Our people make
us what we are
- 🌱 Sustainable design award winner
- 📜 Best thesis award winner
- 👚 Fashion innovation award winner
- 🤓 Apple WWDC multi-scholarship winner
- 📚 Completed three-year degree in two years
- 🔬 Contributed to the discovery of the Higgs Boson particle
- 💯 100 Future Makers nominee
- 🧮 Math Olympiad gold medalists
- 🤖 Informatics Olympiad gold medalists
- 🏃 Ultramarathoner
- ⚙️ Google Engineering Excellence award winner
- 🏅 Outstanding doctoral thesis medal winner
- 🎢 Co-led the tech design behind a Disney Parks attraction
- 🎓 Thousands of academic citations
- 🤝 Multiple successful startup exits
- 🧑🏫 President of Cambridge Business School club
- 🖊️ Dean’s list members
- 🦁 Cannes Titanium Lion-winning team member
- 🛢️ Team lead on remote Indonesian oil rigs
- 🥇 AWS Cloud Migration Game Day winner
- ✍️ Published poet
- 🧑🎓 Valedictorian
- 🏵️ Winners of renowned coding competitions
- 🎓 Hundreds of full-mark degrees and scholarships
- 🎶 Touring and recording musicians
- 💵 Entrepreneurs raising millions from top VCs
- 🧑✈ Air Force pilot
- 🌱 Sustainable design award winner
- 📜 Best thesis award winner
- 👚 Fashion innovation award winner
- 🤓 Apple WWDC multi-scholarship winner
- 📚 Completed three-year degree in two years
- 🔬 Contributed to the discovery of the Higgs Boson particle
- 💯 100 Future Makers nominee
- 🧮 Math Olympiad gold medalists
- 🤖 Informatics Olympiad gold medalists
- 🏃 Ultramarathoner
- ⚙️ Google Engineering Excellence award winner
- 🏅 Outstanding doctoral thesis medal winner
- 🎢 Co-led the tech design behind a Disney Parks attraction
- 🎓 Thousands of academic citations
- 🤝 Multiple successful startup exits
- 🧑🏫 President of Cambridge Business School club
- 🖊️ Dean’s list members
- 🦁 Cannes Titanium Lion-winning team member
- 🛢️ Team lead on remote Indonesian oil rigs
- 🥇 AWS Cloud Migration Game Day winner
- ✍️ Published poet
- 🧑🎓 Valedictorian
- 🏵️ Winners of renowned coding competitions
- 🎓 Hundreds of full-mark degrees and scholarships
- 🎶 Touring and recording musicians
- 💵 Entrepreneurs raising millions from top VCs
- 🧑✈ Air Force pilot
- 🌱 Sustainable design award winner
- 📜 Best thesis award winner
- 👚 Fashion innovation award winner
- 🤓 Apple WWDC multi-scholarship winner
- 📚 Completed three-year degree in two years
- 🔬 Contributed to the discovery of the Higgs Boson particle
- 💯 100 Future Makers nominee
- 🧮 Math Olympiad gold medalists
- 🤖 Informatics Olympiad gold medalists
- 🏃 Ultramarathoner
- ⚙️ Google Engineering Excellence award winner
- 🏅 Outstanding doctoral thesis medal winner
- 🎢 Co-led the tech design behind a Disney Parks attraction
- 🎓 Thousands of academic citations
- 🤝 Multiple successful startup exits
- 🧑🏫 President of Cambridge Business School club
- 🖊️ Dean’s list members
- 🦁 Cannes Titanium Lion-winning team member
- 🛢️ Team lead on remote Indonesian oil rigs
- 🥇 AWS Cloud Migration Game Day winner
- ✍️ Published poet
- 🧑🎓 Valedictorian
- 🏵️ Winners of renowned coding competitions
- 🎓 Hundreds of full-mark degrees and scholarships
- 🎶 Touring and recording musicians
- 💵 Entrepreneurs raising millions from top VCs
- 🧑✈ Air Force pilot
- 🌱 Sustainable design award winner
- 📜 Best thesis award winner
- 👚 Fashion innovation award winner
- 🤓 Apple WWDC multi-scholarship winner
- 📚 Completed three-year degree in two years
- 🔬 Contributed to the discovery of the Higgs Boson particle
- 💯 100 Future Makers nominee
- 🧮 Math Olympiad gold medalists
- 🤖 Informatics Olympiad gold medalists
- 🏃 Ultramarathoner
