THE EUROPEAN SEARCH PLATFORM
“In 2013 the company was ready to go to the Silicon Valley but, as Founders, we decided to stay in Pavia, proudly Italians and Europeans, for three main reasons: to demonstrate that it is possible to build a global Software Company also from here, for the wish to give back to our land and to instill confidence in the younger generations.”
Mariuccia Teroni and Gianpiero Lotito, Founders
THE EUROPEAN SEARCH PLATFORM
“In 2013 the company was ready to go to the Silicon Valley but, as Founders, we decided to stay in Pavia, proudly Italians and Europeans, for three main reasons: to demonstrate that it is possible to build a global Software Company also from here, for the wish to give back to our land and to instill confidence in the younger generations.”
Mariuccia Teroni and Gianpiero Lotito, Founders
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
December 23rd, 2020
Gianpiero Lotito was interviewed about the future of the European Digital industry by CNBC Global in the “Squawk Box” show. “Europe is working to be a leading market in the world with its own Champions.” (Gianpiero Lotito)
November 12th, 2020
Gianpiero Lotito, former President of the European Tech Alliance (EUTA), is recognised as one of Europe’s 28 “Power Players” in digital and tech: the only representative of truly home-grown European Digital Tech Champions alongside several EU Commissioners and leading Members of the European Parliament.
November 9th, 2020
“After developing a search engine “different from Google”, the company that aspires to become a European Tech Champion in digital is now ready to go to market.” La Repubblica dedicates a full page to FacilityLive and its scaling-up.
January 29th, 2021
Mariuccia Teroni shared her view on how to face the pitfalls of the digital world in an interview to ilgiornale.it. “We need a digital culture that creates awareness, the Internet must be regulated.” (Mariuccia Teroni)
November 11th, 2020
“Deeptech offers Europe the chance to be stronger again. We have already shown that we can create some market champions. If we can create the right conditions there is no reason that things couldn’t change in the next three to five years.” (Gianpiero Lotito)
November 2020
Mariuccia Teroni was elected as a member of the General Council of Assolombarda, the largest territorial association of the entire entrepreneurial system in the country, member of Confindustria, the main association representing manufacturing and service companies in Italy.
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Brexit & Tech
France 24 - January 30th, 2020
Gianpiero Lotito, Founder & CEO of FacilityLive, was interviewed about the possible future scenarios in the relationship between Europe and the UK after the Brexit, during the interview at the international news channel France 24, in the “People & Profit” show. “Brexit can represent an opportunity for Europe's tech sector - and a chance for the UK to make itself more attractive” said Gianpiero Lotito after Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of International Monetary Fund (IMF), expressing her opinion on a positive outcome after Brexit.
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The digital world needs a strong EU
Bloomberg TV - March 26th 2019
Gianpiero Lotito, Founder & CEO of FacilityLive and President of the European Tech Alliance, was interviewed on the Bloomberg Technology Show. “In Europe we need a digital industry that can compete at global level, because it’s missing. At the moment a past situation is being rebalanced and I think that in the coming years we will also make mistakes but they will then be corrected. I am convinced that the digital world needs a strong Europe” said Lotito.
Technology and peace
UN, New York - October 2nd 2018
Gianpiero Lotito, Founder & CEO of FacilityLive, gave a speech entitled “Technology and peace” at the United Nations in New York during the International Non-Violence Day in commemoration of Mahatma Gandhi’s birth. He was the first Italian non-politician invited to speak at the UN after more than 20 years. “Human beings cannot have the presumption to think they can create eternity only through technology. Only by returning to a more ethical, more human and more useful technology, we will respect our mission as technologists, men of peace and humans” said Lotito.
Taxation and regulation in Europe
SKY News - March 26th, 2018
Gianpiero Lotito, Founder & CEO of FacilityLive, was interviewed on the Ian King Live programme about taxation and regulation in Europe. "Europe is trying to correct the problem of data privacy with a new regulation. This is a crucial point because it’s the way to have fair competition between European Tech Companies and Tech Giants" said Lotito.
