Antonio Grasso
Founder and CEO, Digital Business Innovation Srl
From software developer to founder
Antonio Grasso started as a software developer in 1983, writing ERP software for local clients, and has worked in software for his whole career[3]. He told Digital First Magazine in 2022 that he had programmed devices for many years, which drew him to the Internet of Things, and that he moved into artificial intelligence with the arrival of probabilistic AI algorithms[3].
He is founder and CEO of Digital Business Innovation Srl, an Italian company[1]. Its leadership page credits him with more than 35 years of experience in IT and says he works as an adviser to enterprises and the public sector and as a mentor to startups[1]. The company's listed services include digital business transformation and strategy, emerging technologies, B2B influencer marketing, startup mentorship, software engineering, and research and development in AI, IoT, blockchain and cybersecurity[1].
European Commission and mentoring roles
In 2022 Grasso was involved in two European Commission projects, Next Generation Internet (NGI) and AI4EU, as an external expert and ambassador[3]. For AI4EU he took part in independent evaluations of projects seeking European Commission funding and mentored companies that received European funds[3]. He described his NGI role as using his social media presence to make the initiative's aims known in Europe[3].
He is an accredited global mentor for startups and scaleups with the World Business Angels Investment Forum[2][3]. A 2025 podcast guest biography also states that he is a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (FRSA)[2].
Toward a Post-Digital Society
Grasso is the author of Toward a Post-Digital Society: Where Digital Evolution Meets People's Revolution, a 232-page book published in November 2023[5][6]. The Research Institute for European and American Studies (RIEAS) announced its release as a 2023 book published by DeltalogiX Srl in Naples[6].
Grasso has argued that digital technology will become as embedded in daily life as electricity[3][4]. Speaking to Huawei, which described him as the author of a book on the subject, at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in March 2024, he said a post-digital society does not mean people stop using digital technology, and that people will notice its absence more than its presence[4]. In the same interview he said he expected people to gain more control over their data, privacy, money and work[4]. In September 2025 he discussed the book on the Business Transformation Pitch with The CX Goalkeeper, a podcast hosted by Gregorio Uglioni on The Agile Brand network[2].
Writing on AI at DeltalogiX
Grasso writes for DeltalogiX, a blog on whose team page he is listed, which publishes articles that use infographics and text to explain technology topics for business decision-makers[7]. In a September 2025 article he compared agentic AI to Excel macros, arguing that agents take automation to a more advanced level and larger scale while keeping the same purpose of simplifying and optimising processes[8]. He described agentic systems as software that coordinates models, APIs and external functions through a cycle of planning, execution and evaluation, with limited independence[8].
In a February 2026 essay on modern AI and the path toward artificial general intelligence, he set out to separate the observable outputs of generative models from their internal mechanisms[9]. The essay covered the binary foundations of AI systems, how scaling expands model capabilities, the computational cost of each new model generation, and the open scientific questions that separate current AI from AGI[9].
Known for
- Founding Digital Business Innovation Srl
- The book Toward a Post-Digital Society (2023)
- External expert and ambassador roles for the European Commission's NGI and AI4EU projects
- Writing on AI for business leaders at DeltalogiX
Sources
- Digital Business Innovation Srl: Leadership — checked 6 Nov 2026
- The Agile Brand network, Business Transformation Pitch with The CX Goalkeeper: Toward a Post-Digital Society, September 2025 — checked 6 Nov 2026
- Digital First Magazine: Changing the Shape of Tech in Business, interview with Antonio Grasso, October 2022 — checked 6 Nov 2026
- Huawei: A people's revolution in a post-digital age? This technologist says yes, March 2024 — checked 6 Nov 2026
- Amazon: Toward a Post-Digital Society, November 2023 — checked 6 Nov 2026
- RIEAS: Book release, Antonio Grasso, Towards a Post-Digital Society, 2023 — checked 6 Nov 2026
- DeltalogiX: About Us — checked 6 Nov 2026
- DeltalogiX: Is Agentic AI a New Kind of AI or Advanced Macros?, September 2025 — checked 6 Nov 2026
- DeltalogiX: A Technical Essay on Modern AI and the Scientific Path Toward AGI, February 2026 — checked 6 Nov 2026