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Bending Spoons S.p.A.
Company type	Private
Founded	2013; 11 years ago in Copenhagen, Denmark
Founder	Luca Ferrari; Francesco Patarnello; Matteo Danieli; Luca Querella; Tomasz Greber;
Headquarters	Milan, Italy
Products	Thirty Day Fitness; Splice; Live Quiz; Remini;

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Bending Spoons S.p.A. is an Italian mobile application developer, founded in 2013 and based in Milan. The company is known primarily for iOS mobile apps, including Splice, 30 Day Fitness, Live_Quiz [it], and Remini application [es].^[2] In November 2022, it agreed to acquire Evernote.^[3] Bending Spoons is one of the world's leading mobile developers, by number of app downloads.^[4]

On 17 April 2020, the Italian government released a statement on its website announcing that Bending Spoons had been selected to design and develop Italy's official COVID-19 contact tracing app, Immuni.^[5] Bending Spoons granted the government a perpetual and irrevocable license for Immuni, free of charge.^[6] The app was released on 1 June 2020.^[7] It was initially released in four regions, then countrywide.^[8]

Awards

2020: Top 10, Best Workplaces™ in Europe
2019, 2020: Winner, Best Workplaces™ (50–149 employees) in Italy
2022: 2nd place, Best Workplaces™ (150–499 employees) in Italy
2019: Winner, Best Workplaces™ for Women in Italy
2019, 2020, 2021: Winner, Best Workplaces™ for Millennials in Italy
2019: 2nd place, Best Workplaces™ for Innovation in Italy

Immuni

Immuni is Italy's official contact tracing app in the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic. Bending Spoons designed and developed Immuni under the direction of the Special Commissioner for the COVID-19 Emergency, the Ministry of Health, and the Minister for Technological Innovation.^[9] Bending Spoons granted the government a perpetual and irrevocable license for Immuni, free of charge.^[6]

The Immuni project was announced in a press release on the Italian government website on 17 April 2020.^[10] Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte discussed the Immuni project in a televised press conference on 30 April 2020.^[11] Immuni was awarded the maximum five stars by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s MIT Technology Review Contact Tracing Tracker in May 2020.^[12]

With Immuni, Italy was the first major European nation to launch a contact tracing app, and it received 2.2 million downloads in its first ten days since launching on the App Store and Google Play Store on 1 June 2020.^[13]

The name

In a 2019 interview with Forbes Leader's Talk, Bending Spoons co-founder Luca Ferrari stated:

The meaning of the name came [ … ] from the movie The Matrix. We loved it immediately because it captured some big ideas we believed in—and still believe in. These are the power of the mind to do what seems impossible, like bending spoons with your thoughts, and the value of persevering to achieve those goals.^[14]

Other notable activities

Bending Spoons has published open source libraries on GitHub. As of June 2020, its modern Swift framework "Katana" has received over 2,000 stars.^[15]

Bending Spoons runs annual bootcamps for promising students. These include First Ascent International,^[16] First Ascent Italy,^[17] and First Ascent Business^[18]

References

^ Zargani, Luisa (9 December 2021). "Renzo Rosso's Red Circle Investments Takes Stake in Bending Spoons". Women's Wear Daily.
^ "Bending Spoons Apps IVS Revenue & App Download Estimates". sensortower.com. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
^ Roth, Emma (16 November 2022). "Evernote's getting acquired by mobile developer Bending Spoons". The Verge.
^ Morning Future (2 November 2018). "The brain drain is in reverse and Netflix and Spotify are facing competition". www.morningfuture.com. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
^ Pollina, Elvira (1 April 2020). "Italy tests contact-tracing app to speed lockdown exit". Reuters. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
^ ^a ^b Italian Minister for Technological Innovation (2 April 2020). "Un aggiornamento sull'applicazione di contact tracing digitale per l'emergenza coronavirus". innovazione.gov.it (in Italian). Retrieved 29 June 2020.
^ Italian Minister for Technological Innovation (3 June 2020). "IMMUNI APP available for downloading on the APPLE and GOOGLE stores". innovazione.gov.it. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
^ Horowitz, Jason; Satariano, Adam (1 June 2020). "Europe Rolls Out Contact Tracing Apps, With Hope and Trepidation". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
^ "immuni-app/immuni-documentation – Immuni's High-Level Description". GitHub. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
^ Ministry of Health. "Contact tracing: Arcuri firma ordinanza per app italiana". www.salute.gov.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2 July 2020.
^ Conte, Giuseppe (3 April 2020). "Ripresa attività economiche, informativa del Presidente Conte al Senato". www.governo.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2 July 2020.
^ Howell O'Neill, Patrick; Ryan-Mosley, Tate; Johnson, Bobbie (7 May 2020). "A flood of coronavirus apps are tracking us. Now it's time to keep track of them". MIT Technology Review. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
^ Amante, Angelo; Pollina, Elvira (1 June 2020). "Italians embrace coronavirus tracing app as privacy fears ease". Reuters. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
^ "Bending Spoons, le meilleur des applications mobiles". Forbes France (in French). 29 April 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
^ "katana-swift". GitHub. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
^ "Milano. Al via la I edizione di First Ascent International". Avvenire (in Italian). 7 May 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
^ "Parte First Ascent 2019: 3 giorni gratis a Copenhagen per 20 tra i migliori studenti di Ingegneria Informatica d'Italia". ANSA (in Italian). 5 February 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
^ "Formazione. Tre giorni a Barcellona per i migliori 20 studenti". Avvenire (in Italian). 2 July 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2020.

