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I turn ideas into things that actually exist.

Right now

  • AI Researcher @ Moneytec
  • Co-Founder @ BESA
  • BSc student @ H-FARM College
Leonardo on stage at H-ACK, microphone in hand, talking to the audience.
Exhibit 001Leonardo Margiotta, 19On stage at H-ACK, Oct 2026
Welcome to a small interactive museum about me.Nine rooms and an audio guide. Scroll to walk in.

entrepreneurship as expression

technology as a medium

building > talking

create

  • value
  • growth
  • experiences
  • connections

and whatever I create next.

H-ACK · Audi Italia × H-FARM ·
10 Oct 20262ndplace of 30+ teams

My FindAudi demo: a short profile on the left, and on the right the Audi that fits it, lit against a dark stage.

Exhibit · H-ACK · Audi Italia × H-FARM · 10 Oct 2026

2nd place of 30+ teams

FindAudi

Brief 3: make the choice simple.

One day to help young people find the right Audi. Our answer sits before the configurator, never inside it: you describe your life, a light fills in your profile, and the car that fits you steps out of the dark.

My part

  1. 01Proposed placing the experience before the configurator.
  2. 02Built the entire working demo myself with Claude Code and Codex.
  3. 03Co-presented it on stage to the Audi jury.

Afterwards I sent Audi Italia’s marketing team a proposal for a FindAudi pilot.

Team 09.

Now Nov 2026 – now

Moneytec

AI Researcher · NextGen AI

One of four researchers in Moneytec’s internal AI lab. We study models, tools and processes and turn them into analysis, demos and business ideas.

Research
I track AI-native engineering & infrastructure for our weekly update.
Team
Selected the other three members and assembled the team.
Process
Designed how we work: roles, information flow, calls with management.
Demos
Prototype startup-style demos that apply AI to a business.

What it gave me

  • Tech scouting
  • Applied research
  • Executive reporting
  • AI prototyping

Previously beta tester on their AI system, Jun – Jul 2024

Now Oct 2025 – now

BESA

Co-Founder

A web agency building landing pages for businesses that run Meta ads but send the traffic to a social profile, not a real page.

Agents
Built the multi-agent workflow that manages all our processes.
Demo engine
Built the engine that builds each demo around the prospect’s ad.
Infrastructure
Learned to manage our VPS and every service we self-host.
My role
On top of this, I lead sales, marketing and strategy.
Method
We test the offer in short, time-boxed cycles with real advertisers.

What it gave me

  • Multi-agent systems
  • Claude Code
  • Self-hosting
  • Sales
besaweb.com

Past Nov 2024 – Dec 2025

SoloCodeVenture

Founder

A newsletter of practical SaaS ideas for developers and indie hackers. A new issue every Friday, for over a year.

Audience
Grew it to 350 active subscribers over 31 issues.
End to end
Research, writing, design and audience growth.
Milestone
The first real one was getting an article sponsored.

What it gave me

  • Content strategy
  • Newsletter growth
  • Copywriting
  • SaaS

Solo builds

TripFolio on a phone: the home screen of our Barcelona trip, with a countdown, the next plans and the sections.

Shipped Summer 2026

TripFolio

Solo build · open source

A mobile-first site template for group trips, born on a Barcelona trip with friends. Itinerary, map, bookings, budget and phrasebook on one page, no backend. The whole trip lives in one YAML file that AI agents can edit.

What it gave me

  • React
  • TypeScript
  • Vite
  • AI-editable content
GitHub

Shipped 2026

lectern

Solo build · local AI

My local-AI study assistant. Slide decks and lecture recordings go in; linked, cited study notes come out, all on my own machine. Every concept cites a real textbook page, retrieved, never invented. Not a shortcut: a faster way to actually learn.

What it gave me

  • Ollama
  • Whisper
  • RAG
  • SQLite

Shipped 2026

Snip

Solo build · macOS app

A menu bar app that turns any part of the screen into clean, copied text. It runs a local OCR model through Ollama, so nothing leaves the Mac. Text, Markdown, tables, code and LaTeX, plus local translation.

What it gave me

  • Swift
  • SwiftUI
  • Ollama

What’s next?

Who knows…

  • hardware products
  • iOS apps
  • AI agents
  • video making
  • 3D printing
  • local AI
  • indie apps
  • building in public
  • marketing
  • a startup or two

technology

Anything tech that is a bit nerd.

Models running on my MacBook, my data staying there.
Pipelines where agents do the work and I direct.
I run my own VPS: Coolify, Docker, Cloudflare.
A Pi Zero 2 W blocks ads for the whole house.
Spec first, then build. Every project.
NAS, Tailscale, key-only SSH.
I read launch pages for fun.
A hobby before it was a university subject.
Turning a 2017 Yaris Hybrid into a tech project.

photography

Travel, cars and the people I travel with. Shot on a Sony a6100 and an iPhone.