The future of the European Tech Industry
CNBC Global - March 26th, 2018
Gianpiero Lotito, Founder & CEO of FacilityLive, was interviewed on the Squawk Box programme about the future of the European Tech Industry and data regulation. “Europe is the richest digital market of the future, so with fair competition, with a different behaviour by European institutions and governments, in the next 5 to 10 years there is room to have 4 or 5 European Giants, that will make the traction for all the market” said Lotito.
FacilityLive: the future of Search
BBC WORLD NEWS - September 15th, 2017
Gianpiero Lotito, Founder & CEO of FacilityLive, was interviewed on the Talking Business programme about the future of Search. “What is important in the future of Search is how the new players will introduce their new technology in the market, pushing great companies like Google to be better than now. I think that we will have two different directions in search: newcomers and oldcomers” said Lotito.
FacilityLive: a personal access to information
BBC WORLD NEWS - July 4th, 2017
Gianpiero Lotito, Founder & CEO of FacilityLive, in a live interview on the GMT programme explained to the journalist Aaron Heslehurst the value of FacilityLive’ innovative technology highlighting that “FacilityLive will provide people with a personal access to information, in the next 5 to 10 years”.
FacilityLive: a technology built to be at the service of humans
France Info - February 18th, 2017
Gianpiero Lotito, Founder & CEO of FacilityLive, was interviewed by France Info about the uniqueness of FacilityLive’s technology. “Our technology is built to be at the service of humans and not to determine which kind of news, hotels, movies, books are the best for you based on statistics, algorithms” said Lotito.
The Italian startup that is trying to change web searching
BBC WORLD NEWS - November 21st, 2016
Gianpiero Lotito, Founder & CEO of FacilityLive, was interviewed on the Business Live programme about the new paradigm of FacilityLive’s technology. “We need to build a better relationship with machines because we will dominate algorithms, and not the opposite” said Lotito.
Every action of our life begins with a search
CNBC Global - August 17th, 2016
Gianpiero Lotito, Founder & CEO of FacilityLive, was interviewed on the Squawk Box programme about the evolution of internet search. “The next generation of search engines and platforms will provide tools, services, precision and a user experience that will be completely different from the current ones” said Lotito.
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Brexit & Tech
France 24 - January 30th, 2020
Gianpiero Lotito, Founder & CEO of FacilityLive, was interviewed about the possible future scenarios in the relationship between Europe and the UK after the Brexit, during the interview at the international news channel France 24, in the “People & Profit” show. “Brexit can represent an opportunity for Europe's tech sector - and a chance for the UK to make itself more attractive” said Gianpiero Lotito after Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of International Monetary Fund (IMF), expressing her opinion on a positive outcome after Brexit.
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The digital world needs a strong EU
Bloomberg TV - March 26th 2019
Gianpiero Lotito, Founder & CEO of FacilityLive and President of the European Tech Alliance, was interviewed on the Bloomberg Technology Show. “In Europe we need a digital industry that can compete at global level, because it’s missing. At the moment a past situation is being rebalanced and I think that in the coming years we will also make mistakes but they will then be corrected. I am convinced that the digital world needs a strong Europe” said Lotito.
Technology and peace
UN, New York - October 2nd 2018
Gianpiero Lotito, Founder & CEO of FacilityLive, gave a speech entitled “Technology and peace” at the United Nations in New York during the International Non-Violence Day in commemoration of Mahatma Gandhi’s birth. He was the first Italian non-politician invited to speak at the UN after more than 20 years. “Human beings cannot have the presumption to think they can create eternity only through technology. Only by returning to a more ethical, more human and more useful technology, we will respect our mission as technologists, men of peace and humans” said Lotito.
