Antonio Grasso

Founder

Naples, Campania, Italy24 yrs 10 mos experience
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Key Highlights

  • Founder of a leading AI and blockchain startup.
  • Patent holder in generative AI technology.
  • Global mentor for startups and scaleups.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in AI, blockchain, and digital transformation consulting.

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Skills

Core Skills

Business InnovationIt ConsultingDigital TransformationCybersecurityArtificial Intelligence (ai)Extended Reality

Other Skills

Blockchainedge aiSustainabilityCorporate SustainabilityCloud ComputingData AnalyticsSustainable DesignRenewable EnergyIT StrategyInternet of Things (IoT)Business AnalysisChange ManagementDigital StrategyDigital MarketingBusiness Strategy

About

Antonio Grasso is the Founder and CEO of Digital Business Innovation Srl, a startup driving advancements in artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, blockchain, and cybersecurity. With over 40 years of experience in information technology, he is recognized globally as a technologist, author, keynote speaker, and content creator with a focus on human-centric innovation. As a global B2B influencer, he collaborates with major technology companies to share strategic insights on digital transformation, emerging technologies, and ethical innovation. His thought leadership — aimed at business leaders, C-level executives, and decision-makers — is expressed through executive dialogues, keynote speeches, branded content, and social media campaigns reaching a wide international audience. Often described as a trusted voice in the ears of top management, Antonio helps leaders interpret digital change with clarity and strategic depth. In 2024, he was granted a patent in the field of generative AI for a method and system that autonomously generates infographics from text using a combination of neural networks — a result that reflects his commitment to building the technologies he discusses, remaining hands-on in the innovation he promotes. Antonio also works with public institutions and multinational organizations. He has contributed to European Commission initiatives such as Next Generation Internet and AI4EU, and serves as an Accredited Global Mentor for Startups and Scaleups through the World Business Angels Investment Forum, a partner of the G20 Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion. He is the author of Toward a Post-Digital Society – Where Digital Evolution Meets People's Revolution, a book that explores how technologies like AI, blockchain, and Web3 intersect with societal transformation, influencing everyday life, business models, and long-term resilience. Antonio’s mission is to raise awareness about the opportunities and risks of digital transformation, promoting a vision of progress that aligns technological innovation with ethics, inclusivity, and collective well-being. Beyond technology, he is committed to social equity and knowledge access. Through his project agrassoblog.org, he supports entrepreneurial empowerment and digital inclusion in emerging countries, using social media to democratize knowledge and foster a more balanced future.

Experience

Daiedge

External Expert - Evaluation Committee

Apr 2025Present · 11 mos · Brussels Metropolitan Area

  • The dAIEDGE Network of Excellence (NoE) seeks to strengthen and support the development of a dynamic European cutting-edge AI ecosystem under the umbrella of the European Lighthouse for AI, and to sustain the development of advanced AI.
  • dAIEDGE fosters the exchange of ideas, concepts, and trends on cutting-edge next generation AI, creating links between ecosystem actors to help both the European Commission (EC) and the European Union (EU) and the peripheral AI constituency identify strategies for future developments in Europe.
edge aiArtificial Intelligence (AI)

Cocyber

COCyber Ambassador

Feb 2025Present · 1 yr 1 mo · Brussels Metropolitan Area · Hybrid

  • The Coordination between the Cybersecurity Civilian and Defense Spheres (COcyber) project is an ambitious two-year initiative designed to enhance the exchange, coordination, and collaboration between civilian and defence cybersecurity communities across Europe. As the digital landscape evolves, so do the threats and challenges. We aim to bridge the gap between these two critical spheres, fostering a unified approach to tackling cyber threats.
Cybersecurity

