“newly created CERN Venture Connect programme (CVC), launched in 2023 […] In establishing CVC, CERN’s Entrepreneurship team entered discussions with Microsoft,

“newly created CERN Venture Connect programme (CVC), launched in 2023 […] In establishing CVC, CERN’s Entrepreneurship team entered discussions with Microsoft, with the aim to better leverage the Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub“ [1]. Under the purview of Christopher Hartley, Director of Industry, Procurement & Knowledge Transfer (IPT) [2], Microsoft is gaining more footholds at CERN. Won’t be too far fetched to consider Mr Hartley and Ms Porcari as working together to achieve some sort of common good. 1. https://home.cern/news/news/knowledge-sharing/journey-cern-entrepreneurship https://home.cern/news/news/knowledge-sharing/journey-cern-e... 2. https://german-dac.web.cern.ch/sites/default/files/2022.01%20CERN%20Orgchart.pdf https://german-dac.web.cern.ch/sites/default/files/2022.01%2...