- ⚙️ Google Engineering Excellence award winner
- 🏅 Outstanding doctoral thesis medal winner
- 🎢 Co-led the tech design behind a Disney Parks attraction
- 🎓 Thousands of academic citations
- 🤝 Multiple successful startup exits
- 🧑🏫 President of Cambridge Business School club
- 🖊️ Dean’s list members
- 🦁 Cannes Titanium Lion-winning team member
- 🛢️ Team lead on remote Indonesian oil rigs
- 🥇 AWS Cloud Migration Game Day winner
- ✍️ Published poet
- 🧑🎓 Valedictorian
- 🏵️ Winners of renowned coding competitions
- 🎓 Hundreds of full-mark degrees and scholarships
- 🎶 Touring and recording musicians
- 💵 Entrepreneurs raising millions from top VCs
- 🧑✈ Air Force pilot
Inspiring one another every day
- 💵 Entrepreneurs raising millions from top VCs
- 🧑✈️ Air Force pilot
- 💡 Creator of product topping Hacker News
- 🧑💼 Non-profit co-founder
- 🤸 Competed at the World Gymnaestrada
- 🏐 Professional volleyball player
- 🎬 Playwright and director
- 📺 Italy’s Got Talent finalist
- 🥋 Kung Fu Jeux des îles gold medalist
- 👩🚀 NASA Space School invitee
- 📖 Published novelist
- 📸 Photographer featured in Vogue
- 🕺 International choreographer
- 🏂 International snowboard competition medalist
- 🏊 Triathletes
- 🌌 PBS Space Time contributor
- 🧗 National junior climbing champion
- 🃏️ Online poker pro
- 💃 Professional dancer
- 🥁 National Drum Corps champion
- 🚑 COVID-19 first responder for Lebanese Red Cross
- ⛸️ Speed skating junior world cup winner
- 🩰 Royal Academy of Dance graduate
- 📽️ Closing feature, Edinburgh Film Festival
- 🏖️ Appeared on Baywatch
- 🎨 Internationally exhibited visual artist
- 💵 Entrepreneurs raising millions from top VCs
- 🧑✈️ Air Force pilot
- 💡 Creator of product topping Hacker News
- 🧑💼 Non-profit co-founder
- 🤸 Competed at the World Gymnaestrada
- 🏐 Professional volleyball player
- 🎬 Playwright and director
- 📺 Italy’s Got Talent finalist
- 🥋 Kung Fu Jeux des îles gold medalist
- 👩🚀 NASA Space School invitee
- 📖 Published novelist
- 📸 Photographer featured in Vogue
- 🕺 International choreographer
- 🏂 International snowboard competition medalist
- 🏊 Triathletes
- 🌌 PBS Space Time contributor
- 🧗 National junior climbing champion
- 🃏️ Online poker pro
- 💃 Professional dancer
- 🥁 National Drum Corps champion
- 🚑 COVID-19 first responder for Lebanese Red Cross
- ⛸️ Speed skating junior world cup winner
- 🩰 Royal Academy of Dance graduate
- 📽️ Closing feature, Edinburgh Film Festival
- 🏖️ Appeared on Baywatch
- 🎨 Internationally exhibited visual artist
- 💵 Entrepreneurs raising millions from top VCs
- 🧑✈️ Air Force pilot
- 💡 Creator of product topping Hacker News
- 🧑💼 Non-profit co-founder
- 🤸 Competed at the World Gymnaestrada
- 🏐 Professional volleyball player
- 🎬 Playwright and director
- 📺 Italy’s Got Talent finalist
- 🥋 Kung Fu Jeux des îles gold medalist
- 👩🚀 NASA Space School invitee
- 📖 Published novelist
- 📸 Photographer featured in Vogue
- 🕺 International choreographer
- 🏂 International snowboard competition medalist
- 🏊 Triathletes
- 🌌 PBS Space Time contributor
- 🧗 National junior climbing champion
- 🃏️ Online poker pro
- 💃 Professional dancer
- 🥁 National Drum Corps champion
- 🚑 COVID-19 first responder for Lebanese Red Cross
- ⛸️ Speed skating junior world cup winner
- 🩰 Royal Academy of Dance graduate
- 📽️ Closing feature, Edinburgh Film Festival
- 🏖️ Appeared on Baywatch
- 🎨 Internationally exhibited visual artist
- 💵 Entrepreneurs raising millions from top VCs
- 🧑✈️ Air Force pilot
- 💡 Creator of product topping Hacker News
- 🧑💼 Non-profit co-founder
