Ended · September 23, 2026 · San Francisco, CA
Cohosted by OpenStages
Physical AI Deployment in Business
Where Real Business Value Is Being Created
Panel · Lightning talks · Live demo
Physical AI is moving from impressive demos toward real products, customers and businesses. The first Physical AI Operators gathering, cohosted by OpenStages, brings together leaders across the robotics ecosystem to discuss where customer demand is emerging, which parts of the stack already create commercial value, and how startups turn pilots and partnerships into scalable businesses.
1070 Bryant St, San Francisco
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What we are exploring
- 01Where customers are already paying for Physical AI today, and what is driving that demand
- 02Open ecosystems, APIs, SDKs and app-based architectures as an adoption lever
- 03Choosing partners close to the use case, and going to market together
- 04Turning a first pilot or integration into a repeatable commercial offering
- 05What separates an enterprise pilot that converts from a demo that never does
- 06Opportunities beyond the robot — data, evaluation, infrastructure, services, manufacturing and supply chain
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Agenda
- 18:30–19:00Arrival & networking
- 19:00–19:10Welcome — Physical AI Operators
- 19:10–19:50Panel — Physical AI Deployment in Business: Where Real Business Value Is Being Created
- 19:50–20:15Speaker lightning talks
- 20:15–20:30Audience Q&A
- 20:40–20:50Live robotics demo — High Torque Robotics' Mini Pi+ humanoid
- 20:50Founder & operator networking
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Who should join
- Physical AI and robotics founders
- Technical founders and founding engineers
- Robotics operators
- Business development and commercialization leaders
- Enterprise innovation and partnership teams
- Manufacturing and integration partners
- Robotics investors
- Researchers bringing technology toward market
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FAQ
- Who is running this event?
- It is the first gathering of Physical AI Operators, a global community focused on commercializing Physical AI, robotics and embodied intelligence. OpenStages cohosts it alongside SoMa ProtoLab, a 7,000 sq ft hardware hub in San Francisco.
- Who should come?
- Robotics and Physical AI founders, founding engineers, operators, commercialization and partnership leads, manufacturing and integration partners, investors, and researchers moving technology toward market. The room is deliberately founder- and practitioner-heavy.
- Will it be recorded?
- Yes. The organizers note that photography and video recording will take place, and attending means consenting to be photographed and recorded for event documentation and promotion.
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Who spoke
- Dennis GuGeneral Manager, WBCD Competition · Visiting Scholar, TASL · Georgia Tech
- Mauro RiboniTechnical Lead, Alliance and Partnership · Bosch Sensortec
- Benoit KoenigCo-founder & COO · Veesion
- Jerry HuangFounder · Robotics Center of Silicon Valley
- Rachel WangModeratorOrganizer, Physical AI Operators · Founder, Growth Builder Collective
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Who is behind it
- HostPhysical AI Operators
- CohostOpenStages
- CohostSoMa ProtoLab
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