Waking the city's sleeping square metres
TESSA is building the first decentralized network of certified productivity workspaces: IoT sensors measure each space live, AI certifies what it's good for, and a marketplace with dynamic pricing turns idle offices and hotel floors into revenue.
52%of the global workforce works remotely or hybrid (2026) — too often from noisy cafés with unreliable Wi-Fi.
300 km²of underused workspace across Europe: hotel meeting rooms empty 60–70% of the time, offices at ~40% occupancy post-COVID.
€243Bof estimated annual value lost to vacancy — the supply side TESSA activates.
Marketplace15% commission on every booking.
HardwareSense IoT sensor at €149, or leasing at €15/month.
Corporate€99–299/month subscriptions for advanced analytics and ESG reporting.
Red Bull BasementFinalists 2026 — top 10 of 3,000+ applications.
Validation50+ interviews with hotel managers, office managers and remote workers.
SupportUniversity of Bologna Pre-Accelerator · E-R StartCup.
TeamNikolaj Saudella (CEO) · Giosuè Laurenzi (CTO) — Computer Science for Management, University of Bologna · Matilde Santini (CCO) — Product Design, NABA Milano.