Imprint - AI for the Built World - From Models to Machines
AI is moving from screens into the physical world. Join us for the inaugural Imprint Summit in San Francisco on June 3.
Imprint is an invitation-only, one-day summit for the founders, CEOs, investors, and builders shaping how intelligence gets deployed across machines, factories, supply chains, robotics, inspection, design, and autonomy.
Hosted at The Pearl in San Francisco on June 3, 2026, Imprint brings together leaders building at the frontier of physical AI to compare notes, pressure-test ideas, and discuss what it actually takes to move from models to machines.
We’ll explore the most urgent questions in the field:
How do agentic tools change design and simulation?
What does it take to scale from prototype to fleet?
Where does AI enter the autonomy and control stack?
How do teams turn messy industrial data into trainable signals?
What does edge AI unlock for inspection, inference, and quality assurance?
Expect a focused room of serious operators, technical founders, investors, and company builders thinking clearly about how to build enduring businesses in the next era of AI.
This is not another general AI event.
It is a working summit for the people bringing AI into the built world.
Featured speakers include leaders from Omni Ventures, Counterpoint, SpaceX, Honeywell, Markforged, Backflip, CertusAI, UnitX, Cosmon, Ginkgo Bioworks, and more.
Agenda Highlights
9:00 AM — Welcome & Opening Remarks
Setting the stage for a day focused on Physical AI and real-world deployment
9:15 AM — Operating at Scale
What separates promising technology from systems that actually ship
9:40 AM — Synthetic Defects, Real Yields
Training vision models when real-world failure data is limited
10:05 AM — VC Panel: Investing in AI × the Physical World
How investors are evaluating and backing physical AI companies
11:00 AM — Embodying Intelligence
How Physical AI is reshaping robotics, autonomy, and industry
11:30 AM — From Prototype to Fleet
Scaling autonomous systems in real-world environments
12:00 PM — Rooftop Lunch
1:00 PM — AI Agents in the Real World
Agentic systems applied across scientific and industrial workflows
1:25 PM — Real-World Agentic Deployments
Live demos and discussions across engineering and applied AI
1:50 PM — Resilience, Adaptability & Survival
How systems and organizations evolve under real-world constraints
2:15 PM — Industrial Transformation & Workforce Evolution
AI’s impact on industrial operations and the future of work
2:40 PM — AI for Product Quality & Engineering
Using AI to improve observability, reliability, and performance
3:15 PM — Humanoid Dexterous Manipulation
Advances in robotics and embodied intelligence
3:40 PM — Breakout Sessions
Deep dives on building and scaling Physical AI systems
4:45 PM — Closing Remarks
5:00 PM — Rooftop Happy Hour & Networking
Full agenda here.