Aretè Tecnologia — Applied AI, computer vision & enterprise systems

What we do

Deep technical range, delivered end-to-end.

One team that owns the whole stack — from the research idea to the system running in production.

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Applied AI & agents

LLMs, RAG architectures, agentic and autonomous workflows, forecasting and decision-support systems — engineered for real operations, not demos.

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Computer vision

Video and image analytics for retail, smart-city, security and IoT — YOLO, OpenVINO, edge inference and production-grade pipelines.

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Enterprise software

API-first platforms, event-driven middleware, ERP/WMS integrations and B2B portals that turn legacy workflows into automated systems.

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Cloud, infra & DevOps

Hybrid on-prem/cloud, Kubernetes, Docker, virtualization, high-availability storage and CI/CD — reliable by design.

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Cybersecurity

Zero-trust architecture, MFA, EDR, vulnerability management, authorized red-teaming and continuous monitoring — security by design.

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R&D & rapid prototyping

From radar biometrics to sovereign data platforms — we take ambiguous ideas to working, demonstrable prototypes fast.

Products & R&D

What we build for the world, not just for clients.

◆ Flagship product

SpooqW

The open data lakehouse you own. Spark pipelines on Apache Iceberg — self-hosted or EU-sovereign — with the power of a Databricks-style platform, without the vendor lock-in or the runaway bill.

✓ Sovereign by design — your data and your AI inference never leave your walls.
✓ AI-native — generate pipelines from a sentence; agents operate the lakehouse over MCP.
✓ Open stack — Iceberg, Nessie, Trino, Spark. No lock-in.

Visit spooqw.com →

$ spooqw run orders_revenue_daily

→ read postgres.orders 312,404 rows

→ merge → iceberg.gold.revenue

✓ success · 17s · self-hosted

// agent via MCP

agent> build me a churn dashboard

✓ pipeline + dashboard published

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Radar smart-bed hub

Contact-free biometric monitoring and predictive maintenance via radar — presented with MIS Medical at MEDICA 2022, Düsseldorf.

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HoraVision · HVAS

A developer-centric video-analytics platform for smart-city, retail and IoT. Winner of the ENISIE prize at TIMWCAP Catania (2019).

Track record

A decade of building, shipping and leading.

10+ years across enterprise software, infrastructure, computer vision, cybersecurity and digital transformation.

2023 — Present

Chief Technology Officer Salamone S.p.A.

Enterprise architecture · logistics automation · hybrid infrastructure · Catania

Own the technology roadmap, enterprise architecture and internal software platforms across procurement, logistics, WMS, sales and last-mile delivery.
Steer CAPEX/OPEX technology portfolios up to €7M; engineered an MPLS-backed multi-site WAN and a distribution-hub stack with IoT telemetry and algorithmic optimization.
Built AI-powered operational tools — demand forecasting, purchasing support, agentic workflows and executive decision dashboards — with cybersecurity-by-design throughout.

2023 — Present

Founder & CEO Aretè Tecnologia

Applied AI · computer vision · R&D & consulting

Founded an independent technology & R&D company for advanced prototyping, AI-enabled systems, computer vision and enterprise automation.
Both strategic advisor and hands-on builder — product design, backend architecture, deployment and operations. Home of SpooqW.

2019 — 2022

CEO & Co-Founder HoraVision S.r.l.

Computer-vision SaaS · smart-city, retail & IoT analytics · valued €1.8M

Co-founded and led a computer-vision SaaS; launched HVAS, a developer-centric video-analytics platform.
Led product vision, platform architecture, DevOps and go-to-market; took the company from R&D concept to commercial SaaS.

2014 — 2019

IT Project Manager Pianeta Servizi S.r.l.

Technical delivery · stakeholder coordination

Coordinated technical projects, engineering workflows and compliance-oriented delivery; built foundations in PM and operational problem-solving.

Independent

Researcher — AI & Agentic Systems

Author · autonomous research agents

Author of “Discrete Patch Memory for Agentic Auto-Research Systems” — memory architectures for autonomous AI research agents, modular knowledge retention and scalable agent workflows.

Founder

Antonio Sambataro

Technology Executive · CTO · AI & Enterprise Systems Builder

Results-driven technology executive and AI-focused builder with 10+ years across enterprise software, infrastructure, computer vision, cybersecurity, logistics automation and digital transformation. Combines CTO-level strategic ownership with deep hands-on execution — from AI-powered systems and enterprise middleware to multimillion-euro technology programs and proprietary platforms.

Founder and operator across multiple ventures, with a strong track record in rapid prototyping, R&D execution and enterprise-grade delivery.

Private Equity & Venture Capital — Università Bocconi (Executive)
DevOps, CI/CD, Docker & Kubernetes · SFC Scrum · Cisco CCNA R&S
Italian (native) · English (fluent)

Core capabilities

LLMs & RAGAgentic systemsComputer visionYOLO / OpenVINOPython · FastAPIMicroservicesEvent-driven middlewareKubernetes · DockerAWS · Proxmox · VMwareMPLS · BGP · OSPFZero-trust · EDRERP / WMS integrationIceberg lakehousePower BI · analytics

Operating style

Strategic leadership with hands-on ownership. Translates ambiguous business problems into technical roadmaps and working systems — switching fluently across software, infrastructure, data, security, finance and operations, and communicating clearly from the C-suite to the shop floor.

We design and build AI-powered systems — from prototype to production.