Dwarkesh Unplugged, presented by WorkOS
Fei-Fei Li discussing AI's future with Dwarkesh creates a rare private signal room that warrants an immediate go/no-go decision.
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Robotics, Embodied AI & Physical Intelligence Events
This hub currently lists 21 upcoming robotics, embodied-AI, and physical-intelligence events across Bay Area, Berkeley, NYC, and San Francisco. Events appear here when the source data assigns them to the physical-intelligence lane, regardless of metro. Data updated July 23, 2026.
Upcoming events
Thursday, July 23, 2026
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Physical AI Layer of the Future
Physical AI as the explicit subject with a fund (Infodriver Capital) in the room is a direct thesis hit.
Friday, July 24, 2026
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AI Infra Builders Meetup with dstack, Crusoe, and SGLang
Crusoe, SGLang, NVIDIA, GPU orchestration, bare-metal clusters, and twelve technical demos make this a high-signal infrastructure room.
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Hardware Pitch Night - Summertime Showcase!
Live hardware demos, six varied physical-world startups, relevant investors, and Studio 45 founder density make this a clear go/no-go event.
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Hello, Robot! Hack Day with Viam and SPC
A full-day SPC and Viam hackathon with real robot arms, cameras, mentors, and live demos is an exceptional private signal-fit event.
Saturday, July 25, 2026
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24hr AI for Science World Models Hack @ Zeon Systems
World-models hackathon is a named high-value signal (embodied-AI hackathons + world-model research) in the thesis lane.
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JULY - Greater Silicon Valley Robotics & Automation Luncheon
A dedicated robotics and automation gathering with founder-community adjacency is directly decision-worthy.
Sunday, July 26, 2026
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Robotics × Physical AI Founder-Investor Summit
A curated Stanford room combining robotics and embodied-AI founders, technical researchers, hardware investors, pitches, and warm follow-up warrants a go/no-go decision.
Tuesday, July 28, 2026
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Biological War: A Book Launch Party by Lux Capital
Lux Capital's intimate release-day biosecurity discussion is a rare, strategically relevant deep-tech room worth an explicit decision.
Wednesday, July 29, 2026
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AI Breakfast
The Tesla-hosted FSD experience gives an otherwise broad AI breakfast a concrete autonomous-systems and physical-world angle worth deciding on.
Thursday, July 30, 2026
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Bay Area Frontier Research Club #15 | Embodied AI (dinner + paper discussion @ Mission Robotics)
A rigorous embodied-AI research forum with live robot demos and frontier-lab density is nearly ideal for private signal.
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Critical Minerals & Mining Innovation Exchange
Curated university spinouts, reverse pitches, investors, sensors, robotics, and critical-mineral infrastructure make this directly thesis-aligned and decision-worthy.
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Mapping the Invisible: The Future of Geospatial Intelligence
A dedicated geospatial-intelligence lecture is strategically relevant, though the missing speaker and agenda details limit confidence in room quality.
Saturday, August 1, 2026
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Agentic AI Summit
Sergey Levine, Jim Fan, Wei Zhan, private signal, DeepMind, NVIDIA, and private signal make this an exceptional must-decide frontier room.
Wednesday, August 5, 2026
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“Physical Intelligence and AI Infra” VC Insights• Founder Pitches
A robotics founder discussing generalizable intelligence across embodiments, paired with deep-tech pitches and active VCs, makes this decision-worthy.
Thursday, August 6, 2026
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Bay Area Frontier Research Club #16 | AI x Bio Track Launch (dinner + paper discussion @ Stanford University)
This is a rigorous Stanford research dinner with concrete wet-lab and lab-automation relevance, though its direct robotics connection is limited.
Friday, August 7, 2026
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136th SF Hardware Meetup @ Studio 45 | Demo Night
Live physical demos and dense hardware-builder access make the established SF Hardware Meetup directly decision-worthy.
Saturday, August 8, 2026
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So You Want To Get Physical? (NY Robotics x Corgi x Simovian)
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Tuesday, August 18, 2026
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ModCon 2026: Compute Unlocked
Elite compute leadership, private signal and d-Matrix participation, and a live edge robot demonstration make ModCon a top-priority decision.
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Supernova 2026
Cerebras product demos and infrastructure leadership provide a strong bare-metal compute reason to make a go/no-go decision.
Wednesday, August 26, 2026
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The Future of Work Pitch Night + Open Demos: Worktech, Robotics & Agentic AI
Explicit robotics demos plus founder-investor access make this worth a go/no-go decision despite the broad worktech framing.
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Frequently asked questions
What robotics / embodied ai events are coming up?
As of July 23, 2026, this hub lists 21 upcoming events across Bay Area, Berkeley, NYC, and San Francisco. The current top pick is Dwarkesh Unplugged, presented by WorkOS on Thursday, July 23, 2026. Its PI Events detail page links to the official listing for verification.
How are PI Events selected?
PI Events is human-curated by V. Attawar, co-founder of Simovian Intelligence. Events pass a relevance gate for physical intelligence, robotics, embodied AI, deeptech, or capital, plus a quality floor based on the room, speakers, and practical value.
What does this robotics / embodied ai guide cover?
This hub includes events assigned to the physical-intelligence lane: robotics, embodied AI, robot learning, hardware, and adjacent real-world AI topics across all covered metros.
How current are these event listings?
The count and top pick are generated from the live PI Events SEO dataset on every request. This hub was last updated July 23, 2026; event details can change, so verify the linked official listing before attending.