📍 Commons Conference Center, UT Austin
🌐 physical.f50.ai
Co-hosted by F50.ai · Physical AI Builders
Supported by F50 Ventures · Austin–San Antonio Entrepreneurs · Austin Robotics and AI · AI Space Podcast · North America Manufacturing Corridor
On October 15, 2026, global 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 built, and scaled. An all-day, high-signal event where groundbreaking ideas ignite and strategic partnerships form — right in the heart of Austin's booming tech ecosystem.
One year ago — October 15, 2025 — we launched this movement right here in Austin. The series has since grown through Silicon Valley and Dallas, each stop drawing real capital and real leaders into the room.
Every stop on this tour has been larger and more consequential than the last. Austin 2026 is the culmination — the most ambitious, highest-signal gathering this series has produced. And it's coming home.
Austin Launch
UT Austin
Silicon Valley
SVAI
Silicon Valley
SVAI
Dallas
UT Dallas
Austin Returns
Curated leaders, investors, and founders on the floor
Speakers, Institutional investors, C-suite executives, and top founders
Growing-stage companies live on the Spotlight stage
Across YouTube and LinkedIn channels
Austin 2026 expands into its largest format yet — two full stages running in parallel, organized across seven tracks built for where Physical AI capital and innovation actually move.
Where institutional and venture capital is flowing into robotics, manufacturing, and industrial infrastructure
How Fortune 500s and global enterprises are deploying Physical AI at scale
Breakout companies turning foundation models and embodied intelligence into real products
Builders, academia, and industry standards shaping the Physical AI stack
20 of the most promising early- and growth-stage Physical AI startups, live on stage
Engineers and architects going deep on infrastructure, data, and safety layers powering autonomous systems
Manufacturing innovation empowering American industry across the Texas–Mexico corridor
Austin 2026 spans the full frontier of Physical AI — from Earth's orbit to the factory floor.
Autonomous systems and AI pushing the boundaries of orbital infrastructure
AI-driven production lines reinventing how goods are made at scale
Self-driving platforms transforming logistics and transportation
Embodied AI and robotic systems reshaping physical labor
Unmanned aerial systems redefining delivery, inspection, and defense
Every session is designed for high signal — no filler, no fluff. Just the formats that move the needle.
Austin 2026 is backed by a living, breathing ecosystem of intelligence — research, signals, and community powering the Physical AI movement year-round.
Annual deep-dive identifying the 50 most consequential Physical AI companies shaping the decade ahead
Curated intelligence on deals, trends, and breakthroughs delivered to investors and founders weekly
In-depth conversations with the builders and backers defining the next era of intelligent machines
A curated operator community for founders, engineers, and ecosystem leaders building in the physical stack
Senior practitioners and investors guiding the direction and programming of the F50 Physical AI Series
Austin 2026 brings together the most consequential players across the Physical AI value chain — all under one roof, for one day.
Institutional and venture investors from Silicon Valley, New York, and Texas — actively deploying into physical systems
Corporate executives from Microsoft, HPE, Fujitsu, Bluebeam, Walmart, Amazon, and more
Frontier builders in robotics, autonomy, smart manufacturing, and embodied AI
Industrial players and operators from the Texas–Mexico manufacturing corridor
University researchers and ecosystem builders from UT Austin and beyond
The most important conversations at Austin 2026 won't only happen on stage — they'll happen in the room, at the bar, and online long after October 15.
Open to all attendees. Connect with founders, investors, and operators in a relaxed setting after the main program wraps. The deal flow doesn't stop when the keynotes do.
Curated access for investors, corporate buyers, and top-tier founders. 150+ VIPs expected. Closed-room conversations with the decision-makers who matter most.
Continue the conversation beyond October 15 through the Physical AI Builders community — a year-round network of operators, investors, and builders.
You're not renting booth space at a trade show. You're stepping into a curated room of corporate and government buyers actively deploying budgets into factories, warehouses, and automation programs — 40% C-level, 25%+ active investors, all of them shopping for partners and solutions.
Featured placement distributed to 10,000+ investors and corporate leaders globally
Via F50, AI Space Podcast, and partner channels — plus 2M+ projected online impressions
Branded sessions and curated VIP experiences in front of 500+ attendees and 150+ VIPs
Direct exposure to the Texas–Mexico manufacturing corridor and the institutional capital actively funding it
Premier branding across the entire Summit. Keynote stage time, top placement in the Industrial Insights Report, logo on all materials and main stage backdrop, dedicated demo table, VIP access, and first right of refusal for 2027.
Branded session or panel seat on Main or Second Stage, featured placement in the Industrial Insights Report, premium demo table, VIP networking, logo across event signage and digital channels.
Track sponsorship across Investment Forum, Corporate Innovation, Tech Talk, and more. Standard demo table, logo in event materials and on physical.f50.ai, social media spotlight.
Showcase your live system — humanoid robots, manipulators, smart factory tools, digital twins — directly in front of 500+ decision-makers. Every person on this floor is a potential customer, partner, or investor.
📩 physical.f50.ai/sponsorship · 📧 sponsorship@f50.me
The Corridor Forum highlights a burgeoning North American mega-region encompassing Texas, Nuevo León, and Coahuila — with a combined economy of $2.9 trillion, rivaling the economic output of the New York–Boston region.
Texas anchors this powerhouse, contributing over 90% of total output and reaffirming its status as America's second-largest state economy. Monterrey's industrial dynamism, Coahuila's manufacturing base, and Texas's innovation-led growth make this North America's growth engine.
Austin 2026 is where Physical AI gets financed and built. Don't miss your seat at the table.
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Dallas in June. Austin in October.
Texas is where Physical AI gets financed and built.
physical.f50.ai · October 15, 2026 · Commons Conference Center, UT Austin
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