External links

Official website

[1] Zargani, Luisa (9 December 2021). "Renzo Rosso's Red Circle Investments Takes Stake in Bending Spoons". Women's Wear Daily.

[2] "Bending Spoons Apps IVS Revenue & App Download Estimates". sensortower.com. Retrieved 2 July 2020.

[3] Roth, Emma (16 November 2022). "Evernote's getting acquired by mobile developer Bending Spoons". The Verge.

[4] Morning Future (2 November 2018). "The brain drain is in reverse and Netflix and Spotify are facing competition". www.morningfuture.com. Retrieved 23 June 2020.

[5] Pollina, Elvira (1 April 2020). "Italy tests contact-tracing app to speed lockdown exit". Reuters. Retrieved 23 June 2020.

[:0-6] Italian Minister for Technological Innovation (2 April 2020). "Un aggiornamento sull'applicazione di contact tracing digitale per l'emergenza coronavirus". innovazione.gov.it (in Italian). Retrieved 29 June 2020.

[7] Italian Minister for Technological Innovation (3 June 2020). "IMMUNI APP available for downloading on the APPLE and GOOGLE stores". innovazione.gov.it. Retrieved 29 June 2020.

[8] Horowitz, Jason; Satariano, Adam (1 June 2020). "Europe Rolls Out Contact Tracing Apps, With Hope and Trepidation". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 July 2020.

[9] "immuni-app/immuni-documentation – Immuni's High-Level Description". GitHub. Retrieved 2 July 2020.

[10] Ministry of Health. "Contact tracing: Arcuri firma ordinanza per app italiana". www.salute.gov.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2 July 2020.

[11] Conte, Giuseppe (3 April 2020). "Ripresa attività economiche, informativa del Presidente Conte al Senato". www.governo.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2 July 2020.

[12] Howell O'Neill, Patrick; Ryan-Mosley, Tate; Johnson, Bobbie (7 May 2020). "A flood of coronavirus apps are tracking us. Now it's time to keep track of them". MIT Technology Review. Retrieved 2 July 2020.

[13] Amante, Angelo; Pollina, Elvira (1 June 2020). "Italians embrace coronavirus tracing app as privacy fears ease". Reuters. Retrieved 2 July 2020.

[14] "Bending Spoons, le meilleur des applications mobiles". Forbes France (in French). 29 April 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2020.

[15] "katana-swift". GitHub. Retrieved 2 July 2020.

[16] "Milano. Al via la I edizione di First Ascent International". Avvenire (in Italian). 7 May 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2020.

[17] "Parte First Ascent 2019: 3 giorni gratis a Copenhagen per 20 tra i migliori studenti di Ingegneria Informatica d'Italia". ANSA (in Italian). 5 February 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2020.

[18] "Formazione. Tre giorni a Barcellona per i migliori 20 studenti". Avvenire (in Italian). 2 July 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2020.

