The first acceleration cycle of PLAI Accelerator, the Mondadori Group’s program aimed at startups, ends today. The ten selected entities – AD cube, AHILAB, AidaMask, Equal Education, iStory, olivia, Paperbox Health, Pathway, Similar and Stip – presented their projects developed over four months of mentorship, training and development.

The startups focused on four strategic areas consistent with our Group’s activities: education, books & publishing, retail and new media & advertising.

PLAI Demo Day was an important opportunity to engage with investors and businesses, creating concrete opportunities for collaboration and fostering support for innovation.

During the event, the challenges and opportunities related to Artificial Intelligence and the main investment and financing models for startups were discussed, reflecting on the future prospects of the sector.

PLAI Accelerator is preparing to launch its second call in the coming weeks. The new round, starting in June, aims to prioritize the quality of ideas and readiness to meet the growing challenges of the market, in different sectors of interest.

Partners: Startupbootcamp, I3P – Innovative Companies Incubator of Politecnico Torino, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Fastweb + Vodafone, GroupM Italy, PwC Italy, Codemotion , Datapizza, StartupItalia and IFAB – International Foundation Big Data and Artificial Intelligence for Human Development.