DeepTech x Physical AI: Build.Industries EP3
Build.Industries is back, this time on campus.
An evening for the people building the physical world: robotics, physical AI, digital twins, industrial automation, advanced manufacturing, energy, airports, ports, smart cities, and logistics. Everyone working between bits and atoms, in one room.
Bigger than the last one, still curated. Founders, operators, investors, engineers, and researchers. Come to demo, to hire, to raise, or to find the people working on the same hard problems you are.
What to Expect
1- Welcome reception: 6:00 – 7:00 PM
2- Startup pitches | Panel | keynote: 7:00 – 8:00 PM
Startup Pitches building in physical AI, robotics, and industrial tech pitch on stage.
Panel discussion on Physical AI and digital twins in the Gulf: where deployment actually breaks, and what moves from demo to production.
Host Keynote, Sree Balasubramanian Associate Professor, will present the university's Digital Twin lab and talent pipeline during the program.
3- networking: 8:00 – 9:30 PM
Connect with founders, operators, investors, engineers, and researchers.
STARTUPS:
Building something in physical AI, robotics, or industrial tech? Apply to pitch. (Limited slots, 3 minutes each) https://build.industries/speakers
Host & Academic Partner: Middlesex University Dubai
Middlesex University Dubai is hosting this edition on campus and opening its Digital Twin lab to the community. The lab runs high-fidelity scanning through to NVIDIA Omniverse visualization.
The university's MSc Data Science & AI program is building the next generation of talent for the region's physical AI sector. Its students are available for internships and research roles with companies working in the space.
Organizing Partner
Tripolar Industries
Tripolar Industries is redefining how the Gulf builds and operates its most critical industries. Through a unified Physical/Industrial AI platform, Tripolar connects every layer of the physical world into one orchestrated intelligence layer. The mission: give factories, data centers, and infrastructure operators the tools to eliminate downtime, optimize resources, and build sovereign, future-proof industrial capability for the region.
About the Organizer
Build Industries is a non-profit community initiative, hosting curated event series connecting founders, operators, experts, and investors in the region, those who touch atoms, build factories, data centers, ports, airports, smart cities, energy systems, and supply chains through physical AI and robotics. It is where people working with atoms gather to exchange ideas, explore the future of industrialization in the Gulf, and build it together. Build Industries also brings world experts from Silicon Valley all the way to Taiwan to discuss the latest technologies and the frontiers of innovation. Where global expertise meets Gulf ambition, with one mission: to build the future of industries.