Last week, the Municipality of Turin officially presented the Talent Gateway, a project that aims to strengthen the city’s role as a European innovation hub. The initiative offers an integrated and free package of services for startups, entrepreneurs and professionals, with the aim of attracting new talent from Italy and abroad and accompanying their establishment.
Opportunities include housing support, orientation activities, access to the latest generation of technological infrastructures and spaces for experimentation in strategic sectors such as artificial intelligence, climatech, aerospace, mobility, quantum technologies, creative and advanced industries. The model is designed to encourage so-called soft landing, simplifying the launch of projects and encouraging the growth of innovative initiatives.
The Talent Gateway represents one of the most significant outcomes of the recognition that saw Turin named European Capital of Innovation 2024-2025, a title that enhances the efforts made in creating a competitive and sustainable ecosystem. The project is the result of the collaboration between key local realities such as CTE NEXT, Turin Chamber of Commerce with ToTeM Torino Tech Map, Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center , OGR Torino and AI4Industry Foundation .
The presentation took place during Italian Tech Week in the spaces of the Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center during the event “Landing in Turin – Smart Destination”, which saw the sharing of unpublished data from the Global Startup Ecosystem Report 2025 and the testimonies of startups already active in the city.
Part of the project is also the integration with ToTeM Torino Tech Map, a platform that photographs the Turin innovation ecosystem in real time, collecting information on startups, events, programs and training resources. In particular, the ToTeM for Founders section allows entrepreneurs and founders to access free services, further strengthening the value of the Talent Gateway and stimulating new connections between local actors.
The system is conceived as a dynamic and evolving project, destined to be progressively enriched with new opportunities thanks to the contribution of institutional and private partners. In addition to offering tools for business development, networking and access to investments, the Talent Gateway aims to transform Turin into a European “smart destination”, capable of attracting capital and skills in a context where technological innovation, research and social impact go hand in hand.
In this context, the city is proposed as one of the most interesting destinations in Europe for startups, investors and talents, offering a mix of services, infrastructures and communities that is difficult to find elsewhere.
