We're excited to announce Hard Things, a new invite-only event series co-organized by Mavka Capital and Foley & Lardner LLP, dedicated to the innovators and breakthroughs shaping Physical AI — the shift from cloud-based intelligence to AI embodied in machines and real-world systems.
From robotics and autonomous systems to AI-powered manufacturing and edge computing, Physical AI is redefining how intelligent machines interact with the physical world. Hard Things brings together the founders, investors, and ecosystem partners who are building at this frontier — for candid conversations about what it actually takes to ship atoms, not just bits.
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📅 Thursday, March 19th, 5pm
📍 Palo Alto
🎤 Guest Speaker - Veena Radhakrishna
Veena Radhakrishna is Co-founder and Head of Software at Cartesian Kinetics, where she's spent 20+ years building the intelligence layer for robotics and Physical AI systems across manufacturing, packaging, and warehousing. She doesn't just study the future of warehouse automation — she's engineering it.
Her latest work, the Carte+ Omni Rack Robotics (ORR) system, retrofits existing fulfillment centers with a proprietary AI orchestration layer — essentially a "warehouse brain" that synchronizes robots and human operators in real time. No rip-and-replace. Just smarter infrastructure.
Hard Things is an intimate, invite-only event series co-organized by Mavka and Foley & Lardner LLP, dedicated to the founders, investors, and builders shaping Physical AI. This is the first of many — and we're curating every gathering to spark the conversations that matter most at this frontier.