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-'''Bending Spoons S.p.A.''' is a [[technology company]], founded in 2013 and based in [[Milan]], [[Italy]]. The company is known primarily for mobile apps, including [[Splice (app)|Splice]], {{ill|Remini (app)|lt=Remini|es|Remini_(aplicación)}}, and 30 Day Fitness.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bending Spoons Apps IVS Revenue & App Download Estimates |url=https://sensortower.com/ios/publisher/bending-spoons-apps-ivs/1280299077 |access-date=2 July 2020 |website=sensortower.com}}</ref> In November 2022, it agreed to acquire [[Evernote]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Roth |first=Emma |date=November 16, 2022 |title=Evernote's getting acquired by mobile developer Bending Spoons |url=https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/16/23462444/evernote-acquired-mobile-developer-bending-spoons-2023 |website=[[The Verge]]}}</ref> The acquisition was concluded in January 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-06 |title=Evernote has been acquired — here’s how its new owner can fix it |url=https://thenextweb.com/news/evernote-acquired-how-new-owner-can-fix-it |url-status=live |access-date=2023-04-24 |website=TheNextWeb}}</ref> Bending Spoons is one of the world's leading mobile developers, by number of app downloads.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Morning Future|date=2 November 2018|title=The brain drain is in reverse and Netflix and Spotify are facing competition|url=https://www.morningfuture.com/en/article/2018/11/02/bending-spoons-download-app-/461/|access-date=23 June 2020|website=www.morningfuture.com|language=en}}</ref>
+'''Bending Spoons S.p.A.''' is an Italian [[Mobile app development|mobile application developer]], founded in 2013 and based in [[Milan]]. The company is known primarily for [[iOS]] mobile apps, including [[Splice_(platform)|Splice]], 30 Day Fitness, {{interlanguage link|Live_Quiz|it}}, and {{ill|Remini application|es|Remini_(aplicación)}}.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bending Spoons Apps IVS Revenue & App Download Estimates|url=https://sensortower.com/ios/publisher/bending-spoons-apps-ivs/1280299077|access-date=2 July 2020|website=sensortower.com}}</ref> In November 2022, it agreed to acquire [[Evernote]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Roth |first=Emma |date=November 16, 2022 |title=Evernote's getting acquired by mobile developer Bending Spoons |url=https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/16/23462444/evernote-acquired-mobile-developer-bending-spoons-2023 |website=[[The Verge]]}}</ref> Bending Spoons is one of the world's leading mobile developers, by number of app downloads.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Morning Future|date=2 November 2018|title=The brain drain is in reverse and Netflix and Spotify are facing competition|url=https://www.morningfuture.com/en/article/2018/11/02/bending-spoons-download-app-/461/|access-date=23 June 2020|website=www.morningfuture.com|language=en}}</ref>
 On 17 April 2020, the [[Government of Italy|Italian government]] released a statement on its website announcing that Bending Spoons had been selected to design and develop Italy's official [[COVID-19 apps|COVID-19 contact tracing app]], [[Immuni]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Pollina|first=Elvira|date=1 April 2020|title=Italy tests contact-tracing app to speed lockdown exit|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-italy-technology/italy-tests-contact-tracing-app-to-speed-lockdown-exit-idUSKBN21Z0VJ|access-date=23 June 2020|work=[[Reuters]]|language=EN}}</ref> Bending Spoons granted the government a perpetual and irrevocable license for Immuni, free of charge.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2 April 2020|author=Italian Minister for Technological Innovation|author-link=Italian Minister for Technological Innovation|title=Un aggiornamento sull'applicazione di contact tracing digitale per l'emergenza coronavirus|url=https://innovazione.gov.it/un-aggiornamento-sull-applicazione-di-contact-tracing-digitale-per-l-emergenza-coronavirus/|access-date=29 June 2020|website=innovazione.gov.it|language=it}}</ref> The app was released on 1 June 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Italian Minister for Technological Innovation|author-link=Italian Minister for Technological Innovation|date=3 June 2020|title=IMMUNI APP available for downloading on the APPLE and GOOGLE stores|url=https://innovazione.gov.it/app-immuni-available-from-today/|access-date=29 June 2020|website=innovazione.gov.it|language=en}}</ref> It was initially released in four [[Regions of Italy|regions]], then countrywide.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Horowitz|first1=Jason|last2=Satariano|first2=Adam|date=1 June 2020|title=Europe Rolls Out Contact Tracing Apps, With Hope and Trepidation|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/16/world/europe/contact-tracing-apps-europe-coronavirus.html|access-date=2 July 2020}}</ref>
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 == Awards ==
 {{unsourced|section|date=November 2022}}
+* 2020: Top 10, Best Workplaces™ in Europe
-* 2020, 2022: Top 10, Best Workplaces™ in Europe<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bending Spoons |url=https://www.bestworkplaces.it/aziende/bending-spoons/ |url-status=live |access-date=2023-04-24 |website=Great Place to Work Italia}}</ref>
-* 2023: Winner, Best Workplaces™ (150–499 employees) in Italy
 * 2019, 2020: Winner, Best Workplaces™ (50–149 employees) in Italy
 * 2022: 2nd place, Best Workplaces™ (150–499 employees) in Italy
 * 2019: Winner, Best Workplaces™ for Women in Italy
-* 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022: Winner, Best Workplaces™ for Millennials in Italy
+* 2019, 2020, 2021: Winner, Best Workplaces™ for Millennials in Italy
-* 2022: 2nd place, Best Workplaces™ for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in Italy
 * 2019: 2nd place, Best Workplaces™ for Innovation in Italy
-== Products ==
-Bending Spoons owns and operates several digital products.
-These include Splice, a mobile video editor, which is available on [[iOS]] and [[Android (operating system)|Android]]. In May [[2021]], while analyzing Splice’s performance in the US App Store, Appfigures reported that “Splice leads the pack not just in keyword ranks but also in downloads and revenue, according to our estimates.”<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-05-18 |title=App Teardown - Why Splice is the #1 Video Editor in the App Store |url=https://appfigures.com/resources/app-teardowns/splice-video-editor |access-date=2023-04-26 |website=Appfigures |language=en}}</ref>
-In January 2023, Bending Spoons acquired [[Evernote]].
-Prior to the acquisition of Evernote, it was reported that Bending Spoons products had been downloaded more than 500 million times<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2022-09-27 |title=Bending Spoons Raises $340 Million in Financing as Global Demand for Mobile-First Creator Tools Soars |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220927005732/en/Bending-Spoons-Raises-340-Million-in-Financing-as-Global-Demand-for-Mobile-First-Creator-Tools-Soars |access-date=2023-04-26 |website=www.businesswire.com |language=en}}</ref> and had around 90 million monthly active users.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pollina |first=Elvira |date=2022-09-27 |title=Hollywood star, tech execs invest in Italian start-up Bending Spoons |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/technology/hollywood-star-tech-execs-invest-italian-start-up-bending-spoons-2022-09-27/ |access-date=2023-04-26}}</ref>
 == Immuni ==
-Immuni was Italy's official [[Digital contact tracing|contact tracing app]] in the battle against the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Italy|COVID-19 pandemic]]. Bending Spoons designed and developed Immuni under the direction of the Special Commissioner for the COVID-19 Emergency, the [[Ministry of Health (Italy)|Ministry of Health]], and the [[Italian Minister for Technological Innovation|Minister for Technological Innovation]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=immuni-app/immuni-documentation – Immuni's High-Level Description|url=https://github.com/immuni-app/immuni-documentation|access-date=2 July 2020|website=[[GitHub]]}}</ref> Bending Spoons granted the government a perpetual and irrevocable license for Immuni, free of charge.<ref name=":0" />
+Immuni is Italy's official [[Digital contact tracing|contact tracing app]] in the battle against the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Italy|COVID-19 pandemic]]. Bending Spoons designed and developed Immuni under the direction of the Special Commissioner for the COVID-19 Emergency, the [[Ministry of Health (Italy)|Ministry of Health]], and the [[Italian Minister for Technological Innovation|Minister for Technological Innovation]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=immuni-app/immuni-documentation – Immuni's High-Level Description|url=https://github.com/immuni-app/immuni-documentation|access-date=2 July 2020|website=[[GitHub]]}}</ref> Bending Spoons granted the government a perpetual and irrevocable license for Immuni, free of charge.<ref name=":0" />
