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Flagship · SoMa

Physical AI Deployment in Business

Where customer demand for Physical AI is emerging, and which parts of the stack already create commercial value.

Date
Sep 23, 2026 · 6:30 – 9:00 PM PT
Location
SoMa, San Francisco
1070 Bryant St, San Francisco, CA 94103
Format
Flagship panel

Our first flagship asked a practical question: beyond impressive demos, where are customers paying for Physical AI today?

Leaders from industrial sensing, deployed vision AI, robotics benchmarks and the Bay Area's robotics hardware hub covered customer pull, monetization beyond the robot, when to own the stack versus partner, and how a first pilot becomes a repeatable business. The night closed with a live humanoid demo.

What we covered

  • 01Where customer demand is emerging
  • 02What can be monetized today: data, evaluation, infrastructure and services
  • 03Full stack versus open platform
  • 04From first deployment to repeatable business