Hard Things

​Hard Things Is Just Getting Started.

​Our first gathering was everything we hoped — a room full of genuinely sharp people, a speaker who told the unvarnished truth, and the kind of conversation that doesn't happen at a 30,000-person conference.

​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.

​Save the date.

​📅 Thursday, April 30, 2026
📍 San Francisco
🎤 Special Guest Speaker: TBA (Trust us — you'll want to be in this room.)

​Andrea Keay is Managing Director of Silicon Valley Robotics, the largest cluster of robotics in the world, and Robotics Fellow at Singularity University.

​She’s delivered keynotes at major tech conferences around the world, sharing her expertise on humans and humanoids, startups and the commercialization of robotics, human-robot interaction and ethics, the potential impact of robotics on society, and on how humans can leverage robotics and AI to maximize our potential.

​Same format. Intimate. Unfiltered. The insights at the frontier of Physical AI that don't come from keynote stages.