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Industrial AI Summit - Future Of Manufacturing
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Oct 15 (Thu) @ 06:00 PM
$60
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Industrial AI Summit: The Future of Manufacturing
From factory floor automation to supply chain intelligence.
Join SFPlayground at The Cove in San Francisco for an evening exploring how AI is transforming manufacturing-from robotics & production lines to procurement, quality control, logistics, & hardware development.
Connect with founders, investors, engineers, & operators building across industrial AI, robotics, computer vision, digital twins, & advanced manufacturing. Through a panel discussion, startup demos, & curated networking, we'll explore how AI is moving into the physical systems that design, build, inspect, & deliver real products.
Enjoy the venue's secret speakeasy & game room, with dinner catered by Word of Mouth Catering SF, featuring a chef with experience in three-Michelin-star kitchens.
Dinner & drinks included.
Featured Speakers
Moderator | Varad Mohod
Investor, Zacua Ventures | Robotics, Industrial AI & Manufacturing
Varad invests in startups transforming the physical world, from manufacturing & robotics to construction & energy. An engineer by training, he began building software for a robotics venture before moving into startup product, strategy, & venture investing, including at Plug & Play.
Speaker | Matt Puchalski
Co-Founder & CEO, Bucket Robotics (YC S24) | Previously Argo AI, Latitude AI & Stack AV
Matt helped deploy autonomous vehicles on public roads across the U.S. & Germany. Now he's bringing that experience to the factory floor. At Bucket Robotics, he's building AI vision systems that turn CAD files & synthetic data into automated defect detection-helping manufacturers inspect parts without massive manually labeled datasets. He brings firsthand insight into making physical AI reliable enough for real production environments.
Speaker | Shan Mohta
Co-Founder & CEO, Vendra (YC S24) | Previously Skydio, Apple & Microsoft
Shan has built hardware at Skydio, Apple, & Microsoft-and knows the challenges of turning a design into manufactured parts. Now he's building Vendra, an AI-powered manufacturing platform connecting hardware teams with American suppliers & coordinating sourcing through delivery. With customers including Anduril, Relativity Space, & Planet Labs, he brings a practical perspective on accelerating production, improving supplier matching, & strengthening American manufacturing.
Speaker | David George
Founder, Research to Revenue Consulting | Former Executive at Etched, TetraMem & HP Labs
David has worked where AI ambition meets the realities of building hardware-from advanced computing research at HP Labs to AI hardware at Etched & TetraMem. His experience spans manufacturing operations, quality, reliability, & supply chains: the disciplines that determine whether breakthrough technology reaches production. He brings an operator's perspective on accelerating production, overcoming manufacturing bottlenecks, & turning technical breakthroughs into products customers can depend on.
Speaker | Sohrab Haghighat
Co-Founder & CEO, Hestus (YC S24) | Former Cruise Planning & Controls Leader | Aerospace PhD
From autonomous cars to rockets, Sohrab has tackled the engineering challenges behind some of the hardest products to build. An early employee at Cruise, he led its Planning & Controls teams before founding space transportation company SpaceRyde. Now, at Hestus, he's developing AI-powered CAD software to automate repetitive engineering work & accelerate hardware development. A two-time YC founder, he brings firsthand insight into how AI can shorten the path from engineering concept to manufacturable product.
Topics on the Table
Factory-Floor AI
How AI is improving production visibility, quality control, inspection, downtime reduction, predictive maintenance, & real-time factory operations.
Robotics & Physical AI
Where robotics, computer vision, & autonomous systems are moving from demos into real manufacturing & warehouse workflows.
Supply Chain & Procurement Automation
How AI is changing sourcing, RFQs, supplier communication, purchase orders, inventory planning, logistics, & supplier coordination.
From Prototype to Production
How AI is helping hardware founders & manufacturers move faster through design, quoting, DFM, vendor selection, cost estimation, & production readiness.
Startup Demos
Selected startup demos will be announced soon.
Startups building in industrial AI, robotics, computer vision, factory automation, supply chain software, procurement AI, digital twins, hardware, advanced manufacturing, or manufacturing infrastructure are invited to apply.
What to Expect
Panel discussion with leaders across industrial AI, robotics, manufacturing, supply chain, venture, & hardware development
Startup demo tables from emerging companies building for the future of manufacturing
Dinner, drinks, & curated networking with founders, investors, engineers, operators, & ecosystem builders
Schedule
6:00 PM - Doors + Check In
6:30 PM - Panel Discussion + Talks
7:30 PM - Dinner, Networking + Demo Tables
9:00 PM - Event Concludes
Registration & Attendance
This event is open to founders, investors, engineers, operators, researchers, & builders working across industrial AI, robotics, manufacturing, automation, supply chain, hardware, & deep technology.
Designed for people building, funding, or supporting the next generation of manufacturing technology, from factory-floor AI & robotics to supply chain intelligence & production-ready hardware.
Need Office/R&D Space? Looking for a space to build your startup? Reach out to wyatt.thompson@cushwake.com or bailee.esposito@cushwake.com.
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