While critics warn about potential AI biases, Plino emphasizes rigorous testing and human oversight to ensure reliable and ethical AI deployment.

Looking ahead, Plino plans to expand its product features, including analysis of labor costs and production performance, and to strengthen partnerships with professional firms and trade associations.

The recent funding will support product development, accelerate AI feature integration such as cash-flow forecasting and profitability analysis, and help the startup scale its impact across Italy and Europe.

By addressing slow, manual financial planning with a unified, real-time platform, Plino aims to tackle SME cash flow volatility and support sectors like manufacturing, hospitality, and construction.

The startup's broader vision aligns with Italy’s national AI strategy, which aims to boost productivity and economic growth, projected to increase by €115 billion in 2025.

With backing from high-profile investors and transatlantic credibility from Berkeley SkyDeck, Plino is positioned to expand beyond Italy into wider European markets, developing new AI features and growing its team.

Plino, a Turin-based startup founded in 2024 and incubated at I3P, has secured €650,000 in funding from prominent investors including Exor Ventures, Berkeley SkyDeck Europe, and Italian firms like Techaround.vc and Zooga.vc, to advance its AI-driven financial analysis platform for SMEs.

This funding reflects Italy's growing investment in tech, especially in AI and medtech sectors, with the first half of 2025 seeing Italian startups raise €353.4 million, signaling a broader trend of increasing support for innovative solutions.

Supported by its incubation and a thriving national ecosystem, Plino aims to transform SME financial management by offering real-time, AI-powered insights that address the fragmentation and manual nature of traditional financial workflows.

The platform consolidates sales, costs, revenue, and cash flow data into a single, real-time system, helping SMEs streamline their financial operations and make data-driven decisions.

Currently supporting over 100 SMEs across sectors like manufacturing, services, food, hospitality, and construction, Plino's goal is to democratize high-level financial analytics for Italian entrepreneurs.

Using generative AI, the platform monitors financial metrics such as costs, revenues, and cash flows in real time, providing actionable insights and natural language reporting to make complex data accessible.

One client in the food sector reported saving over 10 hours weekly previously spent on manual revenue and cost reclassification, thanks to Plino’s automation, which also enhances real-time cash flow visibility.