analyst

Data-driven role building credit risk models. Good fit for analysts with a background in lending or fintech risk.

Satispay - Software Engineer, Backend

IC role at Italy's homegrown payments unicorn (8M+ users). Engineering culture is English-first, product is genuinely used by everyone in this city.

Bending Spoons - Data analyst

Bending Spoons - Talent Management Summer Intern

All roles above: direct links go to company career pages, where you can also see many more openings. No Italian required based on job descriptions, but do confirm in application.

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Have a great start to the week,

Irina and The FoundIt Milan Team