Taxation and regulation in Europe
SKY News - March 26th, 2018
Gianpiero Lotito, Founder & CEO of FacilityLive, was interviewed on the Ian King Live programme about taxation and regulation in Europe. "Europe is trying to correct the problem of data privacy with a new regulation. This is a crucial point because it’s the way to have fair competition between European Tech Companies and Tech Giants" said Lotito.
The future of the European Tech Industry
CNBC Global - March 26th, 2018
Gianpiero Lotito, Founder & CEO of FacilityLive, was interviewed on the Squawk Box programme about the future of the European Tech Industry and data regulation. “Europe is the richest digital market of the future, so with fair competition, with a different behaviour by European institutions and governments, in the next 5 to 10 years there is room to have 4 or 5 European Giants, that will make the traction for all the market” said Lotito.
FacilityLive: the future of Search
BBC WORLD NEWS - September 15th, 2017
Gianpiero Lotito, Founder & CEO of FacilityLive, was interviewed on the Talking Business programme about the future of Search. “What is important in the future of Search is how the new players will introduce their new technology in the market, pushing great companies like Google to be better than now. I think that we will have two different directions in search: newcomers and oldcomers” said Lotito.
FacilityLive: a personal access to information
BBC WORLD NEWS - July 4th, 2017
Gianpiero Lotito, Founder & CEO of FacilityLive, in a live interview on the GMT programme explained to the journalist Aaron Heslehurst the value of FacilityLive’ innovative technology highlighting that “FacilityLive will provide people with a personal access to information, in the next 5 to 10 years”.
FacilityLive: a technology built to be at the service of humans
France Info - February 18th, 2017
Gianpiero Lotito, Founder & CEO of FacilityLive, was interviewed by France Info about the uniqueness of FacilityLive’s technology. “Our technology is built to be at the service of humans and not to determine which kind of news, hotels, movies, books are the best for you based on statistics, algorithms” said Lotito.
The Italian startup that is trying to change web searching
BBC WORLD NEWS - November 21st, 2016
Gianpiero Lotito, Founder & CEO of FacilityLive, was interviewed on the Business Live programme about the new paradigm of FacilityLive’s technology. “We need to build a better relationship with machines because we will dominate algorithms, and not the opposite” said Lotito.
Every action of our life begins with a search
CNBC Global - August 17th, 2016
Gianpiero Lotito, Founder & CEO of FacilityLive, was interviewed on the Squawk Box programme about the evolution of internet search. “The next generation of search engines and platforms will provide tools, services, precision and a user experience that will be completely different from the current ones” said Lotito.
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January 16th, 2020
“[…] the European Tech Alliance (EUTA), that represents some of Europe’s largest technology champions and scaleups, including Allegro, Booking.com, Criteo, FacilityLive, King, Meetic, Spotify and Zalando.”
March 1st, 2019
The European initiative connecting the Mediterranean startups starts from Matera. SEMED’s bet is to create a digital bridge between the ecosystems of Europe and those of the rest of the Mediterranean.
January 28th, 2019
FacilityLive, with a search you enter in the ecosystem. The startup provides its search technology to companies, organisations and institutions interested in creating digital ecosystems.
October 27th, 2015
“We have the unique opportunity in Europe to create our own successful tech industry. There is no need for us to go to Silicon Valley. We can do it here,” says Lotito.
MAIN EVENTS
April 24th-26th, 2020
Hackathon
Online
October 2nd, 2018
UN International Non-Violence Day
New York, USA
February 10th, 2017
London, UK
January 27th, 2016
Amsterdam, Netherlands
NEWS FROM US
December 2nd, 2020
UfM (Union for the Mediterranean) launched its latest publication featuring an highlight in SEMED.
November 24th, 2020
An article written by Gianpiero Lotito about “digital sovereignty”: one of the pillars of the future of Europe.
Five Year Anniversary
November 20th, 2020
Gianpiero Lotito opened the event as President of the EUTA.
Smart Event
May 28th, 2020
Mariuccia Teroni about the need for a new vision and new rules in Europe.
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