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From Prototype to Certified: Building Safety Into Robots Before It’s Expensive

Name: From Prototype to Certified: Building Safety Into Robots Before It’s Expensive
Start: 2026-10-29T10:00:00.000-07:00
End: 2026-10-29T10:30:00.000-07:00
Location: SURF Incubator

Seattle AI Week @ SURF x SWELL

SURF Incubator

Seattle, WA

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About Event

Who this is for: robotics and physical AI founders, hardware and systems engineers, and anyone whose product will one day need to pass a safety assessment.

About the speaker: Akshay Chalana is co-founder and CEO of Saphira AI (YC S24), which builds AI for robotics and complex physical systems, turning engineering context into failure analysis, requirements and validation evidence for teams whose products have to pass a safety assessment. Before Saphira he worked at Apple, Meta, Tesla and Citadel. Saphira is a member of the NVIDIA Halos AI Systems Inspection Lab.

Part of SURF x SWELL Seattle AI Week. Full calendar at luma.com/surfaiweek.

FAQ:
Q: Is there on-site parking?
Yes, secure garage parking is available $10 parking pass is available from the front desk at SURF Incubator on Floor 7.

Location

SURF Incubator

999 3rd Ave Ste 700, Seattle, WA 98104, USA

Secure garage parking is available $10 parking pass is available from the front desk at SURF Incubator on Floor 7.

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Seattle AI Week @ SURF x SWELL

Here's where you'll find all the information you need for #SeattleAIWeek events at SURF and SWELL

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AI