/ About this event
Join Z21 Ventures and SVB for a candid fireside chat where we discuss on how to scale a hardware AI company. We will have a candid and practical conversation about what it really takes to build in the physical world.
We’ll dig into:
• Fundraising and what investors want to see at each stage • Surviving the prototype-to-production gap: manufacturing, supply chain, and hardware iteration cycles • Hiring for teams that ship hardware and AI — and why that combination breaks standard startup playbooks • What changes at each stage from founding through Series B
Whether you’re a founder building in robotics, embodied AI, or hardware, an engineer thinking about starting up, or an investor going deeper on physical AI, this session is for you.
Fireside chat + audience Q&A, followed by open networking. Hosted by z21 Ventures, an early-stage fund and SVB.
This event is a part of #SFTechWeek—a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech ecosystem. Learn more at www.tech-week.com.
