Autonomy Unleashed - Air, Land, Sea - F50 Physical AI Summit - Austin 2026

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F50 PHYSICAL AI SUMMIT — AUSTIN 2026 Financing and Building the Next Trillion-Dollar Wave of Physical AI

Co-hosted by F50 · Physical AI Builders

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Mark your calendar. October 15, 2026. Austin, Texas.

The F50 Physical AI Summit returns to its home — Austin — for its most ambitious chapter yet.

One year ago, on October 15, 2025, we launched this movement right here in Austin. What started as a convening of bold founders and forward-thinking investors has grown into the defining capital formation series for Physical AI in North America. Since then, the summit has expanded to Silicon Valley (April 2026) and Dallas (June 2026) — drawing 300+ curated leaders at each stop, generating real investments, real partnerships, and real momentum.

Now we come home. And this one is the home run.

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THE SUMMIT

On October 15, 2026, global investors, founders, and industrial leaders converge at the Commons Conference Center at UT Austin for the F50 Physical AI Summit — Austin 2026.

This is the room where the next trillion dollars in North American manufacturing, robotics, and AI-driven infrastructure get financed, built, and scaled.

300+ curated in-person attendees. 40% C-level. 25%+ active investors. Corporate buyers deploying $50M–$2B budgets. This is not a networking mixer — it is a capital formation event.

BUILT ON A YEAR OF BREAKTHROUGHS ✔ October 2025 — Austin: The inaugural F50 Physical AI Summit launched the series and established Austin as the heartbeat of the Physical AI movement in Texas.

✔ April 2026 — Silicon Valley: 300+ leaders gathered at Hacker Dojo and Silicon Valley AI Hub. Nine early-stage startups showcased live. Investors, operators, and builders aligned around the deployment era of Physical AI.

✔ June 2026 — Dallas: The largest summit to date. Corporate executives from Microsoft, HPE, Fujitsu, Walmart, Amazon, and Bluebeam. Frontier founders on stage. Institutional capital in the room. The Texas–Mexico manufacturing corridor in focus.

Austin 2026 closes the year — and raises the bar.

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WHO'S IN THE ROOM ✔ Institutional and venture investors from Silicon Valley, New York, and Texas ✔ Corporate executives from Microsoft, HPE, Fujitsu, Bluebeam, Walmart, Amazon, and more ✔ Frontier founders in robotics, autonomy, smart manufacturing, and embodied AI ✔ Industrial players from the Texas–Mexico manufacturing corridor ✔ University researchers and ecosystem builders from UT Austin and beyond

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SPEAKERS (Announced — More to Come)

Speaker announcements rolling out through summer 2026.

Highlights from our 2026 series speakers include:

David Cao\, Managing Partner\, F50 \| Physical AI Builders Sanjay Kalluvilayil\, Host\, AI Space Podcast Gaurav Shekhar\, Associate Dean\, UT Dallas School of Management Nithin Mohan\, AI & Supercomputing Leader\, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Jaleh Daie\, Managing Partner\, Aurora Capital Anupam Govil\, Managing Partner\, Avasant Jasper Cannon\, Venture Partner\, MedStartr Ventures Anu Sharma\, Head of Venture Capital & Private Capital Strategy\, William Blair Ashutosh Saxena\, Founder & CEO\, TorqueAGI Caitlin Morse\, CEO & Co-founder\, BrainSpace Kuldeep Singh\, Founder & CEO\, AI Monkeys Ltd. Ian Villa\, Co-founder\, Whisper Aero Usman Shuja\, CEO\, Bluebeam Ayush Dwivedi\, Senior Manager\, Data Science\, Walmart Global Tech Sunil Sabat\, Principal Manager\, Microsoft Lindsey Elliott\, CEO\, Nexterity Sonia Dagan\, CEO\, Kytyra Nitin Patel\, Founder & VP Strategy and Technology\, Acunext Inc. Florin Matei\, Austin Robotics & AI And many more.

Full speaker list & partners: physical.f50.ai/speakers-partners

Austin 2026 will feature its own curated cohort of growing-stage startups raising $15M+. Applications open soon.

🚀 Apply to present: physical.f50.ai/present Nominate a founder: 50builders.ai

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AGENDA HIGHLIGHTS (Save the Date Preview)

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