A red Alfa Romeo under red light at the Paris Motor Show, its door open, the headlight in front.
Paris Motor ShowPhotograph, 2024
Wooden water taxis moored in Venice between blue and white striped poles, seen from above.
VenicePhotograph, 2023
Palm trees and straw umbrellas on a beach in Martinique, the sea calm behind them at golden hour.
MartiniquePhotograph, 2024
A sunny Paris street of crêperies and small shops, people walking on the pavement.
ParisPhotograph, 2025
Black and white: the seats and steering wheel of an open-top Porsche in a showroom.
Porsche studyPhotograph, 2024
An American flag on a tall white pole against a grey sky in Normandy.
NormandyPhotograph, 2024
The Eiffel Tower lit gold at night, its beacon sweeping over the city lights.
Eiffel TowerPhotograph, 2024
Looking up at the marble façade of the Gesuati church in Venice, a seagull flying over it.
Gesuati, VenicePhotograph, 2023
A Paris bistro on the corner of Rue Gît-le-Cœur, ivy and Christmas baubles over its dark front.
Rue Gît-le-CœurPhotograph, 2025
A wide avenue in Philadelphia lined with trees and flags, leading to City Hall’s tower.
PhiladelphiaPhotograph, 2024

3D printing

A Bambu Lab A1 on my desk. This just started, and more is coming.

  • Light blue 3D-printed channels on a grid under a desk, holding the cables in place.
    Under-desk cables3D print
  • White 3D-printed Gridfinity bins on a cart, holding a controller, notebooks, pens and cables.
    Gridfinity bins3D print
  • An IKEA Skådis pegboard with black 3D-printed holders for keys, a wallet, chargers and cables.
    Skådis holders3D print
  • A white 3D-printed retro timer with a small screen and a black knob, its base reading NSI 2025.
    Retro timer3D print
  • A frame designed in Fusion: Italy raised in the middle, with Sezione Italiana and Terminale 2025 on the border.
    Class frame3D print
  • A cream 3D-printed badge with the initials L.M. raised on it.
    Initials badge3D print
  • The Bambu Lab A1 printing a batch of black badges.
    Badge batch3D print

Always exploring new worlds. So many passions still ahead.

  1. Childhood1 of 5

    Rome

    Italy

    Where it all starts.

    Language
    Italian
    Growth
    Roots.
  2. Start of high school2 of 5

    Waterford

    Ireland

    Started high school without speaking English.

    Language
    English, from zero
    Growth
    Learning to figure things out as I go.
  3. Liceo3 of 5

    Rome

    Italy

    Back home to continue high school in Italy.

    Language
    Italian
    Growth
    Coming back changed.
  4. Sep 2022 – Jul 20254 of 5

    Paris

    France

    Joined a class for students who didn’t speak French. Three years later: an Italian and French double diploma (BFI), 16.2/20.

    Language
    French, from zero
    Growth
    A second language from zero, in a second country.
  5. 2025 – now5 of 5

    Treviso

    Italy

    H-FARM College, BESA, the NextGen AI team at Moneytec.

    Language
    Italian · English
    Growth
    Turning ideas into things that actually exist.
  • London
  • San Francisco
  • New York
  • Tokyo
  • Barcelona

Who knows where life might bring me next.

  • International outlook
  • Execution & learning speed
  • Building with AI
  • Technical product building
  • Product thinking
  • Sales & marketing
  • Systems & infrastructure
  • Web development

Next on my list

  • Hardware & CAD
  • Paid ads & growth
  • iOS apps
  • Advanced product validation

  1. Sep 2025 – Jul 2028
    Roncade, Italy

    H-FARM College

    BSc Business Creation & Entrepreneurship

    In progress

  2. Sep 2022 – Jul 2025
    France

    Lycée International de Saint-Germain-en-Laye

    Italian and French double diploma (BFI)

    16.2 / 20

  3. Jul – Aug 2024
    Washington, DC

    Georgetown University

    Summer School, Business & Leadership

Languages

  • Italian

    Native

  • English

    Professional · IELTS 8

  • French

    Professional · Baccalauréat

  • Spanish

    Elementary

English and French learned from zero.

Certifications

  • IELTS Academic (Band 8)
  • Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship · H-FARM
  • Project Management · H-FARM

Still a student, on purpose. The next thing to learn is already on my desk.

Things I’m building after hours. Some stay under the cloth until there’s a prototype.

  • HW-01 Prototype
    Name redacted Hardware
  • HW-02 Concept
    Name redacted Hardware
  • SW-07 Building
    Name redacted iOS app
  • SOLO Ongoing

    19 small apps, shipped one at a time

Leo in three lines?

  1. 01Full-time entrepreneurship student with an international mind.
  2. 02Future founder, already building with a team.
  3. 03Turns ideas into things that actually exist.

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Leo on stage at H-ACK

Leonardo Margiotta

Builder, not just thinker.

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Leonardo Margiotta

  • AI Researcher @ Moneytec
  • Co-Founder @ BESA
  • BSc student @ H-FARM College

I turn ideas into things that actually exist.

19, based in Treviso, Italy.

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In short

  • Studying. BSc Business Creation & Entrepreneurship at H-FARM College, graduating Jul 2028.
  • AI research. One of four AI Researchers in NextGen AI, Moneytec’s internal AI lab. I picked the other three and designed how we work.
  • Co-founder. BESA builds landing pages for businesses that run Meta ads but send the traffic to a social profile. I built our multi-agent workflow and demo engine, and lead sales, marketing and strategy.
  • Award. 2nd place of 30+ teams at H-ACK, the hackathon with Audi Italia. I built our demo and presented it on stage.
  • Writing. Founded SoloCodeVenture, a weekly newsletter for indie hackers: 31 issues, 350 active subscribers.
  • Languages. Italian (native), English (IELTS 8), French (French Baccalauréat). Lived in Italy, Ireland and France.

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