 The Immuni project was announced in a press release on the Italian government website on 17 April 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Ministry of Health|author-link=Ministry of Health (Italy)|title=Contact tracing: Arcuri firma ordinanza per app italiana|url=http://www.salute.gov.it/portale/nuovocoronavirus/dettaglioNotizieNuovoCoronavirus.jsp?lingua=italiano&menu=notizie&p=dalministero&id=4513|access-date=2 July 2020|website=www.salute.gov.it|language=IT}}</ref> Italy's Prime Minister [[Giuseppe Conte]] discussed the Immuni project in a televised press conference on 30 April 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Conte|first=Giuseppe|author-link=Giuseppe Conte|date=3 April 2020|title=Ripresa attività economiche, informativa del Presidente Conte al Senato|url=http://www.governo.it/it/articolo/riprese-attivit-economiche-informativa-del-presidente-conte-al-senato/14551|access-date=2 July 2020|website=www.governo.it|language=it}}</ref> Immuni was awarded the maximum five stars by the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]’s [[MIT Technology Review]] Contact Tracing Tracker in May 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|date=7 May 2020|first1=Patrick|last1=Howell O'Neill|first2=Tate|last2=Ryan-Mosley|first3=Bobbie|last3=Johnson|title=A flood of coronavirus apps are tracking us. Now it's time to keep track of them.|url=https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/05/07/1000961/launching-mittr-covid-tracing-tracker/|access-date=2 July 2020|website=[[MIT Technology Review]]|language=en}}</ref>
 With Immuni, Italy was the first major European nation to launch a contact tracing app, and it received 2.2&nbsp;million downloads in its first ten days since launching on the [[App Store (iOS)|App Store]] and [[Google Play Store]] on 1 June 2020.<ref>{{Cite news|first1=Angelo|last1=Amante|first2=Elvira|last2=Pollina|date=1 June 2020|title=Italians embrace coronavirus tracing app as privacy fears ease|language=en|work=[[Reuters]]|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-italy-apps-idUSKBN23I2M5|access-date=2 July 2020}}</ref>
-Immuni was dismissed on December 31, 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Salute |first=Ministero della |title=Dismissione Piattaforma contact tracing digitale e APP IMMUNI |url=https://www.salute.gov.it/portale/news/p3_2_1_1_1.jsp?lingua=italiano&menu=notizie&p=dalministero&id=6115 |access-date=2023-04-24 |website=www.salute.gov.it |language=IT}}</ref>
 == The name ==
-In a 2019 interview with [[Forbes]] ''Leader's Talk'', Bending Spoons [[Chief executive officer|CEO]] and [[Organizational founder|co-founder]] Luca Ferrari stated:
+In a 2019 interview with [[Forbes]] ''Leader's Talk'', Bending Spoons co-founder Luca Ferrari stated:
 {{Quote|text=The meaning of the name came [ … ] from the movie [[The Matrix]]. We loved it immediately because it captured some big ideas we believed in—and still believe in. These are the power of the mind to do what seems impossible, like bending spoons with your thoughts, and the value of persevering to achieve those goals.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-04-29|title=Bending Spoons, le meilleur des applications mobiles|url=https://www.forbes.fr/leaderstalk/bending-spoons-le-meilleur-des-applications-mobiles/amp/|access-date=2020-07-02|website=Forbes France|language=fr}}</ref>}}
-== Company mission ==
-Quoted in [[Business Wire]] in [[2022]], Bending Spoons CEO and co-founder Luca Ferrari stated:<blockquote>Our mission at Bending Spoons is to make an enduring positive impact on our customers, on our teammates, and on society at large.<ref name=":1" /></blockquote>
 == Other notable activities ==
-Bending Spoons has published open source libraries on [[GitHub]]. As of June 2020, its [[Swift (programming language)|Swift]] framework "Katana" has received over 2,000 stars.<ref>{{Cite web|title=katana-swift|url=https://github.com/BendingSpoons/katana-swift|access-date=2 July 2020|website=[[GitHub]]}}</ref>
+Bending Spoons has published open source libraries on [[GitHub]]. As of June 2020, its modern [[Swift (programming language)|Swift]] framework "Katana" has received over 2,000 stars.<ref>{{Cite web|title=katana-swift|url=https://github.com/BendingSpoons/katana-swift|access-date=2 July 2020|website=[[GitHub]]}}</ref>
