About Lorenzo Cella

Bio

Hello! I'm Lorenzo Cella, a software engineer currently based in Zurich, Switzerland.

I was born in Bergamo, Italy and studied in a scientific high school.

I got a degree in Automation Engineering from Polytechnic of Milan. While commuting to university, I got an idea that would become my first startup.

In 2015, after a successful crowdfunding campaign, I founded Bolt Motion, where I created Bolt, the most portable electric skateboard on the market. Bolt Motion was closed at the end of 2020.

In 2018 I moved to Switzerland, following an ex girlfriend and a internship opportunity after my startup failed.

In 2019 I found a new job after the internship ended, working in the intersection of software and hardware, testing and automation.

In 2022 I changed job again, realizing that I wanted to work more on software and less on hardware. I joined a small company in Zurich.

In 2023 I started working on PizzaGPT, a ChatGPT alternative for Italian users. It went viral.

In 2024 I left my job to travel and work on PizzaGPT.

Random Facts

  • I think work takes too much of our life. I have worked 90%, 70% and 0% of the time.
  • I like reading books. And getting new ones, recomend me some books.
  • Bought and converted a VW T5 van. I love travelling, especially to Asia. I've been to China two times and I would love to come back again. Visited: Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, and a small city near Ningbo. I've also been to Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia and Japan.
  • I speak Italian, English, Spanish, understand a bit of German and French and studied Latin for 5 years in high school.

Now

Inspired by Derek Sivers

After a lot of thoughts, I have quit my job to take a sabbatical year to work on my own projects and travel.

In December 2024, I will start my journey by van in Andalusia, Spain.

Later I will fly to South America to backpack there for 3 months. Colombia, Chile and Argentina.