Robotics × Physical AI Founder-Investor Summit
Robotics × Physical AI Founder-Investor Summit
July 26, 2026 · Stanford Faculty Club
Hosted by CANOPY × IntelliPro Pitch
💡 Who Should Join
🚀 Founders / Startup Teams
Robotics, AI hardware, embodied AI, autonomous systems, Physical AI, AI infrastructure, robot data, sensors, AI agents, and frontier hardware startups.
📈 Investors / VCs
VCs, angel investors, family offices, and strategic investors looking for early access to high-quality robotics, AI hardware, and Physical AI startups.
🤖 Researchers Technical Builders
Stanford Bay Area researchers, PhDs, postdocs, engineers, and operators working on robotics, embodied intelligence, autonomous systems, and frontier AI.
🤝 Strategic Partners / Sponsors
Corporate partners, hardware companies, infrastructure providers, developer platforms, and ecosystem partners looking to connect with curated robotics and AI hardware founders.
For Sponsor Partners
Strategic partners will have the opportunity to engage with a curated robotics / AI hardware founder pipeline, selected pitch teams, relevant investors, and post-event follow-up opportunities.
For Founders
Selected startup teams will pitch to a focused room of robotics investors, operators, researchers, and strategic partners.
Pitching teams will be reviewed based on founder quality, technical relevance, product maturity, market potential, and fundraising readiness.
For Investors
Investors will gain early access to a curated pipeline of robotics, AI hardware, and Physical AI startups, with opportunities for selected 1:1 founder conversations and post-event warm follow-up.
Why This Summit
Robotics and Physical AI are moving from research prototypes into real products, real customers, and real deployment environments.
This summit brings together founders, investors, researchers, and strategic partners who are actively shaping that transition — from prototype to product, from lab to market, and from digital intelligence to physical intelligence.
Registration Note
This is an invite-only summit. All registrations require approval.
Please select the ticket type that best matches your role: Accredited Investors, Startups — Pitching, Startups — Non-Pitching, Community Partners, Invited Guests, Sponsors, or Frontier Lab Researchers.