-Bending Spoons runs annual [[Training camp|bootcamps]] for promising students. These include First Ascent International,<ref>{{Cite news|date=7 May 2019|title=Milano. Al via la I edizione di First Ascent International|url=https://www.avvenire.it/economia/pagine/milano-al-via-la-i-edizione-di-first-ascent-international|access-date=2 July 2020|work=[[Avvenire]]|language=it}}</ref> First Ascent Italy,<ref>{{Cite news|date=5 February 2019|title=Parte First Ascent 2019: 3 giorni gratis a Copenhagen per 20 tra i migliori studenti di Ingegneria Informatica d'Italia|url=https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/economia/business_wire/news/2019-02-05_1051910086.html|access-date=2 July 2020|work=[[Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata|ANSA]]|language=it}}</ref> and First Ascent Business.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2 July 2019|title=Formazione. Tre giorni a Barcellona per i migliori 20 studenti|url=https://www.avvenire.it/economia/pagine/formazione-tre-giorni-a-barcellona-per-i-migliori-20-studenti-di-business|access-date=2 July 2020|work=[[Avvenire]]|language=it}}</ref>
-Bending Spoons sponsors [[Scholarship|academic scholarships]]. These include the "Bending Spoons scholarship for AIMS students," in partnership with the [[African Institute for Mathematical Sciences|African Institute of Mathematical Sciences]], which “aims to enhance inclusive access to quality education and applied research to build the capacity of the next generation of [[Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics|STEM]] leaders in [[Africa]].”<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-08-01 |title=AIMS and Bending Spoons Partnership – African Institute for Mathematical Sciences |url=https://nexteinstein.org/aims-and-bending-spoons-partnership/ |access-date=2023-04-26 |website=nexteinstein.org}}</ref>
-Bending Spoons also sponsors the "Bending Spoons Women in Computer Science scholarship," in partnership with [[Polytechnic University of Milan]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021 |title=The Bending Spoons Women in Computer Science Scholarship |url=https://scholarship.bendingspoons.com/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/coNS1 |archive-date=2023-04-26 |access-date=2023-04-26 |website=scholarship.bendingspoons.com |language=en}}</ref>
-Bending Spoons also sponsors the "Bending Spoons EmployAbility Computer Science Scholarship," for those who have a [[disability]] or [[Neurodiversity|neurodivergence]], or a [[mental health]] or other long-term health condition.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022 |title=Bending Spoons Scholarship |url=https://www.employ-ability.org.uk/students-and-universities/scholarships-mentorships/bending-spoons-scholarship/ |access-date=2023-04-26 |website=EmployAbility |language=en-GB}}</ref>
-Bending Spoons organizes and sponsors "Synapse AI Symposium." The 2022 edition featured a keynote speech from [[Max Tegmark]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tegmark |first=Max |date=2022-09-02 |title=The rise of AI: opportunities and challenges |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYt84WMmw24 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-04-26 |website=YouTube}}</ref>
+Bending Spoons runs annual [[Training camp|bootcamps]] for promising students. These include First Ascent International,<ref>{{Cite news|date=7 May 2019|title=Milano. Al via la I edizione di First Ascent International|url=https://www.avvenire.it/economia/pagine/milano-al-via-la-i-edizione-di-first-ascent-international|access-date=2 July 2020|work=[[Avvenire]]|language=it}}</ref> First Ascent Italy,<ref>{{Cite news|date=5 February 2019|title=Parte First Ascent 2019: 3 giorni gratis a Copenhagen per 20 tra i migliori studenti di Ingegneria Informatica d'Italia|url=https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/economia/business_wire/news/2019-02-05_1051910086.html|access-date=2 July 2020|work=[[Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata|ANSA]]|language=it}}</ref> and First Ascent Business<ref>{{Cite news|date=2 July 2019|title=Formazione. Tre giorni a Barcellona per i migliori 20 studenti|url=https://www.avvenire.it/economia/pagine/formazione-tre-giorni-a-barcellona-per-i-migliori-20-studenti-di-business|access-date=2 July 2020|work=[[Avvenire]]|language=it}}</ref>
-In 2023, Bending Spoons received considerable press attention in Italy upon release of its new parental support policy, reported by [[Forbes]] Italia as “among the most advantageous currently offered by European companies in terms of flexibility, inclusiveness, and financial support.”<ref>{{Cite web |last=Forbes.it |date=2023-04-17 |title=Congedi illimitati, bonus annuali e una tantum: così Bending Spoons supporta la genitorialità |url=https://forbes.it/2023/04/17/congedi-illimitati-bonus-annuali-e-una-tantum-cosi-bending-spoons-supporta-la-genitorialita/ |archive-url=https://archive.ph/8u7rv |archive-date=2023-04-26 |access-date=2023-04-26 |website=Forbes Italia |language=it-IT}}</ref>
 == See also ==