Bending Spoons Rejects 99.96% of Applicants—but Its 83% Founder Vote Is the Real Investor Test
Milan, July 11, 2026, 16:12 CEST Bending Spoons (NASDAQ:BSP) hired just 286 people from roughly 800,000 applicants in 2025—an acceptance rate of 0.036%—while its four founders retained 82.71% of…
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