Deltalogix

Technical Advisor

Oct 2024Present · 1 yr 5 mos · Italy · On-site

IT Consulting

Xr2industry

External Expert - Evaluation Committee

Oct 2024Present · 1 yr 5 mos · Brussels Metropolitan Area · Remote

  • XR2Industry is a European Commission-funded project under Horizon Europe, aiming to strengthen Europe's technological ecosystem in Extended Reality (XR) by creating an open, privacy-focused platform tailored for industrial applications. The project seeks to support European companies, particularly SMEs and MidCaps, by providing funding and technical guidance to integrate innovative XR solutions that address industry needs, ensuring data privacy, scalability, and compliance with European values.
Extended Reality

Integradde project

INTEGRADDE Ambassador

Sep 2022Present · 3 yrs 6 mos · Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain

  • Additive Manufacturing Project INTEGRADDE by the European Commission aims to develop a novel end-to-end solution capable of demonstrating the potential of Directed Energy Deposition (DED) processes for manufacturing certified significant metal components in strategic metalworking sectors.
  • This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 820776.

Fundingbox

FundingBox Ambassador

Sep 2022Present · 3 yrs 6 mos · Madrid

  • FundingBox champions entrepreneurs and innovators eager to ignite their growth to rewrite their future through easy-to-apply funding opportunities and tailor-made acceleration programs. By matchmaking global brands and investors with promising startups and putting on track profitable collaborations that will accelerate their innovation processes.

Iscea -international supply chain education alliance

Advisor to the International Standards Board

Feb 2022Present · 4 yrs 1 mo · Cleveland, Ohio, United States

  • ISCEA's mission is to provide total supply chain knowledge to manufacturing and service industry professionals through Education, Certification, and Recognition.
  • The IISB is the vehicle through which ISCEA maintains close ties with the industry and its most prominent leaders. IISB members hold top management positions in leading global, regional, and national companies. Admittance to this committee is by invitation only.
  • The IISB Executives is composed of renowned academic, business, and industry representatives. The advisory board is to advise and assist ISCEA in operating and evaluating programs. This serves the need of ISCEA in providing advice pertaining to technological and subject matter changes to students, companies, and industry.

Agriut

Member Of The Board Of Advisors

Oct 2021Present · 4 yrs 5 mos · Queensland, Australia

  • AgriUT is an agriculture focused token that powers the sustainable development of smallholder farmers worldwide. It provides traceability and auditability into often exploitive and opaque markets of remote regions to foster economic inclusion through sophisticated, transparent and trustworthy technology.

Society of professional journalists

Professional Member

Apr 2021Present · 4 yrs 11 mos · Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

  • The Society of Professional Journalists is dedicated to encouraging journalism's free practice and stimulating high standards of ethical behaviour. Founded in 1909 as Sigma Delta Chi, SPJ promotes the free flow of information vital to a well-informed citizenry through the daily work of its roughly 6,000 members; works to inspire and educate current and future journalists through professional development; and protects First Amendment guarantees of freedom of speech and press through its advocacy efforts.

Busy technology s. r. o.

Advisory Board Member

Feb 2021Present · 5 yrs 1 mo · Prague, Czechia

  • We are developing the next generation of DAO - Decentralized Autonomous Organization - for marketplaces harnessing the power of blockchain and smart contracts. I'm not a Busy Technology employee.

European commission

DigitalEU Ambassador

Jan 2021Present · 5 yrs 2 mos · Brussels Metropolitan Area

  • The DigitalEU Ambassador role, established by the Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content, and Technology (DG CONNECT), involves participation in an exclusive network of professionals, journalists, and influencers active in the digital and technology sectors. Responsibilities include direct exchanges of materials, information, and ideas with DG CONNECT's communication team and policy experts, as well as supporting the dissemination of content and initiatives related to digital innovation across Europe.
  • Disclaimer: I am undertaking this role in a personal capacity or as a representative of an organization, not on behalf of the European Commission. I am not a European Commission employee.
CybersecurityDigital Transformation

