“Physical Intelligence and AI Infra” VC Insights• Founder Pitches
🚀 Event Overview
We invite you to an evening of curated connection at the intersection of science and venture. Explore the frontier of modern technology through brilliant pitches and candid fundraising insights alongside the industry’s leading minds.
🌟 What to Expect
Venture & Vision: Expert keynotes on investment trends and the latest scientific milestones.
Startup Showcases: Curated pitches featuring the next wave of advanced technology.
Live Feedback Loop: Direct insights from the judging panel and the announcement of winners.
Networking & Dinner: Meaningful dialogue and collaboration between the ecosystem's key players.
🕒 Event Agenda
5:30 – 6:00 PM
Check-in, Dinner and Networking
6:00 – 6:30 PM
Ellen Wang, WeShine Founder, Welcome & Opening Remarks
Akash Saraf, Founder of TheAgentic - "the best large reasoning models for Agentic AI"
Charles Fan, CEO of MemVerge, - Introducing multi-model AI memory layer - Memorybox
Haoning Fu，Founder and CEO @ Robot Gyms Inc.
6:30 – 6:50 PM Keynote Speakers
Larry Li, Founding Partner @ Amino Capital
Topic: Making Hardware Soft
Early-stage VC firm investing in AI, deep tech, SaaS, and Web3. His portfolio includes Chime, Replit, Webflow, Rippling, Grail, Weee!, and Turing etc. Larry has been recognized on the Forbes Midas Seed List for three consecutive years and was named one of the Top 5 AI Trendsetters in 2024.
Clara de Ros, Investor @ Plug and Play Tech Center
Topic: From Hardware to AI-First: The Autonomous Mobility Inflection
Investor at Plug and Play Tech Center, partnering with early-stage startups across AI, enterprise, fintech, and climate tech. Previously led corporate development at a renewable energy company and advised fundraising, M&A, and strategic finance transactions in Europe and Latin America.
6:50 – 7:20 PM Panel Discussion:
Larry Li, Founding Partner @ Amino Capital
Clara de Ros, Investor @ Plug and Play Tech Center
Lu Wang, CEO @ Adora Robotics
Elaine Liu, Co-founder & CEO ProsGrow AI
Charles Fan, Founder and CEO @ MemVerge
Roger Rappoport, Partner @Snell & Wilmer, Moderator
7:20 – 8:00 PM Pitch Session
Rohith Pallerla, Founder & CEO @ Zodhya
Nasser Allabwani, Founder @ CentralAgent
Raghavender Sahdev, CEO @ NuPort Robotics Inc.
Hongyu Li，Co-founder & CEO @ Legend Photonics
Sungjoon Nam，Co-founder & CEO @ GoCodebook
Akash Saraf, CEO @Sanscritic.Ai
8:00 – 9:00 PM
Social Networking
🌟 Organizers
WeShine Entrepreneurship Organization
Bay Area–based nonprofit bringing together top entrepreneurs, investors, scientists, and business leaders. We facilitate investment opportunities, help businesses expand globally, and provide expert coaching. With 100+ pitch events & founder meetups hosted, our community truly lives by “We Shine Together.” WeShine Linkedin
🌟Partners:
TheAgentic provides complete infrastructure for production-ready AI agents, currently powering companies in biotech, healthtech, cybersecurity, and fintech where accuracy isn't optional. Sanscritic: is building the reasoning layer for the next generation of AI systems. Through its NeoLab, Sanscritic develops meta-reasoning systems, domain foundation models, and infrastructure for more reliable, specialized, and verifiable AI.
Memverge, memorybox is a local-first, multi-model AI memory layer that enhances the quality of AI output, and lowers the cost of AI tokens, while guaranteeing ownership and privacy of your ideas. It accomplishes them by constructing relevant AI context based on your conversations, documents, and preferences.
🌟Cohosts
Snell & Wilmer (Law Firm)
langrenusfund (focus on Web3 and AI), targeting investments in early-stage projects, incubation, and value-added services.