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Luca Ferrari: The Operating System Behind Bending Spoons

Sequoia Capital · Oct 08, 2026 · Industry Trends

Bending Spoons acquires digital businesses and integrates them into one proprietary technology platform.

“if we can create a machine, a system, that we can run a digital technology business better than almost anyone else, then we are almost guaranteed to be able to effectively accumulate capital over a very long time through acquisitions”

Luca Ferrari describes Bending Spoons as a technology platform company that acquires digital businesses and deeply integrates them onto a single shared technology foundation with joint R&D and marketing. The model bets that centralized infrastructure can operate acquired apps more efficiently than independent operators, generating durable capital accumulation. This is a business model story rather than an AI signal, with limited direct relevance to AI conference intelligence.

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