- 🤸 Competed at the World Gymnaestrada
- 🏐 Professional volleyball player
- 🎬 Playwright and director
- 📺 Italy’s Got Talent finalist
- 🥋 Kung Fu Jeux des îles gold medalist
- 👩🚀 NASA Space School invitee
- 📖 Published novelist
- 📸 Photographer featured in Vogue
- 🕺 International choreographer
- 🏂 International snowboard competition medalist
- 🏊 Triathletes
- 🌌 PBS Space Time contributor
- 🧗 National junior climbing champion
- 🃏️ Online poker pro
- 💃 Professional dancer
- 🥁 National Drum Corps champion
- 🚑 COVID-19 first responder for Lebanese Red Cross
- ⛸️ Speed skating junior world cup winner
- 🩰 Royal Academy of Dance graduate
- 📽️ Closing feature, Edinburgh Film Festival
- 🏖️ Appeared on Baywatch
- 🎨 Internationally exhibited visual artist
Here, everyone
can belong
We take great care to help every Spooner feel respected, supported, and inspired to perform at their best. See the dedicated policy.
Fighting bias
To minimize bias, we audit Spooner pay and our hiring decisions are made by a committee.
Additional resources
Internal resource groups and, where warranted, additional support are offered to cater to the differing needs of Spooners.
Mental health support
We cover the cost for Spooners and their nearest and dearest who seek professional mental health support.
Life balance check-ins
A dedicated team checks in on every Spooner and offers confidential help in overcoming any difficulties.
Personalization
With flexible hours and support for remote work, every Spooner can design their optimal setup and schedule.
Language lessons
Language barriers are there to be smashed. So we pick up the tab for each Spooner’s English or Italian lessons.
Top placements
Italy’s Best
Workplaces
for Diversity,
Equity &
Inclusion
Top placements
Italy’s Best
Workplaces
for Millennials
Sharing memorable
experiences
Team-only events
Each team has a budget to organize unforgettable get-togethers that foster bonding.
Parties
Spectacular parties are a fixture in the Bending Spoons calendar.
Group activities
Every month, we arrange a memorable activity or day out. Many are child-friendly, so our Spooner parents can bring the little ones.
Company retreats
Our yearly, fully-paid-for retreats live long in the memory. We’ve been to Bali, Mauritius, Tanzania, and other spectacular destinations.
Some of the investors supporting our journey
Abel "The Weeknd" Tesfaye
Artist, writer, producer, actor
Alex Pall
The Chainsmokers, producer, DJ
Andre Agassi
Tennis player, philanthropist
Andrea Lynn Wong
Roblox and Liberty Media board member
Andrew Taggart
The Chainsmokers, producer, DJ
Bradley Cooper
Actor, filmmaker
Brent Rivera
Content creator, Amp Studios co-founder and CEO
Chloe Zhao
Filmmaker
Diego Piacentini
Apple and Amazon former executive, The Economist board member
Dude Perfect
Content creators, entrepreneurs
Eric Schmidt
Google former executive chairman and CEO, philanthropist
Fedez
Songwriter, singer, activist, entrepreneur
Gabrielle Union
Actress, activist, author
John Burbank
Golden State Warriors co-owner, Passport Capital founder
Keisuke Honda
Football player, manager, entrepreneur, philanthropist
Kerry Trainor
Vimeo and SoundCloud former CEO, Creator Partners founder
Maluma
Musician, singer, songwriter, actor, entrepreneur, philanthropist
Mike Krieger
Anthropic CPO, Instagram co-founder, entrepreneur
Taika Waititi
Filmmaker, actor
Tom Colicchio
Chef, restaurateur, TV host and producer
Xavier Niel
Entrepreneur, investor, philanthropist
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