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Media coverage, press mentions, and articles about Kakashi Venture Accelerator — the AI-Native venture studio from Turin.

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InnovationFebruary 2026

Il Sole 24 Ore

Kakashi Ventures: the Turin accelerator that builds AI companies from scratch

The Turin-based studio is betting on AI-native ventures — startups conceived and built from the ground up with artificial intelligence at their core. A model that is attracting both corporate clients and early-stage founders.

Venture BuildingJanuary 2026

StartupItalia

Department as a Service: the KVA model reinventing corporate innovation

Kakashi Venture Accelerator introduces "Department as a Service" — an embedded team model that brings AI capabilities directly inside large organisations without the overhead of in-house hiring.

TechnologyDecember 2025

Forbes Italia

The AI builders reshaping European venture: inside Kakashi Ventures

From Turin, a small but ambitious team is proving that AI-native venture building can compete with the best European studios. We visited their Dojo and spoke with the founders.

EntrepreneurshipNovember 2025

Corriere della Sera — L'Economia

Nuova generazione di venture builder: come KVA allena i founder del futuro

Il modello di Kakashi Venture Accelerator supera la consulenza tradizionale: i team lavorano embedded nelle aziende, costruiscono prodotti AI e prendono equity. Un approccio che sta attirando l'attenzione degli investitori europei.

Funding & GrowthOctober 2025

TechCrunch

Kakashi Ventures closes seed round to scale AI venture studio across Southern Europe

The Italian AI venture studio has secured backing to accelerate its portfolio and expand its Department as a Service offering to corporate clients across Italy, France and Spain.

AI & SocietySeptember 2025

Wired Italia

LAMMS, MadarAI, Newjee: le startup che nascono dentro il Dojo di Kakashi

Un laboratorio di venture building nel cuore di Torino. Abbiamo visitato lo spazio di Kakashi Venture Accelerator e scoperto come nascono le startup AI-native della prossima generazione.

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