Cascade #20 - Alberto Rizzoli: From Ancient Rome to the AI Frontier a Family Legacy of Risk & Reinvention
Alberto Rizzoli’s story isn’t just about AI—it’s about four generations of high-stakes bets, wild successes, and brutal collapses.
His great-grandfather was an orphan who hustled his way into building Europe’s second-largest media empire. His grandfather took it even further—bought AC Milan, won the first Champions League, then lost everything on a newspaper gamble. His father rebuilt in film, won two Oscars, then went bankrupt when Alberto was 19. Tax police literally rolled up and took the carpets.
Instead of running from that chaos, he embraced it. Left Google at 18 to start building. Now, he’s the co-founder of V7, an AI company automating the back-office of every major industry—already powering one-third of FDA-approved AI models.
We chatted about his wild family history, why every great civilisation pulls ideas from elsewhere, and why he believes AI is about to replace SaaS entirely.
Learn more about Alberto and his company below: