AI Vanguard Collective 2026 Q1 Event - Agentic AI + Physical AI

​Building Agentic AI or physical AI systems or interested in them?

​AI Vanguard Collective is hosting an invitation-only gathering (with food & drinks provided) of AI founders, builders, operators, and early-stage investors shaping real-world AI systems, for high-signal discussions to help you cut through the noise and focus on what’s real and actionable.

​Agenda:

• ​5:30-6PM

  • ​Check-in + open networking

  • ​3 x 10-min pitch sessions (behind closed door) - early-stage startup founders pitching TSVC

• ​6-7PM: Panel discussion - ​Agentic AI
  Beyond pilot: why agentic AI systems fail and how to make them production-grade

  • ​Andrew Schwartz - Principal Architect, Vapi. Serial Entrepreneur.

  • ​Lucas Liu - Stealth startup founder. Previously, Eng Lead of Agentic AI Platform at Moveworks ($3B acquisition by ServiceNow).

  • ​Mark Hoerth - Product Lead, Datastrato. Previously, Principal Product Manager at Dremio.

  • ​Paritosh Desai - VP of ML, Samsung. Previously, Sr Director at Meta/Google.

  • ​Yan Qu - Director of AI, Intuit. Previously, Head of Data Science at eBay Advertising.

• ​7-8PM: Panel discussion - ​Physical AI
  The business of physical AI: near-term commercialization opportunities vs hype

  • ​Jack Yang - Stealth startup founder. Previously, Engineer, Nuro.

  • ​Justin Li - CoFounder/CBO, IndustrialMind. Previously, Regional GM at Tesla.

  • ​Max Goncharov - CoFounder, RemBrain. Previously, CoFounder/CEO at Cherry Labs.

  • ​Tianyue Yu - Founder/CEO, Q3D Sensing. Previously, CoFounder/CTO, Quanergy.

  • ​Zheng Xu - Founder/CEO at eBots. Previousy, Founder/CEO of Silevo.

• ​8-9PM: ​Networking - open + curated 1-on-1s

​​Sponsored by TSV Capital, early backers of Zoom, Carta, and more.