F50 Physical AI Summit - Dallas 2026
The Rise of the New North American manfuacturing Capital
🌐 Website: physical.f50.ai
F50 PHYSICAL AI SUMMIT — DALLAS 2026
Financing and Building the Next Trillion-Dollar Wave of Physical AI
Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center, UT Dallas
Co-hosted by F50 · Physical AI Builders (PAB) · UT Dallas School of Management · AI Space Podcast
The Summit
On June 11, 2026, global investors, founders, and industrial leaders will converge at the Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center of UT Dallas for the F50 Physical AI Summit — Dallas 2026. This is the room where the next trillion dollars in North American manufacturing, robotics, and AI-driven infrastructure get financed, built, and scaled.
Physical AI is no longer a conference topic — it is a capital allocation decision. Dallas 2026 brings together the people actually making those decisions: corporate buyers, institutional investors, frontier founders, and the engineers building the systems that will define the next decade of industrial production.
Co-Hosting Organizations
Dallas 2026 is convened by four organizations at the center of the Physical AI ecosystem:
F50 — The global investment community connecting capital with builders across robotics, manufacturing, and deep tech.
Physical AI Builders (PAB) — One of the fastest-growing builder networks in North America, with 20,000+ members spanning Silicon Valley, Austin, and Dallas, and a newsletter reaching 100,000 readers.
UT Dallas School of Management (Naveen Jindal School) — The academic and research anchor of the summit, hosting the event at the Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center.
The AI Space Podcast — A 2026 Telly Awards Double Winner (People's Telly Silver | Judges Telly Silver). Creator & Host: Sanjay Kalluvilayil, Founder & CEO of Stonehaas Advisors. Amplifying the summit's conversations to a global audience of AI, robotics, and Physical AI professionals.
Building on a Banner Year
Dallas 2026 follows the most successful edition of the F50 Physical AI Summit to date.
On April 28–29, 2026, more than 400 builders, investors, and corporate leaders gathered in Silicon Valley at Hacker Dojo and SV AI Hub for two days of tech talks, startup showcases, and capital formation. It was the most investor- and corporate-attended edition we have ever run — decision-makers came not just to listen, but to evaluate and deploy capital.
Highlights from Silicon Valley included keynotes from Apple, Microsoft, AWS, and Hitachi Digital Services; a research keynote from Los Alamos National Laboratory; growing-stage spotlights from Okibo, PSYONIC, Raise Robots, First Intuition, Kloudspot, Nexterity, and Princeton NuEnergy; and capital formation conversations with HF Capital, Fusion Capital, Mighty Capital, Outrigger Group, and Topline Ventures.
Read the full recap: Silicon Valley F50 Physical AI Summit, April 28–29 →
Looking ahead beyond Dallas: F50 returns to Texas in Austin this October for the next chapter of the series. Dallas in June, Austin in October — Texas is where Physical AI is being financed and scaled.
Why Dallas, Why Now
Dallas–Fort Worth has emerged as North America's new manufacturing and innovation capital — and the timing of this summit reflects that shift:
Financial gravity. The metroplex now hosts three major stock exchanges, including the new Texas Stock Exchange launching in 2026.
Industrial concentration. Tesla, Texas Instruments, Lockheed Martin, Toyota, Peterbilt, Bell Textron, and hundreds of tier-1 suppliers manufacture at scale here.
The Texas–Mexico corridor. More than $300B in new factories has been announced or is under construction since 2021.
Capital and talent inflows. DFW ranks #1 in the U.S. for corporate relocations and foreign direct investment over the past two years.
What to Expect
We are elevating the program significantly in Dallas. The summit features two parallel programs:
Main Stage — Investment trends, capital formation, and industry advancements. Keynotes, fireside chats, panels, and the unveiling of the 2026 F50 Physical AI Industrial Insights Report.
Tech Stage — Hands-on Physical AI workshops, technical deep dives, and an innovation showcase featuring live demos of robotics, humanoids, and smart factory systems.
Content tracks span the full Physical AI stack:
AI-driven automation and robotics in manufacturing
Embodied AI, humanoids, and next-generation robotic systems
Smart manufacturing, data centers, and digital infrastructure
Space tech and autonomous systems
PropTech, construction, and digital twins
Cross-border supply chain optimization across the USA, Mexico, and Canada
Who Will Be in the Room
Dallas 2026 is a curated, invitation-only gathering of 300+ in-person attendees: C-level executives, institutional and venture investors, founders building at the frontier, and senior delegations from Silicon Valley, New York, Mexico, and across Texas. Roughly 40% of past attendees have been C-level decision-makers, and more than 25% have been active investors.
