Austin Physical AI summer
Austin Physical AI Meetup: Aug Edition
Hosted by: Texas Physical AI Builders & Austin-San Antonio Entrepreneurs
🕒 Time: 4:00 PM onwards
🎟️ RSVP: Free but required (Limited capacity!)
About the Event
Are you building the future where artificial intelligence meets the physical world? Or are you an entrepreneur looking to scale, network, and pitch your next big idea?
Join Texas Physical AI Builders and the Austin San Antonio Entrepreneurs community for a high-impact happy hour and networking meetup. This isn't just another casual happy hour—it’s a gathering of the sharpest minds in robotics, hardware, edge AI, and deep tech across the Texas Innovation Corridor.
Bring your best ideas, grab a drink, and get ready to connect!
Event Highlights
🍻 Happy Hour & Networking: Connect with fellow founders, engineers, and creators building in the Physical AI space.
🎙️ Elevator Pitching: Got a startup or a project you're working on? Take the mic! Share your 60-second elevator pitch with the community and potential investors.
🇯🇵 Special Guest Spotlight: We are thrilled to welcome Paul Yang of Governance Partners, a premier Tokyo-based VC/PE investment fund management firm.
Meet Our Special Guest: Governance Partners
Established in 2015, Governance Partners, Co. Ltd. is a licensed Japanese investment management firm. They manage fully compliant private equity investment funds across two core strategies:
Buyout M&A investments of publicly listed Japanese small-to-medium companies.
Venture Capital investments in high-growth startups across Japan and the USA.
Through their subsidiaries, Marketable and Governance Corporation, they provide world-class asset management and hands-on business support to their portfolio companies. This is a rare opportunity for Austin-San Antonio founders to connect with cross-border capital and learn more about bridging the US and Japanese tech ecosystems.
Agenda
4:00 PM: Doors Open & Icebreaker Networking
4:45 PM: Welcome Remarks from Texas Physical
5:00 PM: Introduction to Special Guests: Paul of Governance Partners
5:15 PM: Elevator Pitching Session (Open to the floor!)
6:00 PM – Late: Open Networking, Drinks, & Collaboration
Who Should Attend?
Founders and engineers building in Physical AI, robotics, IoT, and hardware.
Entrepreneurs from the Austin and San Antonio ecosystems looking for growth and capital.
Investors interested in the physical AI and deep tech space.
Anyone interested in global venture capital and US-Japan business expansion.