​Robotics Happy Hour: GTC Edition

​A low-key happy hour with expert roboticists from across the ecosystem. This is a relaxed, conversational meetup for builders, researchers, and founders to share what they’re working on, compare notes on the state of the field, and meet others who are deep in robotics. No talks, no pitches... just good people and good conversations during GTC week.

​When: March 19, 2026 | 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM PT
Where: Near NVIDIA GTC (San Jose, CA)

​Notable Guests

• ​Benjamin Bolte, CEO & Founder @ K-Scale Labs

• ​Sankaet Pathak, CEO & Co-Founder @ Foundation

• ​Yogesh Ghaturle, CEO & Co-Founder @ Origin

• ​Abhinav Das, CEO & Co-Founder @ Orangewood

• ​Kaan Dogrusoz & Evan Wineland, Co-Founders Weave Robotics

• ​Axel & Vignesh, Founder @ Innate

• ​Jay Li, Founder & CEO, Proception

• ​Cix Liv, Co-Founder & CEO, REK

• ​Jan Liphardt, Founder, OpenMind

• ​Wei Ding, Co-Founder & CEO, Noble Machines

• ​Jason Ma, Co-Founder, Dyna Robotics

• ​Elvis Nava, Co-Founder & CTO, Mimic Robotics

• ​Xenia Bulatov, Co-Founder & CEO, Ultimate Fighting Bots

• ​JX Mo, Co-Founder & CEO, Gradient Robotics

• ​Kooijmans, Choghari, Palma - LeRobot @ Hugging Face
  

​Who Should Come

​If you’re building in robotics (hardware, autonomy, perception, manipulation, simulation, or platform tooling) you’ll find your people here. Bring a laptop only if you want to, and come ready for real conversations.