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The F50 Physical AI Summit Silicon Valley 2026 marks the next chapter of a movement that began with a breakout success in 2025

Returning to Silicon Valley on April 29, 2026, this landmark gathering builds on the momentum of the 2025 Physical AI Summit—delivered with the continued support of SVAI by Snowflake—and expands into a larger, deeper, higher-quality forum at the exact moment Physical AI moves decisively from experimentation to deployment.

Join the future of industry as speaker, sponsor, or atttendee: physical.f50.ai/silicon-valley

Where Capital Meets Industrial Innovation

Physical AI is no longer a side-show of demos and prototypes. In 2026, it’s becoming the new operating layer of industry—where automation meets real-world constraints, where models meet machines, and where capital meets deployment.

The F50 Physical AI Summit Silicon Valley is designed as a high-signal convening point for the people actually building and funding this transition: founders, investors, operators, engineers, and cross-border ecosystem leaders—especially across Silicon Valley, Texas, and Mexico.

Hosted by: F50, Physical AI Builders

Supported by: Snowflake (SVAI by Snowflake), Long 100, GTM Firm, Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs (SVE)

2026: The Year Physical AI Becomes Real

2026 is the inflection point because the “missing pieces” are arriving at the same time:

  • In manufacturing, AI is moving from analytics and planning into adaptive production—robots, vision systems, controls, and workflow automation that can handle variance, shortages, and real-world messiness.

  • In space, autonomy is no longer optional. The economics of new space demand smarter spacecraft operations, faster iterations, and autonomous systems across satellites, launch, and orbital infrastructure.

  • In the home, the leap isn’t “smart devices”—it’s embodied assistance: mobile manipulation, perception, and task execution integrating with household environments and appliances.

This is the year Physical AI stops being a category and starts becoming infrastructure: machines that perceive, reason, and act—inside factories, across supply chains, in orbit, and eventually in everyday environments.

What’s New in 2026

Building on the success of the 2025 summit at SVAI, the 2026 edition delivers an upgraded, more dynamic program, designed for both strategic insight and hands-on engagement.

🔹 Main Stage

Focused on capital, markets, and industry transformation, featuring:

  • Visionary keynotes

  • Investor + operator panels

  • Fireside chats with founders and fund managers

  • A curated Physical AI Innovation Showcase

🔹 Tech Stage

A significantly enhanced Physical AI Workshop & Showcase, spotlighting:

  • Robotics and embodied AI demos

  • Manufacturing and automation breakthroughs

  • Practical deployment insights from builders and engineers

Content Tracks

Physical & Embodied AI

The convergence of robotics, autonomy, and intelligent systems redefining industrial capabilities.

Manufacturing Innovation

Smart factories, advanced materials, and sustainable production shaping the next generation of industry.

PropTech & Construction in the AI Era

Digital twins, AI-driven project planning, predictive safety, and intelligent construction workflows.

Data Centers & Infrastructure

The physical backbone of AI—from next-gen data centers and HPC to resilient power and networks.

Space Tech

Autonomous satellites, intelligent spacecraft, launch systems, and orbital infrastructure for the new space economy.

Robots & Humanoids

Humanoid robots and advanced systems designed to work alongside humans—transforming labor-intensive industries.

Who You’ll Meet

Expect 300+ in-person leaders from across the global Physical AI ecosystem, including:

  • Global venture capitalists and strategic investors

  • Robotics, AI, and manufacturing founders

  • Industrial, infrastructure, and space-tech leaders

  • Policy, ecosystem, and cross-border operators

Featured speakers & partners: physical.f50.ai/speakers-partners

2025 Highlights (Why This Summit Has Momentum)

If you missed 2025—or want the reference point—here are a few ways to review the signal:

2025 proved the demand is real. 2026 is about raising the bar: more deployment insight, more builders, tighter programming, and stronger investor/operator density.

Supported by the New Physical AI Advisory Committee

We’re also grateful to have the support of a newly created Physical AI Advisory Committee, helping shape the summit’s programming and extending into year-round community building, research initiatives, and media—including the Physical AI Podcast.

Media: Physical AI Podcast + YouTube

This summit is not a one-day moment—it’s part of a year-round flywheel.

If you’re building, investing, or deploying Physical AI, we want your work to be visible—on stage and year-round.

Tickets & Participation

🎟 The event is free to attend. We’re inviting global investors, founders, and technical leaders to apply. 👉 Apply for your ticket: https://luma.com/7szmkhza

Call for Speakers

We’re curating high-signal talks, demos, and operator-led deployment lessons across the tracks above.

If you’re building in:

  • robotics / embodied AI

  • factory automation & industrial AI

  • physical infrastructure for AI (data centers, power, networks)

  • construction tech / digital twins

  • space autonomy & space infrastructure

…we want to hear from you. 👉 Speaker / partner info: http://physical.f50.ai/speakers-partners

Sponsorship Opportunity

We are currently seeking event sponsors to help cover food and hospitality costs for attendees—an excellent opportunity to earn visibility with top Physical AI builders, investors, and operators in Silicon Valley.

👉 Sponsorship details: https://physical.f50.ai/sponsorship

If you want your brand positioned where Physical AI is moving from prototype to production, this is one of the cleanest rooms to do it.

Register Now

Seats are limited—secure your spot to join 300+ innovation leaders and investors. 👉 Apply: https://luma.com/7szmkhza

And if you want to speak, sponsor, or demo:

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