Good morning lovely people,

We had our first event and it’s been a blast! More opportunities to connect in the making, so stay tuned ✌🏼

PS: A bit random but here’s a useful breakdown of taxes in Italy if you’re planning to do freelancing. Btw I’m thinking of making a directory of useful specialist in Milan who speak English. Have a good commercialista? Sharing is caring - send me their contact by replying to this email.

AI Week (Tue 19 - Wed 20 May, all day) Billed as Europe's largest AI event, designed for managers, entrepreneurs, and startups. Expect lots of presentations and networking opportunities. Mix of English and Italian (skewed towards Italian naturally)

Breakfast Connect @Microsoft with Campus Venture (Wed May 20, 9–11am) Morning networking hosted inside Microsoft's Milan office, organized by Campus Venture. An opportunity to finally see what's behind those doors. (🗣️ Italian)

Meet Me Here — Creative Co-working Morning (Thu May 21, 11am) A co-working session for people who work alone but don't want to. No agenda, no pitch, just a quiet morning getting things done alongside others.

Product for Engineers IRL: Milan (Tue May 26, 6pm) PostHog is hosting an evening of honest conversation about how software product development is changing — and whether you're actually keeping up. Niche, but the right niche.

Urban Readings #3 — Designing Disorder (Tue May 26, 7:30pm) A monthly book club exploring cities through different lenses - design, architecture, sociology, politics, history, technology and many others.

2 Truths 1 Lie (Thu May 21, 8:30pm) Dating event with a game format - makes this whole thing a bit less awkward, I guess. Mix of Italian and international crowd. 30+

Offline Reading Party + Aperitivo at Nepà (Thu May 21, 6:30pm) A regular Offline Reading Club event but now with an aperitivo. Bring a book, read alongside strangers, chat afterwards. (Italian + English).

English Quiz Night in Monza (Fri May 29, 8pm) A proper quiz night in English, just outside the city. Bonus: the organizers have partnered with Wayla van-sharing so you can get there and back from Milan without dealing with trains.

Photo Walk: Milan Framed (Sat May 30, 6pm ) The theme is framing - using arches, doorways, and greenery to create a frame within a frame. Cinematic, architectural, urban. Currently waitlist only, but considering the level of flakiness on meetup, you have a good chance getting in.

Art in the Park — Paint & Sip Workshop (Sat May 30, 4pm) Outdoor painting session with wine involved. Haven’t been there personally, but dates seem to book out fast so I guess it can’t be too bad.

BAM Circus — Festival delle Meraviglie, V Edizione (Fr 22 - Sun 24 May) Twenty Italian circus companies taking over one of the most beautiful parks in the city for the fifth year running. Free, outdoor, should be fun.

Pulp Fiction Night (Fr 22 May, 11:30 pm) A themed party around the Tarantino classic.

DeFi Mafia Tram Party #2 (Fr May 22, 10pm) A private party on a tram, for the crypto crowd in town for ETHMilan. Description sounds a bit pretentious but could also be fun.

Wundermarkt (Sun 24 May, 10am) The beloved design and vintage market is back. Good excuse to buy something you don't need.

CineMì International Cineclub (Sat May 24, 5pm, NOISE il Cinemino) Watch a film together, stay for an English-language group discussion after. No film studies degree required, just curiosity.

Lufthansa takes 90% of ITA Airways - Italy's national carrier is now effectively German. Europe's largest airline group announced Tuesday it's exercising its option to buy a 90% majority stake in ITA Airways for €325M. Italy keeps 10%. Subject to EU and US regulatory approvals, expected to close by Q1 2027. Travellers can eventually expect better connectivity through Frankfurt/Munich hubs and more long-haul routes. → Euronews

Hantavirus: not today. After a fatal hantavirus case on a Johannesburg-Amsterdam KLM flight, Italy placed four fellow passengers in 42-day precautionary quarantine across four regions. A British tourist was isolated at Milan's Sacco Hospital. He tested negative on Tuesday, as did his travel companion. Italy's health ministry says transmission risk is low and there are no confirmed Italian cases. Deja-vu much? → The Local

Italy is going nuclear — eventually. Meloni told parliament on Wednesday that the government will pass a legislative framework for small modular reactors this summer. Italy abandoned nuclear after a 1986 referendum post-Chernobyl; the last plant closed in 1990. The new plan is private-sector operated and framed as an energy security move amid elevated global tensions. (If Olympic construction is any indication of delivery timelines, we'd probably be wiped out by existing nuclear powers before Italy builds one.) → Voice of Emirates

The government unveiled a housing access plan. With a 2027 general election approaching, Meloni's government presented measures to expand housing access…for Italians. The detail is thin, but enough to earn some votes. → Bloomberg

Webidoo (Milan) Raises €21M for European Expansion. Founded 2017, Milan-based SMB operations software. Platform integrates fragmented business tools into one unified AI operating system. Funding led by IXC3 (Azimut Group), plus 8a+ (Banca Generali) and TIM Ventures. 2025 revenue: $18M+; EBITDA: $3M+. → Vestbee

Algorithmiq Moves Global HQ to Milan, Raises €18M. Helsinki-based quantum software company relocating its global HQ to Milan. €18M funding round (Italy's largest quantum VC investment to date), led by United Ventures + CDP Venture Capital. Total funding now €36M. The company makes quantum algorithms commercially viable for chemistry, materials science, and life sciences. This signals Italy's pivot toward quantum computing infrastructure. → TechEU

Italy Launches IT4LIA AI Factory — Europe's New AI Supercomputer. Italy accelerating AI infrastructure race with new supercomputing hub positioning Italy as one of Europe's key AI hubs. Part of broader national strategy to close R&D-to-commercialisation gap in deeptech. → E-Tech

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