Ai4eu - europe’s ai-on-demand platform

External Expert - Evaluation Committee

Jan 2021Present · 5 yrs 2 mos · Brussels Metropolitan Area

  • The European Commission is committed to paving the way for an AI-on-demand platform for Europe. AI4EU (Artificial Intelligence for Europe) will mobilize the whole European AI ecosystem and already unites 79 partners in 21 countries in a network across Europe and will provide access to relevant AI resources in the EU for all users.
  • Artificial Intelligence is a disruptive technology of our times with expected impacts rivaling those of electricity or printing. Resources for innovation are currently dominated by giant tech companies in North America and China. To ensure European independence and leadership, we must invest wisely by bundling, connecting, and opening our AI resources. AI4EU will efficiently build a comprehensive European AI-on-demand platform to lower barriers to innovation, boost technology transfer, and catalyze start-ups and SMEs' growth in all sectors through Open calls and other actions. I'm not an AI4EU employee.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)

The rsa (the royal society for arts, manufactures and commerce)

Fellow

Jan 2021Present · 5 yrs 2 mos · United Kingdom

  • Fellowship of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce is an award granted to individuals that the Royal Society of Arts judges to have made outstanding achievements to social progress and development.

European customer experience organization (ecxo)

Ambassador and founding member

Nov 2020Present · 5 yrs 4 mos · Munich, Bavaria, Germany

World business angels investment forum

Accredited and Qualified Global Mentor - Startups & Scaleups

Feb 2020Present · 6 yrs 1 mo

  • As an affiliated partner of the G20 Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion (GPFI), the World Business Angels Investment Forum is committed to collaborating globally to empowering the Sustainable Economic Development of the World - I'm not a WBAF employee.

Ngi - the next generation internet

NGI: Internet of Humans - Ambassador

Jan 2020Present · 6 yrs 2 mos · Brussels Metropolitan Area

  • The Next Generation Internet initiative by the Digital Single Market of the European Commission. Building a European initiative for a Human Internet that respects the fundamental values of privacy, participation, and diversity. The Next Generation Internet offers new functionalities to support people’s needs and to address global sustainability challenges.
  • The NGI is dedicated to foster a vibrant Open Internet movement that links research, policy, and society for the benefit of society.

Larix international

Scientific Advisory Committee AI, ML, Big Data

Jul 2019Present · 6 yrs 8 mos · Dubai, United Arab Emirates

  • Scientific Advisory Committee at Annual Summit on AI, ML and Big Data Analytics in Dubai: "Exploring the Innovations and Excellence in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning". I'm not a Larix employee.

Asvin gmbh

Advisory Board Member

Jan 2019Present · 7 yrs 2 mos · Stoccarda, Germania

Gsdc - global skill development council

Advisory Council Member

Aug 2018Present · 7 yrs 7 mos · Westborough - USA

Xplorico

Advisory Board Member

Apr 2018Present · 7 yrs 11 mos · Oslo Area, Norway

Intel corporation

Intel IoT Software Innovator

Mar 2018Mar 2023 · 5 yrs · Santa Clara, California

  • The Intel® Software Innovator program recognizes and supports innovative, independent experts who display an ability to create and demonstrate forward-looking projects. I'm not Employed by Intel.

Digital business innovation srl

Founder & CEO

Jan 2016Present · 10 yrs 2 mos · Naples Area, Italy

BlockchainBusiness Innovation

Holding & management spa

Chief Operating Officer

Jan 2009Dec 2011 · 2 yrs 11 mos · Naples Area, Italy

  • COO

Nyse & nasdaq

Automated Trading System (ATS) Designer

Oct 2008Aug 2015 · 6 yrs 10 mos

  • Automated trading system based on Garman Klass volatility estimator

Sviluppo impresa spa

Chief Operating Officer

Jan 2001Apr 2009 · 8 yrs 3 mos · Naples Area, Italy

  • COO - Public Sector IT project

Education

Istituto Casanova

Computer Science

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