Call for Growing-Stage Startups
We are inviting a select growing-stage startups in robotics, manufacturing, and Physical AI to present on the main stage. If you are raising $15M or more and building meaningful infrastructure for the physical world, this is your stage.
What presenting founders receive:
An 8-minute spotlight on the main stage in front of an investor- and corporate-dense audience
Inclusion in the Super Innovator panel sessions with senior moderators
Curated investor introductions before, during, and after the summit
Apply to present: physical.f50.ai/present · Nominate a founder: 50builders.ai
Sponsorship and Demo Opportunities
Dallas 2026 is one of the highest-signal sponsorship opportunities in the Physical AI ecosystem. Sponsors and exhibitors are face-to-face with corporate and government buyers actively deploying $50M–$2B budgets into factories, warehouses, and automation programs — these are people shopping for solutions and partners, not browsing.
Why sponsor
Industrial Insights Report. Featured placement in the 2026 F50 Physical AI Industrial Insights Report, distributed to 25,000+ investors and corporate leaders globally.
Cross-channel amplification. Logo and content distributed to 150,000+ followers across F50, The AI Space Podcast, and partner social channels and newsletters.
On-stage and on-floor presence. Tiered packages include speaking slots, branded sessions, and curated VIP experiences.
Demo and exhibition floor
The Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center includes dedicated demo space for robotics, hardware, and Physical AI systems. Exhibitors can show live systems — humanoids, manipulators, autonomous platforms, smart factory tools, digital twins — in front of an audience qualified to write checks or sign procurement contracts.
Demo and exhibition slots are limited. Request the prospectus: physical.f50.ai/sponsorship · Inquiries: [email protected]
Speakers (First Wave)
Alex Dantas, CEO, Circut Launch
Ashutosh Saxena, Founder & CEO, TorqueAGI
Caitlin Morse, CEO & Co-founder, BrainSpace
David Cao, Managing Partner, F50 | Physical AI Builders
Dippu Kumar Singh, Leader Of Emerging Data Technologies, Fujitsu North America Inc.
Ethan Baehrend, CEO, Creative 3D Technologies
Harnish Janie, Ex Partner, BCG X
Jaleh Daie, Managing Partner, Aurora Capital
Jennifer Kwiatkowski, AI SPECIALIST, ROBOTIQ
Joyjit Roy, AI & Cloud Transformation, IEEE Senior Member
Kuldeep Singh, Founder & CEO, AI Monkeys Ltd.
Morris Jackson, Founder & CEO, Valhallan Esports / XP League
Nithin Mohan, AI & Supercomputing Leader, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Nitin Patel, Founder/VP Strategy & Technology, Acunext Inc
Qi Diaz, Executive Director, Hacker Dojo
Ravindra Khokrale, Senior Solution Architect, Circular Edge
Samaresh Kumar Singh, [Title Not Specified], HP Inc.
Sanjay Kalluvilayil, Creator & Host, AI Space Podcast
Gaurav Shekhar, Associate Dean, UT Dallas School of Management
Sunil Sabat, Principal Manager, Microsoft
Tennyson John, Sr. Business Development manager, Microsoft
Usman Shuja, CEO, Bluebeam
30+ speakers are already confirmed for Dallas 2026, drawn from Microsoft, HPE, Fujitsu, Aurora Equity, Bluebeam, Hacker Dojo, ROBOTIQ, UT Dallas, and a deep bench of founders and operators across robotics, manufacturing, and AI infrastructure. The full and growing list:
physical.f50.ai/speakers-partners
Get Involved
Apply to attend: luma.com/7szmkhza
Apply to present (growing-stage startups raising $15M+): physical.f50.ai/present
Sponsor or exhibit: physical.f50.ai/sponsorship
Full speaker list and partners: physical.f50.ai/speakers-partners
Schedule: physical.f50.ai/schedule
Newsletter and PAB community: 50builders.ai
General inquiries: [email protected]
Dallas 2026 is where the next trillion dollars in North American manufacturing, infrastructure, and Physical AI will be financed, built, and scaled.
See you at UT Dallas on June 11.
And in Austin this October.
Who’s Coming to Dallas 2026
This summit attracts the best of the best. We are deliberately curating delegations from across the continent to mix with Texas’s own innovators:
Silicon Valley: Leading AI and robotics VCs, top tech founders, and industry experts from the Bay Area are flying in.
New York & East Coast: Wall Street infrastructure players, private equity giants, and real-asset funds interested in the industrial boom will be in attendance.
Mexico: Top industrial groups from Nuevo León, Coahuila and beyond are joining, cementing the North American collaboration.
Texas (Houston/Austin): Naturally, Texas’s most ambitious builders, developers, and manufacturers will be out in force. Dallas 2026 is a magnet for the state’s own rising stars and power players, including many who’ve recently relocated headquarters or operations to Texas.